Ten seasonal menus are accompanied by ideas for presentation, beverage suggestions, and advice and tips on advance planning and shortcuts

Dinner Parties (Easy Entertaining Series)

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Kolpas, Norman

Entertaining & Holidays

Harpercollins

Brilliant photographs adorn a picnic basket full of easy-to-prepare recipes that lend ease and elegance to any alfresco affairs, from brunches to barbecues.

Outdoor Entertaining: The Essential Guide for Any Outdoor Occasion-With Menu Ideas, Useful Tips, and More Than 300 Tempting Recipes

Outdoor Cooking

Collins Pub San Francisco

With recipes from the award-winning Country Garden Cookbooks, this charming cookbook offers over 40 delicious, picnicking dishes--everything from salads, sandwiches, and grilled specialties to desserts and drinks.

Picnics

Cusick, Heidi H.

William Morrow Cookbooks

This cookery book shows how to provide all the traditional flavours of the festive season - from Advent to Twelfth Night - without resorting to animal products. Menu suggestions help the reader to plan for all occasions over the holiday period and provides a guide to the best wines for each occasion. The book features specially commissioned photography, practical advice - including elegant table decorations, edible tree novelties and food ideas for presents, and advice and appeal not only aimed at vegetarians and vegans, but also to those who have to cook for them.

Rose Elliot's Vegetarian Christmas: Over 150 Recipes for the Festive Season

Elliot, Rose.

Party Fare

Janet Warren

Collins

Two of Canada's top wine and food experts combine their talents in this elegant, lively, award-winning cookbook. With more than 200 delectable recipes and full-colour photography by Rob Fiocca, A Matter of Taste is a unique and exciting collaboration that serves as a primer in the art of matching food and drink.

A Matter Of Taste

Chatto, James

WAVERMAN, Lucy

Beverages & Wine

HarperCollins, Publishers

Best-selling vegetarian cookbook author Rose Elliot's fans look to her to provide a sense of what is possible for the holiday season.

Vegetarian Christmas

Thorsons Pub.

"The Times" Food for Feasts and Festivals

Following his success on the racetrack, Frankie Dettori teamed up with acclaimed chef Marco Pierre White to open a chain of restaurants that contain a special mix of delicious decadence and simple home cooking. Collected here are the restaurant’s top dishes as well as Dettori family favorites and Italian kitchen secrets. Recipes range from rich soups, appetizers, and salads to such hearty main courses as bucatini pasta with grey mullet roe; lobster and scampi risotto; and authentic Italian meatballs. Accompanied by luscious photographs that exude the warmth and vibrancy of true Italian dining, this is a slice of real home cooking just like Mama used to make.

Frankie Dettori's Italian Family Cookbook

White, Marco-Pierre

Dettori, Frankie

Regional & International

HarperCollins, UK

Ever feel rapture over a dessert? Fall in love over a romantic meal? Can you remember the smell of baking in your grandmother's kitchen? Food has the power to conjure up many emotions—it can make us feel happy, energetic, nostalgic, or loved. Cooking and enjoying great food with others is part of how we relish life and this exciting cookbook provides the mouth-watering recipes to do just that. Inspiring and easy-to-achieve suggestions for all kinds of occasions are provided, whether you want to make an indulgent celebratory meal for someone special, create memories with your kids, or make a tasty, sneaky treat! More than 100 new recipes are provided, including lamb stew, Korean beef with avocado rice, Spanish chorizo and chickpea soup, and little mocha kisses.

Rachel's Food for Living

Allen, Rachel

Harpercollins Pub, Ltd.

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