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