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Book

Gatherings : casual-fancy meals to share

Call Number

  • 642.4 A51297 (CEN, OSH)

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Publication Information

Boston, MA : Americas Test Kitchen, [2023]

Physical Description

ix, 310 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Summary

The cooks of America's Test Kitchen share how they entertain at home, with 140 recipes from simple to showstopping and airtight planning strategies. Toss out old rules of getting together and throw a dinner party so memorable and fuss-free that everyone will want to repeat it--even the host. It's time to get excited about entertaining again. The cooks of America's Test Kitchen are shaking up the notion of what a dinner party is all about, stepping away from the test kitchen to reveal their favorite ways to entertain friends and family and sharing an all-new collection of personal recipes. After all, professional cooks want to chill out when hosting at home, just like everyone else.

Notes

Includes index.

Contents

  • Welcome to America's Test Kitchen
  • Let's get together
  • Late-summer dinner with close friends
  • Modern tenderloin dinners
  • Viet-Cajun shrimp boil
  • My Maine event
  • Nacho average barbecue
  • Bao bar
  • Vegetarian dumpling party
  • Summertime and the grilling is easy
  • The great British picnic
  • Take me back to Tuscany
  • Polenta and palomas
  • A cozy Icelandic evening
  • Midwestern brunch
  • Not dog party
  • Appetizers for dinner
  • Road trip dinner party
  • Oktoberfest at home
  • Porkadise found
  • Autumn vegetarian salads + dessert
  • Vegetarian luncheon
  • Double-date night
  • Mexican brunch
  • Gumbo weather get-together
  • Midwestern family classics
  • Traditional Anatolian dinner
  • Nonna's Sunday supper
  • A night at La Cuchara de San Telmo
  • Winter comfort dinner
  • Jubilee dinner
  • Nutritional information for our recipes
  • Conversions and equivalents.

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