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Glorious Food
With 43 selected menus and over 150 recipes, this book shows the reader how to entertain for all occasions and locations for breakfasts, lunches, dinners, teas and cocktails. It is based on the author's experience as head of the catering company "Glorious Food".
256 pages, Hardcover
First published September 1, 1982
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April 28, 2022
Is this dated? Christopher Idone, founder of NYC’s posh caterer of the same name, published this guide featuring tips derived from his company’s early days in 1982.
Check it out for help coping with almost anything from preparing a cramped-loft dinner for six to serving 700 preceding the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual grand ball!
Not happening? Luscious photos make it worth keeping around for display. Of course, there are lots of recipes too, but the point of it isn’t really the food.
“Once pretensions are put aside, you realize that entertaining is . . . to amuse and that real success . . . comes from infusing your own personal style and whimsy into an occasion. Style isn’t imitation, it’s a reflection of yourself. Style is what you are comfortable with.”
Where in life does that not apply?
Reviewed November 3, 2021
Check it out for help coping with almost anything from preparing a cramped-loft dinner for six to serving 700 preceding the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual grand ball!
Not happening? Luscious photos make it worth keeping around for display. Of course, there are lots of recipes too, but the point of it isn’t really the food.
“Once pretensions are put aside, you realize that entertaining is . . . to amuse and that real success . . . comes from infusing your own personal style and whimsy into an occasion. Style isn’t imitation, it’s a reflection of yourself. Style is what you are comfortable with.”
Where in life does that not apply?
Reviewed November 3, 2021
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