Discover dozens of delightful drinks and fun small plates that can make any celebration extra special with Small Bites, Mimosas and More. Classic mimosas are always a crowd pleaser, but you can make your next brunch unforgettable with a new spin on this old favorite--try a Pomegranate Mimosa, Icy Mimosa or Fruity Mimosa for a delicious change of pace. For an elegant birthday or anniversary party, toast the guest of honor with an effervescent Bellini Splash or a Champagne Cooler. Liven up any occasion with a colorful cocktail, such as Pineapple Mint Rum Julep, Ginger-Cucumber Limeade or Campair Cooler. For a substantial soiree, you can create festive drinks in bigger batches, like Champagne Punch, Strawberry-Peach Cooler or Super Fruity Citrus Punch. Choose from fabulous finger foods to serve alongside, such as Brandy-Soaked Scallops, Glazed Bacon-Wrapped Dates, Sausage and Fennel Stuffed Mushrooms, Rustic Vegetable Pizza, Spicy Korean Chicken Wings and Mediterranean Flatbread. If you're looking for a simple way to celebrate in style, just break out the bubbly! Champagne adds a lively sparkle to every party--and it's the perfect complement to so many savory snacks.

Big flavors come in small bites with over 60 recipes to enliven events large and small. With Small Bites, novice and experienced hosts can prepare easy appetizers that will impress and delight any crowd. Choose from more than sixty savory recipes for finger foods, skewers and picks, and sandwiches and sliders—because whether you’re hosting a sophisticated soiree or a game-day gathering, nibbles are a necessity. Recipes include: • Cheesy Tostaditas • Artichoke Sausage Pizzas • Steak Oscar Tartlets • Curried Coconut Chicken Bites • Sesame-Ginger Teriyaki Meatballs • Kobe Beef Sliders with Secret Sauce • Bacon-Wrapped Chevre-Stuffed Apricots and more!

From the USA Today–bestselling author of Murder at Archly Manner,a professional organizer tackles a mess of a murder while visiting her husband’s family. Organizational whiz Ellie Avery is prepared for everything, including a visit with her quirky in-laws. But a promising week sipping Alabama sweet tea sours when she learns her husband’s Grandpa Franklin has passed away—and the police suspect very unnatural causes. Looking for motives among the mourners, Ellie gathers that quite a few relatives stood to profit from Franklin’s passing. When a little more sleuthing reveals Franklin’s mysterious ties to a legendary local author, another murder thickens the plot like a plateful of mud pie. While the grits cook slowly, Ellie needs to act fast if she wants to keep her untimely demise off what could be her last to-do list ever. Don’t miss Ellie Avery’s great tips for preserving family treasures! “[A] winning . . .mystery . . .. A rumor of hidden money, secret letters from a famous recluse, a fire, a threatening message, and a crazed gunman add to the cozy mischief.” —Publishers Weekly

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • 70 quick-fix weeknight dinners and 30 luscious weekend recipes that make every day taste extra special, no matter how much ​time you have to spend in the kitchen—from the beloved bestselling author of Once Upon a Chef. “Jennifer’s recipes are healthy, approachable, and creative. I literally want to make everything from this cookbook!”—Gina Homolka, author of The Skinnytaste Cookbook Jennifer Segal, author of the blog and bestselling cookbook Once Upon a Chef, is known for her foolproof, updated spins on everyday classics. Meticulously tested and crafted with an eye toward both flavor and practicality, Jenn’s recipes hone in on exactly what you feel like making. Here she devotes whole chapters to fan favorites, from Marvelous Meatballs to Chicken Winners, and Breakfast for Dinner to Family Feasts. Whether you decide on sticky-sweet Barbecued Soy and Ginger Chicken Thighs; an enlightened and healthy-ish take on Turkey, Spinach & Cheese Meatballs; Chorizo-Style Burgers; or Brownie Pudding that comes together in under thirty minutes, Jenn has you covered.

"Big flavors come in small bites. With Small Bites, novice and experienced hosts can prepare easy appetizers that will impress and delight any crowd. Choose from more than 60 savory recipes for finger foods, skewers and picks, and sandwiches and sliders; whether you're hosting a sophisticated soiree or a game-day gathering, nibbles are a necessity. Recipes include: - Cheesy Tostaditas - Artichoke Sausage Pizzas - Steak Oscar Tartlets - Curried Coconut Chicken Bites - Sesame-Ginger Teriyaki Meatballs - Kobe Beef Sliders with Secret Sauce - Bacon-Wrapped Chevre‐Stuffed Apricots - ...and more! Eliza Cross is an award-winning writer and the author of several books, including 101 Things to Do with Bacon and Pumpkin It Up! She develops recipes and styles cuisine for corporate and print media and blogs about food, gardening, and sustainable living at happysimpleliving.com. She lives with her family in Centennial, Colorado."--

At once a traveler’s tale, a memoir, and a mouthwatering cookbook, Biting through the Skin offers a first-generation immigrant’s perspective on growing up in America’s heartland. Author Nina Mukerjee Furstenau’s parents brought her from Bengal in northern India to the small town of Pittsburg, Kansas, in 1964, decades before you could find long-grain rice or plain yogurt in American grocery stores. Embracing American culture, the Mukerjee family ate hamburgers and softserve ice cream, took a visiting guru out on the lake in their motorboat, and joined the Shriners. Her parents transferred the cultural, spiritual, and family values they had brought with them to their children only behind the closed doors of their home, through the rituals of cooking, serving, and eating Bengali food and making a proper cup of tea. As a girl and a young woman, Nina traveled to her ancestral India as well as to college and to Peace Corps service in Tunisia. Through her journeys and her marriage to an American man whose grandparents hailed from Germany and Sweden, she learned that her family was not alone in being a small pocket of culture sheltered from the larger world. Biting through the Skin shows how we maintain our differences as well as how we come together through what and how we cook and eat. In mourning the partial loss of her heritage, the author finds that, ultimately, heritage always finds other ways of coming to meet us. In effect, it can be reduced to a 4 x 6-inch recipe card, something that can fit into a shirt pocket. It’s on just such tiny details of life that belonging rests. In this book, the author shares her shirt-pocket recipes and a great deal more, inviting readers to join her on her journey toward herself and toward a vital sense of food as culture and the mortar of community.

The practical art of making more with less--in the kitchen! Melissa Coleman, the creator of the popular design and lifestyle blog The Faux Martha, shares her refreshingly simple approach to cooking that delivers beautiful and satisfying meals using familiar ingredients and minimal kitchen tools. The Minimalist Kitchen includes 100 wholesome recipes that use Melissa's efficient cooking techniques, and the results are anything but ordinary. You'll find Biscuits with Bourbon-Blueberry Quick Jam, Pesto Garden Pasta with an easy homemade pesto, Humble Chuck Roast that's simple to prepare and so versatile, Roasted Autumn Sweet Potato Salad, Stovetop Mac and Cheese, and Two-Bowl Carrot Cupcakes. While The Minimalist Kitchen helps tackle one of the home's biggest problem areas Ñthe kitchenÑthis book goes beyond the basics of clearing out and cleaning up, it also gives readers practical tips to maintain this simplified way of life. Melissa shows you how to shop, stock your pantry, meal plan without losing your mind, and most importantly, that delicious food doesnÕt take tons of ingredients or gadgets to prepare. This streamlined way of cooking is a breath of fresh air in modern lives where clutter and distraction can so easily take over.