Kathryn M. Ireland celebrates good friends and great food in the French countryside and in southern California. In an elegant scrapbook style, she shares her notes and advice on entertaining, particularly outdoors.

From the New York Times food editor and former restaurant critic Sam Sifton comes a cookbook to help us rediscover the art of Sunday supper and the joy of gathering with friends and family. It is a guide to preparing meals for groups larger than the average American family (though everything here can be scaled down, or up). The 200 recipes are mostly simple and inexpensive, and they derive from decades spent cooking for family and groups ranging from...

Start where you are. Feed yourself. Do your best, and then let go. Be helpful. Do the work. Slow down. Eat outside. Invite people over. Don’t be afraid of food... Each of the chapters in this book grows from one of these principles, and together, they create a blueprint for changing the way we experience the kitchen and how we relate to the work of cooking. --Publisher.

Indulge yourself in Sammy Hagar's raucous and delicious lifestyle with this bold cookbook and entertaining guide, complete with stories from a lifetime of food, signature recipes and drinks, and featuring lavish full-color photos.

With Chefs Host Christmas Too there's no need to be stressed about Christmas - at least not when it comes to hosting and feasting. It's time to play with Christmas - and we don't mean having a starring role in a pageant, but being the star of your own show. The approach here is fresh, fun, lighthearted and accessible, with an enticing and cleverly put-together line up of Christmas greats, and new twists on how to prepare them.--Provided by publisher....

Offers one hundred plans for a variety of festivities, including birthday parties, anniversaries, holidays, and graduations, with planning instructions, recipes, and game suggestions

In this richly illustrated style guide from an unabashed hoarder of all things beautiful, design editor and entertaining expert Eddie Ross reveals his insider secrets to creating exciting interiors, table settings and parties with chic and accessible finds that celebrate who you are and what you love.

"Simple, stylish recipes for fearless entertaining from the renowned food stylist, New York Times contributor, and founding food editor of Martha Stewart Living"--

Collects seventy-five holiday recipes from Cook's Illustrated, including such offerings as herbed roast turkey, mushroom lasagna, creamy corn pudding, and classic pecan pie.