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For the Table: Easy, Adaptable, Crowd-Pleasing Recipes

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For the Table: Easy, Adaptable, Crowd-Pleasing Recipes by Anna Stockwell is a delightful cookbook offering a collection of recipes perfect for gatherings and entertaining. It focuses on dishes that are simple to prepare, adaptable to various tastes, and designed to delight large groups. Stockwell provides tips for organising, preparing, and presenting meals that make hosting a breeze.
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You might enjoy this book if you love hosting gatherings with delicious and versatile recipes that are easy to prepare and adapt. It offers delightful dishes designed to please a variety of palates, making it perfect for anyone who enjoys entertaining with minimal fuss.

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Hosting a dinner party is a special kind of occasion. You welcome old and new friends into your home and gather around the table. You put out platters of food prepared just for that table of people, passing them around until everyone's had their fill. This sense of sharing and togetherness feeds more than just bellies. It is what helps us stay connected, form new relationships, and build lasting bonds with our chosen families.

During socially distanced times, the perfect dinner party might have felt like a lost art, but in For the Table, up-and-coming food writer Anna Stockwell provides all the tools needed for bringing back the ritual of hosting memorable yet modern dinner parties.

Stockwell has written a cookbook for a new way of entertaining that's simpler, better, healthier, and more fun. Organized by season and full of helpful hosting advice, Stockwell provides accessible and modern menus; each is built around two large platters to pass around the table and includes suggestions for no-recipe side dishes.

Dinner parties don't have to be formal or fussy, or even a lot of work, to be celebratory and gratifying. This book teaches you how to plan and prepare great-tasting and impressive-looking menus that are easy to pull off, as well as offers expert advice on toasts, prep-ahead strategies, and tips on handling guest lists and dietary restrictions.

With its mix of innovative food presentation and old-fashioned, homestyle technique, For the Table is a testament to the art of the dinner party and looks forward to the festive dinner gatherings of the future.

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Anna Stockwell's For the Table is praised for its chic and intuitive approach to entertaining, offering full menus that are thoughtfully organised to accommodate various dietary needs. Reviewers highlight the book's vibrant and impressive dishes, emphasising its ease of use and the stylish yet stress-free hosting techniques it promotes. Itโ€™s considered a comprehensive guide to enhancing gatherings with flavourful recipes and an engaging dinner party philosophy.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781419751448

Publisher: Abrams

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 26 May 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Abrams

Illustration: 150 full-color photographs

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 203.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 600g

Pages: 272

About the Author

Anna Stockwell is a food stylist and editor who most recently was a senior food editor for Epicurious and Bon Appรฉtit. While at Epicurious, Stockwell hosted a popular weekly Instagram story series called At Home With Anna. She has also worked at Saveur and has experience cooking in the test kitchens for Every Day With Rachael Ray and Real Simple. Stockwell holds a degree in classic culinary arts from the International Culinary Center, and her video series โ€œNo Recipe Requiredโ€ was nominated for a James Beard Award in 2017. She lives in New Yorkโ€™s Hudson Valley.

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