Product Overview
Cocktail Parties, Straight Up! is the ideal book for hosts and hostesses who have full-time jobs, not full-time help and who want to entertain stylishly without hocking the family heirlooms or having a nervous breakdown. Sister team Lauren Purcell and Anne Purcell Grissingers sophisticated yet down-to-earth style, reassuring tone, and truly practical advice reflect their 12 years of entertaining together in New York City, where theyve thrown countless cocktail partieswithout caterers, decorators, or a big budget.
Cocktail Parties, Straight Up! features 12 of the authorssuccessful, gently themed parties, each with delicious signature cocktails, a suggested menu with hors doeuvre recipes that can be made ahead, and foolproof ways to make sure your guests get into the swing of things.
Plus, each chapter is full of helpful tips and tidbits that will help you navigate the finer points of throwing a successful cocktail party, from before the first guest arrives (theres a foolproof party timeline) until the last one leaves (youll find tips for how to end a party gracefully). Cocktail Parties, Straight Up! is the ultimate blueprint for creating parties infused with satisfying conversation, genuine laughter, and a relaxed eleganceand guaranteeing that hosts collect compliments at the door.
