The dinner party project : a no-stress guide to food with friends

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The dinner party project : a no-stress guide to food with friends

Author:

Feldman, Natasha, author.

Kysar, Alana, 1985- photographer.

Simpson, Becky, illustrator.

Summary:

Making and eating dinner with your friends should be a blast—nothing tops getting people together, sharing good food, and laughing until you cry. The Dinner Party Project is here to revive and democratize the dinner party, to make it a fun, communal practice rather than a stressful solo performance by the host. Forget fussy recipes with ingredients lists that run a mile long. With sections on appetizers, main dishes, drinks, sides, and desserts, Feldman provides recipes for every mood and cooking comfort level (including pizza parties, taco nights, and permission to order takeout). Whimsical illustrations help demystify the cheese plate, offer store-bought dessert options, and guide you to your ideal dinner menu; tips within each recipe ensure great results and help you plan ahead and avoid last-minute scrambling. Recipes include: Crunchy Radishes Dipped in Honey Fennel Butter; Peel ’n’ Eat Shrimp with Basil Dipping Magic; Perfect Seared Ribeye with Pistachio Date Salsa Verde; Party Pesto; Very Adult Salad: Bitter Greens with Roasted Grapes and Pecorino; Veggie Pot Pie with Black Pepper and Parm Phyllo; Thin Mint Pudding Pie. So go ahead: pick a date, plan a menu, and invite some friends over—after all, nothing brings people together like a good meal. -- Amazon.

General Note:

Includes index.

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

xxxi, 237 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

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Publisher:

Harvest, an imprint of William Morrow,

Publication Date:

2023

ISBN:

9780358722991

Publication Information:

New York, NY : Harvest, an imprint of William Morrow, [2023]

Call Number:

641.54 FELDMAN

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The dinner party is back! Chef and cooking show host Natasha Feldman shares the secrets to throwing fun and delicious no-stress gatherings. This modern manual offers 80+ recipes as well as menu ideas, sketches (like a flow chart for what to cook when you're lazy), and practical tips to ensure that everyone enjoys the party--especially the host!

Making and eating dinner with your friends should be a blast--nothing tops getting people together, sharing good food, and laughing until you cry. The Dinner Party Project is here to revive and democratize the dinner party, to make it a fun, communal practice rather than a stressful solo performance by the host.

Forget fussy recipes with ingredients lists that run a mile long. With sections on appetizers, main dishes, drinks, sides, and desserts, Feldman provides recipes for every mood and cooking comfort level (including pizza parties, taco nights, and permission to order takeout). Whimsical illustrations help demystify the cheese plate, offer store-bought dessert options, and guide you to your ideal dinner menu; tips within each recipe ensure great results and help you plan ahead and avoid last-minute scrambling.

Recipes include:

Crunchy Radishes Dipped in Honey Fennel Butter Peel 'n' Eat Shrimp with Basil Dipping Magic Perfect Seared Ribeye with Pistachio Date Salsa Verde Party Pesto Very Adult Salad: Bitter Greens with Roasted Grapes and Pecorino Veggie Pot Pie with Black Pepper and Parm Phyllo Thin Mint Pudding Pie

So go ahead: pick a date, plan a menu, and invite some friends over--after all, nothing brings people together like a good meal.

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Dinner parties can be wonderful, but they're usually fraught with anxiety and involve a great deal of work. Feldman, who has a YouTube cooking show called Nosh with Tash, posits that dinner parties are so important that they should be part of Maslow's hierarchy of needs. But how does anyone throw dinner parties when everyone has busy lives and essentially no time to spare? Feldman offers three paths: going solo, group cooking, or potluck. Her book includes cartoony flowcharts, various menus, and lots and lots of inviting, tasty recipes. All aspects of party food are covered--drinks, appetizers, veggies, mains, and desserts. The intro gives advice about picking and planning, along with good kitchen hints like how to read a recipe. The point of the book is that dinner parties are important social activities and most of all should be fun. It is easy, reading this, to imagine three or four friends in the kitchen dividing the work and enjoying each other's company before the event. VERDICT Feldman's first cookbook is fun to read and should be even more fun to cook from.--Danise Hoover

