Combines top party food recipes with a previously unpublished drinks section.

Whip up delightfully miniature versions of all your favorite foods with this fun and creative cookbook full of easy recipes for bite-sized appetizers Hors d'oeuvres have a reputation for requiring frou-frou ingredients that are difficult to identify—let alone locate in a grocery store. (When's the last time you ate an amuse-bouche at home?) It's about time for an appetizer cookbook that has fun with the concept of tasting an entire meal in one bite. With Tiny Food Party!, Teri Lyn Fisher and Jenny Park share super quick and easy recipes for little bite-size munchies—delightfully miniature versions of all your favorite foods! Thinly slice shallots, batter and fry 'em, add with a creamy buttermilk ranch sauce, and you've got dainty Bite-Size Onion Rings. Use mini cupcake tins to bake up sweet Little Cheesecakes! Or fill small rectangles of pie dough with Nutella and marshmallow, bake until crispy, decorate with icing—and sprinkles, of course—and you've got irresistibly charming Mini Homemade Pop Tarts. Tiny Food Party! includes Adorable Appetizers, Itty Bitty Entrees, Pint-Size Desserts, and Teeny-Tiny Cocktails that you can serve in shot glasses or tea cups. With full-color photographs of every single recipe plus tips and tricks for seriously downsizing your favorite recipes scattered throughout, this lighthearted little cookbook is lots of fun!

How do you throw a party without stressing out? Plan ahead and do-ahead. This entertaining guide from Diane Phillips, the Diva of Do-Ahead, with help you get out of the kitchen and into your own party. She presents nearly 500 recipes that can all be made ahead of time--some days and even weeks--that taste delicious, and are designed to be served buffet style. Handy icons show which recipes are just right for a backyard barbecue, an elegant cocktail party, or an all-night blow-out bash. Dozens of menu suggestions, templates for figuring out the menu range and quantities, easy decorating tips, and guidelines for stocking a bar complete this essential guide to entertaining.

You've decided to host a cocktail party, and you need to start planning what food you will serve your guests. What turns your party from the average soiree into a fabulous fete? The food of Course! It's easier than you think. Here are some delicious and easy ideas that will impress even the most practiced party hopper.

Stir up a little fun with friends—have a cocktail party! It couldn’t be easier with The Everything Cocktail Parties and Drinks Book. Loaded with 200 luscious libations and 100 unforgettable finger and buffet-style foods, this ultimate cocktail companion shows you how to create tantalizing concoctions and cook up tasty treats to satisfy your guests! Complete with sections on smart shopping, choosing entertainment and ice breakers, and food presentation, you'll also find tips for matching cocktails with appetizers to make the perfect combo! Features recipes for: Martinis, such as Melontini, Caramel Appletini, White Chocolatini Tropical Drinks, such as Watermelon Tidal Wave, Blue Hawaiian Punch, Bermuda Triangle Tea Seasonal Drinks, such as Sparkling New Year Cheer, Sensational Summer Slushies, Autumn in New York Appetizing snacks like Herbed Cheese Artichokes, Dandy Brandy Swiss Fondue, Bowtie King Crab Salad, Mushroom Chicken Cacciatore Plus! Recipes for classic favorites, non-alcoholic mocktails, a flavor guide, and tons more food! Packed with ideas to jumpstart your imagination, The Everything Cocktail Parties and Drinks Book serves up myriad options for drinks and dishes you can mix and match—making yours the cocktail party no one will forget!

At once practical and imaginative, a guide to serving food in style—at any kind of celebration Venerated caterer Peter Callahan compiles his 30 plus years of entertaining experience for serving visually stunning and palate-electrifying food in new ways. You’re invited into his world of whimsy and wit as he shares brand-new signature hors d'oeuvres and expands his repertoire for the first time to offer ideas for tablescapes, buffets, seated dinners, and bars. Peter brilliantly breaks down his high-end serving style with simplifications and shortcuts, enabling you to throw the coolest of parties—regardless of your skill level, the size of the crowd, the venue, or the theme. Along with stories about and amazing re-creations of actual events, the 100 original party tricks and recipes in this book will help you set the scene for a beautiful, conversation-filled gathering—every time.

It's More Than a Birthday! It's a fantastic opportunity to affirm your child's unique, God-given abilities and interests. The Birthday Book shows you the priceless benefits of celebrating your child's birthday---then gives you a myriad of meaningful ways to make his or her special day fun and totally unforgettable. From creating a keepsake videotape, to developing a dinnertime birthday tradition, to planning a parent-child birthday getaway or organizing a birthday bash for your child's friends, you'll find mom-tested strategies inside, together with a bonanza of ideas for themes, invitations, decorations, food, games, resources, and tips. Even better, it's all laid out in age groups to help you and your child celebrate in appropriate ways for every phase of the growing-up years: - Fun When You're One - Terrific Times for Twos and Threes - Fun Festivities for Fours and Fives - Stupendous Fun for School-Age Kids - Totally Teens