Dazzling Dinners: Recipes, Decor and More. Complete Dinner Plans for Parties with WOW!

by Billa Reiss Rubenstein, Luci Paul, Michele Salomon

Star-chef flare with home-cooked fare! Dazzling Dinners provides complete instructions for turning out WOW! dinner parties that emphasize fun along with food that is visually striking, interesting and seriously delicious. There are twelve comprehensive Dinner Plans, one for each month of the year and each based on an intriguing theme that is imaginatively and distinctively developed in food and d?cor. Dinner Plans are designed to knock out the guests, not the cook. Recipes are easy to medium in difficulty and complexity. Suggestions for table and room d?cor are specific and straightforward. The kitchen novice will appreciate the clear and detailed instructions, user-friendly recipes and web site support. The culinary sophisticate will value the interesting ingredients and flavor combinations in the recipes and the subtleties and symbolism of the dishes and ingredients. With the focus on fun, the dinner plans are ideal for cooking clubs or other food fans to get together to recreate the dinners or put their own spin on carrying out the themes.Dazzling Dinners will serve your entertainment needs, whether for a dinner party that is special or one that's casual, for a cocktail party or evening get-together or just to put a bit of dazzle into an everyday meal.Included in Each Dinner PlanTen original recipes: three appetizers, soup, entr?e (meat or fish, starch or grain, vegetable), salad, and two desserts. All are theme-related, designed to charm the eye and impress the palate, with instructions for presentation, plating and advance preparation.Beverage recommendations for theme-related cocktails, wines and after-dinner drinks.Souvenir menus for guests - marks the occasion as special, like a wedding; instructions for a themed, visually stunning menu or a simpler version downloadable at the book's website. Details of "dazzle," from setting the entrance stage for guests' arrival, to table and room d?cor, to background music, to take-home favors.Cook's introduction - conveys the spirit of the dinner's theme and the mood of the season; explains how the theme relates to the recipes and d?cor; suggests different uses for the dinner.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0615478697
• ISBN13: 9780615478692
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Dazzling Dinners
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.6" x 8.0"