Barefoot Contessa Parties! Ideas and Recipes for Easy Parties That Are Really Fun
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- ISBN13: 9780609606445
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After more than twenty years of running Barefoot Contessa, the acclaimed specialty food store, Ina Garten published her first collection of recipes. The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook was an overnight sensation, but it’s the kind of success that can only be grounded in years of experience. In it, Ina shared her thoughts for familiar food but with outstanding flavor and — most vital of all — recipes that really work.
Now, with Barefoot Contessa Parties! Ina shares secrets she has gleaned from her years not only as a caterer but as a dedicated party giver. The keyword here is fun. Ina’s parties are simple to prepare and fun for everyone, including the host. Forget persons dull Saturday-night dinners that just won’t end. With Ina’s advice, you’re certain to have all your friends adage, “Wasn’t that fun!”
Ina has packed Barefoot Contessa Parties! with plans for pulling off parties like a pro, tales about her own parties, and tips on assembling food (rather than cooking everything) and organizing like a caterer. In the spring you can invite your friends to a party where they all make their own pizzas. Come summer, it’s into the garden for a lunch with grilled lamb and pita sandwiches that guests assemble themselves. In the autumn, when it’s not Prayer, Ina roasts a fresh turkey, which her friends delight in with popovers and a creamy spinach gratin. And on a snowy winter’s day, everyone is invited for a lunch buffet with seafood broth and butternut squash and apple soup.
Ever since Ina published her first book, people write, e-mail, and stop her on the street to say how much they like the food. She’s reached new heights here with recipes like sour cream coffee cake–the essential breakfast treat. Salads? The red lettuce, balsamic onions, and blue cheese; Chinese chicken salad; and panzanella may be the best you’ve ever tasted. Filet of beef is simple to make for a fancy dinner with oh-so-excellent gorgonzola sauce, or sliced into sandwiches and served with lobster rolls for a Superbowl party. And fans of The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook will be delighted to find the recipe for the Lemon Cake they drooled over but only saw pictured, right here in this book.
With so many fantastic thoughts and recipes in these pages for you to use, your friends will start to marvel why your parties are permanently so much fun.
Amazon.com Review
“A excellent party is not about the food,” says Ina Garten, “it’s about the people.” That may be right, but her Barefoot Contessa Parties! will ensure that your next party is a fabulous one, regardless of your guest list. Garten, leader of The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook and a monthly column in Martha Stewart Living, has been catering since 1978. So who better to place together a collection of entertaining theme parties? She’s included everything from drinks and hors d’oeuvres to dessert and coffee, as well as notes about what “surprises,” atmospheres, venues, and table decorations lend themselves to each. Because she likes to attend her own parties (and who doesn’t?), nearly every recipe is make-yet to be and remarkably uncomplicated.
From casual get-togethers, such as the Pizza Party–which includes recipes for Caesar Salad with Pancetta, California Pizzas that your guests can assemble themselves, and Ice-Cream Sodas–to the elegant College Awards dinner–where your guests will delight in Raspberry Vodka, Rori’s Potato Chips with Caviar Dip, Smoked Salmon with Mesclun, Filet of Beef with Gorgonzola Sauce, Roasted Cherry Tomatoes, Garlic Roasted Potatoes, and Chocolate Ganache Cake–Garten’s parties are well thought out and well organized. Divided by season, you’ll look forwards to Summer’s Outdoor Grill, which starts with Real Margaritas, followed by Endive and Avocado Salad, Grilled Herb Shrimp with Mango Salsa, Spaghettoni al Pesto, Tomato Fennel Salad, and Peach Raspberry Shortcakes for dessert. Autumn brings gorgeous menus like the one where you cook with your guests and end up with a feast of Potato Pancakes with Caviar, Salad with Warm Goat Cheese, Rack of Lamb, Orzo with Roasted Vegetables, and Apple Crostata. Winter’s menus bring soul-warming food, such as Seafood Broth, Butternut Squash and Apple Soup, and a recipe for possibly the world’s best Chocolate Chunk Cookies. Spring offers menus such as the Sunday Breakfast, with a main course of Roasted Asparagus with Scrambled Eggs, and the Jewish Holiday Party, with Chicken Soup with Matzo Balls.
Filled with amusing party anecdotes, a bit of Ina Garten history, and clever hints and tips to help guarantee the success of these recipes, this collection, subtitled “Thoughts and Recipes for Simple Parties That Are Really Fun,” delivers on every count. –Leora Y. Bruise
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