Hostess with the Mostess or Pink Panther Entertains

Hostess with the Mostess: A Galaxy of Retro Recipes

Author: Caroline Barty

This fun, funky, and kitschy guide to entertaining 1950s style offers a delicious range of recipes to suit any dinner table or party buffet. Retro recipes from the drive-in, the diner, and mom's secret recipe book, including skyscraper-sized club sandwiches, smoked salmon with asparagus twists, mini cheese toasts cut into shapes, and rainbow milkshakes, are explained for 21st-century cooks. Menu planners help to plan meals for any occasion, and recipes for snacks, cocktails, and cakes are also included. This book will keep swinging hosts and hostesses inspired and entertained in the kitchen.

Author Biography: Caroline Barty is a food writer and food stylist. She is the author of Best Loved Chocolate and has contributed to many cookbooks, including Low Fat Cooking, The Encyclopedia of Mexican Cooking, and The Health and Vitality Cookbook. She is a regular contributor to Caledonia magazine, Gary Rhodes Good Cooking, and You magazine.

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Pink Panther Entertains: Food, Drink and Game Plans for the Purrfect Parties

Author: Lisa Skolnik

Fueled by Shag's stylishly bold graphics and hosted by the inimitable Pink Panther, this witty new book serves up seven party ideas to excite even the most jaded hipster. A Pink Tie Affair finds Panther and guests in formal mode. Aprиs Ski imagines a shindig on the slopes. For more intimate moments there's a cozy Fireside Chat, with romantic possibilities expanding as the crowd shrinks to a Party for Two. A down-home Barbecue lets guests get greasy, but sophistication returns with Cocktails Around the World and Debutante's Debauch, complete with watercress sandwiches and sherry flips. And who could resist a Birthday Party hosted by the Pink One himself? Each swank soiree includes a dozen recipes for cocktails, appetizers, snacks, and buffet foods, as well as suggestions for hostess gifts, party games, and minding one's p's and q's. Bartender Adam Rocke offers chic tips for stocking bar and fridge.