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It's All in the Planning | |
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Stocking Your Bar | |
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Your Basic Bar Tools | |
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When Your Budget's Tight | |
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Glassware | |
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The Bar Set-Up | |
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Classic Cocktails and Seasonal Libations | |
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The Elaborate Bar | |
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Aperitifs | |
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Cocktail and After Dinner Wines | |
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Toasting | |
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The Least You Need To Know | |
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Equipping Your Kitchen | |
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The ABCs of Pots and Pans | |
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Good Cookware vs. Bad Cookware | |
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Copper | |
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Aluminum | |
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Hard-Coat Anodized Aluminum | |
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Cast Iron | |
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Stainless Steel | |
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Synthetic Non-Stick Coatings | |
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Your Basic Collection | |
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Staying on the Cutting Edge | |
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Blades To Cut Through Any Task | |
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Basic Tools for Food Preparation | |
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Kitchen Wear and Clean-Up Necessities | |
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Kitchen Garb | |
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Clean-Up | |
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The Least You Need To Know | |
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Developing Your Butler's Pantry | |
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What Exactly Is a Butler's Pantry? | |
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Why Should I Have a Butler's Pantry? | |
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The Makings of a Pantry | |
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Your Own Special Touch | |
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Will I Have to Hire a Contractor? | |
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The Least You Need To Know | |
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So, You're Having an Affair | |
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Planning Your Menu | |
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What's the Occasion? | |
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How Many People Will Attend? | |
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Keep the Change of Seasons | |
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An Eye Toward Balance | |
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Finding Kitchen Space | |
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Tick, Tock | |
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Menu Building Blocks | |
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On Dinner Wines | |
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How To Read and Follow a Recipe | |
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Your Shopping List | |
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Your Schedule for a Flawless Party | |
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The Least You Need To Know | |
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The Mostest...It's You | |
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Extending Invitations | |
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The Elements of a Good Invitation | |
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Invitation Styles | |
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Etiquette for Extending Invitations | |
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Etiquette for Responding to Invitations | |
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Composing a Great Guest List | |
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The Least You Need To Know | |
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Schemes, Themes, and Dreams | |
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Using Schemes and Themes to Bring Life to a Party | |
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The Essence of a Scheme | |
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The Right Move | |
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The Essence of a Theme | |
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Gilding Your Lily | |
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Designing Your Table | |
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Linens | |
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Centerpieces and Accessories | |
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The Least You Need To Know | |
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Being Gracious | |
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Arrival and Greetings | |
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Introductions | |
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Party Underway | |
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Sticky Situations | |
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Breaks and Spills | |
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Offers to Help | |
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Vagaries of Human Nature | |
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Weekend Guests | |
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The Least You Need To Know | |
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The Magic: Menus and Party Designs | |
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Sunday Suppers | |
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Rediscovering Sunday Supper | |
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A Cozy, Family-Style Table | |
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Your Table Design | |
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A Lap-Tray Supper | |
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The Least You Need To Know | |
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Family-Style Table Recipes | |
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Lap-Tray Supper Recipes | |
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All-American Gatherings | |
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The P's and Q's of Potluck | |
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How To Orchestrate a Potluck | |
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Serving and Traffic Flow | |
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Family Affairs | |
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A Menu of Family Favorites | |
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The Clambake Reconsidered | |
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Table Design | |
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The Least You Need To Know | |
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The Recipes | |
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Basic Shellfish Facts and Preparation | |
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Cooking Together | |
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The Natural Act of Cooking Together | |
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The Game Plan | |
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Golden Rules | |
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A Menu for Many Hands | |
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Setups for the Many-Hands Menu | |
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Just the Two of You | |
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A Romantic Table Design | |
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The Least You Need To Know | |
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The Recipes | |
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Right in Your Own Backyard | |
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An Outdoor Celebration Beckons | |
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A Fiesta | |
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Tea for More Than Two | |
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A Buffet Table Design for Tea | |
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The Least You Need To Know | |
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The Recipes | |
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Dinner at Eight | |
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The Dinner-at-Eight Mystique | |
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Puttin' on the Ritz | |
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Your Schedule | |
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Serving Schedule for Your Helper | |
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Impromptu Pomp | |
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An Impromptu Table Design | |
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Stocking Up for an Impromptu Party | |
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Plan of Attack | |
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The Least You Need To Know | |
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The Recipes | |
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A Casablanca-Inspired Cocktail Party | |
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A Perfectly Splendid Bash | |
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Cocktails at Rick's | |
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Creating an Atmosphere for Cocktails at Rick's | |
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The Least You Need To Know | |
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The Recipes | |
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Special Situations | |
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Suddenly Single | |
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Meeting New People | |
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Party-Poopers | |
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Restocking Your Cabinets Without Breaking the Budget | |
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Cookware | |
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Serveware | |
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A Bistro Party | |
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Your Table Design | |
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Take a Side Trip | |
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The Least You Need To Know | |
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The Recipes | |
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Diet Dilemmas | |
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Truth and Consequences | |
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Fads or Facts of Life | |
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Entertaining the Impossible | |
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Making the Extra Effort | |
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A Brief Lesson in Fats | |
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A Politically Correct Menu | |
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Your Table Design | |
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Other Low-Fat Recipes in This Book | |
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The Least You Need to Know | |
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The Recipes | |
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It's Strictly Business | |
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Business Entertaining Is a Goodwill Gesture | |
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Guess Who's Coming To Dinner? | |
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A Simple and Sophisticated Table | |
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Hosting a Reception for a Colleague | |
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Engaging or Using a Room Without Catering Facilities | |
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The Working Lunch | |
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Entertaining In a Restaurant | |
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Calling the Shots | |
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The Least You Need To Know | |
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The Recipes | |
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Weekend Guests | |
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Plan an Easy-Going Itinerary | |
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Accommodations That Accommodate | |
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On the Menu for the Weekend | |
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The Least You Need To Know | |
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The Recipes | |
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Knowing What It Takes | |
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Letting Someone Else Do the Job | |
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Off-Premise Catering | |
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Hiring Your Own Bartender, Servers, and Kitchen Help | |
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Rentals | |
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It's the Big One | |
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The Least You Need To Know | |
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Many Happy Returns | |
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Being a Good Guest Starts with the Invitation | |
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Arrivals | |
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Conversation | |
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Table Manners | |
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Little Courtesies That Count | |
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Host Gifts | |
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Etiquette for the Weekend Guest | |
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Gifts for the Weekend Host | |
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The Least You Need To Know | |
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The ABCs of Entertaining | |
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Index | |