R.S.V.P.: Menus for Entertaining from People Who Really Know How

by Nan Kempner

Book Overview

A New York society hostess goes behind the scenes of the parties given by the world's great hosts and hostesses to reveal recipes for special dishes and advice on how to create elegant but lively... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0609604309
• ISBN13: 9780609604304
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Clarkson Potter Publishers
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.9" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

Nan Rocks

Ya gotta love the pictures, try some of the recipes, and laugh a bunch. Its a nice cook book if you are into cookbooks, but mostly get it for the fun of it.

I like this book!

I really liked this book and enjoyed very much reading it. The recipes are quiet easy to prepare and taste very good. I find some of the other reviews very inappropriate and not quiet fair. So she said something in an interview about fat people - maybe it was quoted out of context - whatever, it has nothing to do with the book she wrote. This book is about people from the "society" who entertain and that's what you get. The photos are excellent and I like the way Nan describes her friends and the places they live in. Why not just enjoy it and image how it would be to live in beautiful houses and give such lovely luncheons and parties...

GREAT BOOK

Nan; your book is excellent !!! I really enjoy it. Quentin Bacon photographs are also really great !!!! This is the best book on cooking I've ever seen.

Beautiful

If you are looking for glamorous photos and chic descriptions of the 'swells' of society, this is it. It's a fun and voyeuristic way to see how New York society entertains each other. The recipes are not too difficult and several I have tried were delicious.

Exciting

This book is rather fun with beautiful photography and interesting recipes - which are not too difficult.I believe this is a delightful book - with a view into how others live their lives! Menus are pleasant and again not too complicated.