YOUR PLACE THROWING A PARTY WITH STYLE.Style experts regularly publish guidebooks on how to organize celebrations. They offer tips for settings and food, and they tell you how to create an atmosphere. Most of these volumes include lots of beautiful color photos as well to give you a sense of the authors' style. With the festive season looming, check out these recently released books: In ``Town & Country Elegant Entertaining'' (Hearst Books; $24.95) by Francine Maroukian, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of caterer and writer, you'll find numerous examples of how society people entertain - on a rather grand scale. Photos and text conjure up conjure up Verb 1. to create an image in the mind: the name Versailles conjures up a past of sumptuous grandeur 2. the tables, dressed-up rooms and guests of these fashionable folk on special occasions, not all formal ones. There are evening dinners by candlelight but also al fresco country buffets and poolside parties. Maroukian has some pithy pith·y adj. pith·i·er, pith·i·est 1. Precisely meaningful; forceful and brief: a pithy comment. 2. Consisting of or resembling pith. maxims on various angles of entertaining. How to be a host: You're only as good as your guests, so get the right people together. Work the door: Don't forget the importance of a warm welcome. Keep Rover out of the way: Some guests are uncomfortable with pets around. Full menus are suggested, but the recipes are not included. It's an interesting and fun book to peruse pe·ruse tr.v. pe·rused, pe·rus·ing, pe·rus·es To read or examine, typically with great care. [Middle English perusen, to use up : Latin per-, per- because the names of hosts and hostesses are included and pictured as well. --Holly Clegg, a cookbook writer from Baton Rouge Baton Rouge (băt`ən r  zh) [Fr.,=red stick], city (1990 pop. 219,531), state capital and seat of East Baton Rouge parish, SE La. , La., has
designed her most recent book, ``Holly Clegg's Trim & Terrific
Home Entertaining the Easy Way'' (Courage Books; $19.98) to
make entertaining easy and enjoyable on special occasions (Tropical
Paradise Party, Glitz glitz Informaln. Ostentatious showiness; flashiness: "a garish barrage of show-biz glitz" Peter G. Davis. tr.v. & Glitter Dessert Party, Classic Cocktail Party, Holiday Dinner, etc.) throughout the year. Low-fat recipes (many sound tempting) for a wide variety of festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. mostly take less than 30 minutes to prepare, she promises, and are accompanied by nutritional analyses, with many shown in color photos that should give readers lots of presentation and serving ideas. For instance, you'll see in one photo that festive artificial wreaths with greenery or berries make excellent serving-plate holders during the holiday season. --Party planner David Tutera, known for his spectacular extravaganzas (Elton John Sir Elton Hercules[1] John CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March, 1947) is a five-time Grammy and one-time Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. , Barbara Walters Barbara Jill Walters[1] (born September 25, 1929[2]) is an American journalist, writer and media personality who has been a regular fixture on morning television shows (Today and The View), an evening news magazine (20/20 and the Rolling Stones Rolling Stones, English rock music group that rose to prominence in the mid-1960s and continues to exert great influence. Members have included singer Mick Jagger (Michael Phillip Jagger), 1943–; guitarists Brian Jones are among his clients) has created blueprints for 16 parties in his ``America Entertains: A Year of Imaginative Parties'' (Stewart, Tabori & Chang; $35). Whether you want to throw a ski brunch, a glamorous Hollywood dinner, an urban Thanksgiving or a New Year's eve black-and-white ball, Tutera includes strategies for accomplishing these themes successfully at home. Particularly useful are his 3 E's for each party - essentials, extras and extravagances - designed with varying budgets and time limits in mind. Readers should also find his list of tips for each party helpful. More than 75 recipes are sprinkled throughout the book along with numerous color photographs to get you in a party mood. Some of his holiday ideas include hosting a merlot Christmas party, asking guests to bring a favorite bottle of merlot while inviting them for cookies, snacks and trimming the tree. Another time, have a holiday cookie party, host a gingerbread gingerbread In architecture and design, elaborately detailed embellishment, either lavish or superfluous. Though the term is occasionally applied to such highly detailed and decorative styles as the Rococo, it usually refers to the hand-carved and -sawn wood ornamentation of house party for kids or throw an all-dessert party later in the evening (allowing guests to go to other parties first). There are lots of good ideas for all types of hosts and hostesses - and many seem surprisingly down to earth. - From Staff and Wire Services PORTABLE PARTY: They may not be as elegant, but potluck parties are always fun. Just in time for the holidays, Rubbermaid has introduced three new portable containers to carry your food to the hostess's house. There's a serving bowl big enough to hold a full bag of chips. It comes in a set of two with lids for $3.29. Also in this new line of take-alongs is a chip-and-dip tray. The dip dish holds 16 ounces. The tray is divided in three for different chips or veggies Veggies of Nottingham, also known as Veggies Catering Campaign, is a campaigning group based in Nottingham, England, promoting ethicalbum alternatives to mainstream fast food. . It comes with a lid. There's also a serving tray with lid. The tray holds 24 iced cupcakes or a 9x13 cake, perfect for taking treats to your child's school. All sell for $3.29, so if you leave them behind, you can always buy more. - Daily News WHITE CHRISTMAS: Still trying to decide how to decorate the house for Christmas? Imagine trying to come up with a theme for the White House. Watch the real experts as they tell you how it is done each year and listen to the plans of first lady Laura Bush and memories of former first lady (and now U.S. Sen.) Hillary Clinton. White House Christmas Memories, 5 p.m. today on HGTV HGTV Home and Garden Television . - Daily News CAPTION(S): 5 photos Photo: (1) no caption (book: ``Town & Country Elegant Entertaining'') (2) no caption (book:``Holly Clegg's Trim & Terrific Home Entertaining the Easy Way'') (3) no caption (book: ``America Entertains: A Year of Imaginative Parties'') (4 -- 5) no caption (Rubbermaid portable containers) |
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