Recipes for home cooks tend to be formulated for a specific numbers of diners, usually 2, 4 or 6, which are all
fairly common family numbers. Most recipes are easy to double, so you can turn a chicken dinner for four into
a meal for eight quite easily. Recipes for entertaining and parties, however, are different. You generally
want small or bite-sized portions and need a single recipe that will feed a house or yard full of
people. Fortunately, there are several cookbooks on
the market that can help you out here by providing you with lots of recipes that a specifically geared towards pleasing
crowds. These are some of my favorites. Some are more traditional and some are more current, but all are great additions
to home libraries.
- Party Food by Barbara Kafka
- Entertaining by Donna Hay
- Williams-Sonoma Entertaining
- Joy of Cooking: Party Foods and Drinks
- Just a Bite by Gale Gand
This isn't a complete list, by the way. What are your favorite entertaining cookbooks?
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