Friendsday Wednesday: Or How I Became a (Dinner) Partier	xii
How to Make a Dinner Party: The Basics	xviii
Menus	xxiv
How to Navigate Each Recipe	xxix
Cocktails	1
Agua Fresca	2
Sparkling Ginger Limeade	2
Campari Lemonade	3
Xtra-Limey Piña Colada	3
Paper Plane	3
Negroni	4
Extra-Fun French 75	4
Manhattan	4
Not-So-Sweet Strawberry Daiquiri	5
The Versatile Margarita	5
Noshes/Apps	7
Snackies-by Aristotle	8
Spiced Herby Yogurt Sauce	11
Fancy Marinated Olives with Warm Feta	12
Hot Dog Soup (but Really Sausage)	14
Athena's Dip Situation	16
Lemony Paprika Lentil Soup	20
Cheese Board Cheese Chat	22
Radishes Dipped in Honey-Fennel Butter	25
Ridiculously Smooth and Hilariously Easy Hummus	26
Smoked Paprika Potato Crisps with Aioli	29
Tart Apple Butternut Squash Soup	30
Mains	33
Roasted Tomato and Burrata Eggplant Parm	34
Braised Garlicky Eggplant with Chickpeas and Tomatoes	39
Be-Your-Own-Bubbe (BYOB) Jewish Brisket	41
Cacio e Pepe Mac and Cheese	45
Cozy Winter Night Borscht	47
Pan-Crisped Sausage with Lemon Herb Veggies	51
Diner-Style Smash Burgers	53
Peel 'n' Eat Shrimp with "I'd Eat This on a Shoe" Basil Dipping Magic	57
Foolproof Lemon and Fennel Branzino	61
Glorious Spicy Sausage Pasta	65
Juicy Kofta with Lemon Coriander Yogurt	67
Pan-Seared Salmon for Any Mood	71
Crispy-Crispy Turkey Thighs with Caramelized Onion Jam	73
Rigatoni with Confit Tomatoes and Burrata	76
Perfect Seared Rib Eye	79
Veggie Pot Pie with Parm and Black Pepper Phyllo	81
Your New Favorite Herby Meatballs	85
Salads/Sides	89
A Simple Bistro Salad	90
That Salad with the Herby Dressing (a.k.a. A Chopped Salad)	93
Carole King Salad	95
Roasted Carrot Babies	99
Sour Cream Mashed Potatoes	100
Super-Crunchy Green Salad	103
Andy-Approved Kale Salad	104
Fluffy Everything Pita Clouds	106
Garlicky Cabbage with Whole-Grain Mustard	110
Golden Coconut and Apricot Rice	113
Brown Rice That Doesn't Suck	114
Latke-Style Smashed Potatoes with Dilly Crème Fraîche	116
Charred Lemon Broccolini	119
Roasted Squash with Sage Yogurt	122
Olive Oil-Drenched Sourdough	125
Party Pesto	127
Roasted Veg Parade	128
Shallot Compote Green Beans	131
Veg Stock	132
A Very Adult Salad (a.k.a. Grapies and Greenies)	135
World's Best Oven Fries with Parsley and Parm	138
Honey-Drizzled Zucchini Fritters	141
Pizza Night	143
Same-Day Dough	147
Spicy Soppressata Pizza	151
Wine-Drunk Onion and Fennel Pizza	152
Pizza Sprinkles™!	153
Tacos Get Their Own Chapter	155
Fish-Fry Tacos with Smoky Mayo	156
Smoky Spicy Seared Fish Tacos	158
Sort-of-Kind-of Cochinita Pibii	160
Smoky Chipotie Mayo	164
Avocado Crema	165
Quickled Onions	166
Honey-Jalapeño Black Beans	167
Breakfast for Dinner	169
Bagels and Lox with Homemade Cream Cheese	170
Anything Goes Buttermilk Pancakes and Crispy Oven Bacon	173
A Frittata for All Seasons	177
Sweet Things	181
Babka-ish Monkey Bread	185
Clara's Coffee Cake	187
Brown Butter and Sage RKTs	191
Oops, I Forgot Dessert! Choco-Dipped Fruit	192
Churro Hot Chocolate	195
Orange Dream Granita	196
Sisterhood of the Traveling Lemon Cake	199
Not Your Grandma's Pinwheel Cookies	201
Juicy Fruit Greek Yogurt Panna Cotta	205
Pink Lemonade Bars	206
Fudgy Chocolate Cake with Salted Caramel Frosting	209
Floofy Funfetti Cake	213
Rainbow Cookie Icebox Cake	215
The Messiest Ice Cream Sundaes	219
Thin Mint Pudding Pie	220
Acknowledgments	223
Tools for Your Kitchen	226
Common Ingredients	229
Index	231

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