Complete Entertaining Cookbook

Entertain more easily than you ever imagined: an open-air Harvest Lunch featuring grilled butterflied leg of lamb and eggplant with a cherry tomato sauce: a Date Dinner for Two with tantalizing Asian-inspired specialties such as satay with peanute sauce and rice pilaf; a do-it-yourself Pizza Party that lets guests choose from toppings such as pesto, sun-dried tomato spread and a savory black-olive puree; a Mediterranean Easter to celebrate spring, withf resh tastes inspired by Greek, Turkish and North African cuisines; a Heritage Holiday Dinner with traditional European dishes like English rib-eye roast and French apple charlotte. These and 21 more complete menus for occasions ranging from eekday-casual to holiday gala are collected in the Williams-Sonoma Complete Entertaining Cookbook. Created by renowned chef author and teacher Joyce Goldstein, each menu showcases seasonal ingredients and includes guidelines on how to prepare the meal easily and efficiently, plus wine recommendations and dozens of tips and ideas on hosting a stylish party. All the recipes and decorating hints are illustrated with spectacular full-color photoragphs. And there's more, Chuck Williams, founder of Williams-Sonoma, America's leading cookware store and catalog, adds his own down-to-earth suggesitons on how to plan and host a party successfully.