Tables & Spreads: A Go-To Guide for Beautiful Snacks, Intimate Gatherings, and Inviting Feasts

Description

From the author of the bestselling Platters & Boards comes a beautifully photographed recipe collection and styling guide that shows you how to easily create lovely, abundant spreads for every occasion. Tables & Spreads is a must-have cookbook and resourceful styling guide from bestselling author Shelly Westerhausen. Here are more than 60 easy-to-prepare recipes plus behind-the-scenes insight into creating a beautiful, inviting table for every occasion, including tips on choosing a theme, styling your food in creative ways, and achieving that "wow factor" with linens, flowers, music, and more. There are 20 visually striking spreads that range from Ladies Night Lettuce Wraps to a Christmas Morning Dutch Baby Party, Dips for Dinner, and a Boozy Bloody Mary Bar. Rich with gorgeous and instructive photography, Tables & Spreads is inspiring yet totally accessible, perfect for home cooks who like to host gatherings of all sizes, and those who loved Shelly's first book, Platters & Boards. Complete with timelines, shopping lists, diagrams, and more, this book includes all the tools you need to make every meal delicious and unforgettable.

Shelly Westerhausen is the author of Vegetarian Heartland and the bestselling Platters & Boards, and the blogger behind Vegetarian 'Ventures. Her recipes have been featured in Bon Appetit, Food & Wine, FOOD52, Savuer magazine, and many others. She lives in Bloomington, Indiana, with her boyfriend Wyatt. Wyatt Worcel is an electronic music artist based in Bloomington, Indiana. When not working on his music, he spends his free time helping Shelly with her many food projects.

"Allow me to present the snacking buffet. Shelly Westerhausen Worcel is the author - along with Wyatt Worcel - of the book Tables Spreads, which explains how to create an array of beautiful and elaborate grazing treats."-The Guardian "Tables Spreads is a cookbook and lesson in styling a beautiful, inviting table with major wow factor, minimal fuss. Worcel's creative ideas will make any night (special occasion or not!) totally unforgettable." - Camille Styles, New Cookbooks That Are Making Us Fall in Love with Cooking All Over Again "Smartly organized and thoughtfully written, this will appeal to aspiring and experienced party hosts alike." - Publishers Weekly Ideal for party planners, this cookbook offers a score of ideas. A useful addition for libraries looking for more books on entertaining. - Library Journal