The Summer Table: Recipes and Menus for Casual Outdoor Entertaining

by Lisa Lemke

Summertime—and the outdoor entertaining is easy! Fire up the grill, whip up some sides and sweets, and share these simple, delicious dishes with people you love. The festive menus include a Mexican Grill Party with a whole chipotle chicken; a Father's Day Barbecue, featuring Campari melon crush, strip steak, red beet gratin, and cabbage salad; a Beach Buffet that includes veggies with spiced yogurt dip and a bread omelet with grapes and gorgonzola; along with picnics, pizza parties, lunches, brunches, and a chic cocktail party. Filled with cooking tips and ideas for marinades, rubs, butters, sauces, salsas, and more, The Summer Table invites you to enjoy the season's best.  

Genres: Cookbooks, Nonfiction, Cooking, Food

272 pages, Hardcover

First published March 17, 2015

Reviews

[Jessica · Rating 2 out of 5]

I love cookbooks that feature fresh, summer produce, so I was looking forward to checking this cookbook out. But, there weren't very many recipes I wanted to try - which is why I didn't rate it higher. I did like how the author laid out the book starting with sauces and marinades and then going into various summer menus like Mexican Grill Party and A Getaway Picnic each with a few recipes that would fit that menu. I'm not saying there aren't good recipes in here, just not ones that appealed to me.

[Aline · Rating 5 out of 5]

So many great summer recipes. So many ideas for this summer!

[Dazedtrisha · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought this was a great book! I love to cook so I already know a lot of basics and hate when there's 15 pages of introduction - this one was short and sweet. This book gave me a lot of great ideas to change things up but the ingredients were all familiar; no running to a million stores for some crazy ingredients. The items I tried have turned out beautifully and I plan to slowly work my way through the book. It was a great find.

[Correen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well formatted, colorful pictures, and creative recipes made this a satisfying read. I thought I would use or at least collect several of the recipes but ended up using only one and promise to try a second. Other recipes looked wonderful but did not work in my current diet.

[Chrissy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This cookbook is beautiful. It feels whimsical. However, I don't think there were any recipes I wanted to try. The flavor combinations seemed a little odd.

[Wdmoor · Rating 4 out of 5]

A pleasant read with good recipes. Meh on the Spicy Peach marinade though.

[Kristina · Rating 4 out of 5]

There weren't many recipes I wanted to try, but it was a beautiful cookbook.

[Holly · Rating 3 out of 5]

So, so beautiful, but not very many recipes that appealed to me. So pretty.

[Linda · Rating 2 out of 5]

Maybe I would have liked it more if read in the summer? Always a few interesting recipes regardless of the season of the year.

[Emily · Rating 3 out of 5]

Beautiful book!

[E. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Delicious! I want to eat this book as is along with the photographs!!