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Easy Entertaining

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Do you feel overwhelmed at the thought of a dinner or other party in your home? Check out these books for some tips on simple and elegant entertaining.

How to Cook Everything: Easy Weekend Cooking
Mark Bittman 641.5 BIT

The New Elegant But Easy Cookbook
Marian Fox Burros 641.5 BUR

The Minimalist Cooks Dinner: More Than 100 Recipes for Fast Weeknight Meals and Casual Entertaining
Mark Bittman 641.54 BIT

Nathalie Dupree Cooks Great Meals for Busy Days: Delicious Food and Easy Entertaining for a Less Than Perfect World
Nathalie Dupree 641.555 DUP

Make-Ahead Cooking
Better Homes and Gardens 641.555 MAK

Cooking for Friends
Lisa Holderness, ed. 641.56 COO

Entertaining Light and Easy: Lower-Fat Recipes for Festive Meals
Laurie Burrows Grad 641.5638 GRA

Effortless Elegance
Colin Cowie OVERSIZE 642 COW

Bridgehampton Weekends: Easy Menus for Casual Entertaining
Ellen Wright 642 WRI

Parties: Menus for Easy Good Times
Melanie Barnard 642.4 BAR

The Minimalist Entertains: Forty Seasonal Menus for Dinner Parties, Cocktail Parties, Barbecues, & More
Mark Bittman 642.4 BIT

Holly Clegg’s Trim & Terrific Home Entertaining the Easy Way: Fast and Delicious Recipes for Every Occasion
Holly Berkowitz Clegg 642.4 CLE

Barefoot Contessa Parties!: Ideas and Recipes for Easy Parties That Are Really Fun
Ina Garten 642.4 GAR

Good Things for Easy Entertaining
From the editors of Martha Stuart Living 642.4 GOO

Gourmet’s Casual Entertaining: Easy Year-Round Menus for Family and Friends
From the editors of Gourmet 642.4 GOU

Easy Entertaining
Bridget Jones OVERSIZE 642.4 JON

Permission to Party: Taking Time to Celebrate and Enjoy Life
Jill Murphy Long 642.4 LON

Perfect Parties: Creative Entertaining Made Easy
Leisure Arts 642.4 PER

Dinner Parties: Simple Recipes for Easy Entertaining
Jessica Strand 642.4 STR

Food for Friends: Simply Delicious Menus for Easy Entertaining
Fran Warde 642.4 WAR

Around the Table: Easy Menus for Cozy Entertaining at Home
Ellen Wright 642.4 WRI

Generally speaking, holiday entertaining books are shelved at 641.568,
breakfast cookbooks at 641.52,
and brunch cookbooks at 641.53.
Books on bartending and cocktail parties may be found at 641.74.

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This list was prepared by the St. Charles Public Library

JHL
11/05

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