| Title | : | Occasions to Celebrate: Cooking and Entertaining with Style |
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| ISBN | : | 0847872548 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780847872541 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 |
| Publication | : | Published October 18, 2022 |
Alex Hitz shares a spectacular array of classic yet contemporary seasonal comfort dishes—from hors d’oeuvres, soups, salads, sauces, main dishes, and sides to desserts. He has a penchant for crowd-pleasers, including spiced pecans, gazpacho, mini crab cakes with mango chutney, cucumber and mint salad, mustard-crusted rack of lamb, tomatoes Provençale, key lime mousse, and lemon pecan shortbread cookies.
Hitz imparts cooking, serving, and entertaining secrets to ensure success for the amateur or experienced home cook alike, champions elegance and simplicity, and boldly encourages all who read and cook to celebrate with delicious food. Hitz’s message is whether it’s a holiday or just another Tuesday, make every day a special occasion. This stylish tome is replete with impeccable dishes, seasoning secrets, and table-setting and seating advice—as well as foolproof menus for creating flawless occasions to share with family and friends.
Occasions to Celebrate: Cooking and Entertaining with Style Reviews
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OMG Food porn at its best! Yes, some of it is a little fussy, but it's so purdy! The china! The silverware! The food! And yes, a lot of the recipes do have a list of ingredients. But there's a lot of recipes that call for normal, everyday ingredients and the steps only take up a couple of paragraphs. Not too onerous. Especially if you're cooking for a special occasion, which this book is obviously meant for... It's kind of in the title!
Some of my favs that I can't wait to try: Roasted Bone-In Pork Loin with Best-Ever Jezebel Sauce; Lobster "Mimi"; Wild Rice with Mushrooms, Pecans, and Cranberries; The Absolutely Perfect Creamed Spinach; Summer-or Winter, for that matter-Squash Gratin; Tomatoes Provencale; Oven-Roasted Most-Any Tomatoes (Next time my hubby decides to slow-smoke a steak, I'm doing this!!); and the Peach Upside-Down Cake with hot Bourbon Sauce.
So even though there are a lot of fancy-pants recipes (3 or 4 that call for caviar!), there's also a recipe for peas and carrots! A little something for everyone! I'm impressed with the number of recipes he uses that call for Bourbon or bacon. Yummm! -
I love this book! Beautiful photos & great ideas. I love all the recipes, china, table settings & flowers! This book is very at home in my cookbook collection!
