"When Valerie Bertinelli turned 60, she said "Enough already!" and ended her battle with the scale for good. She stopped counting calories. She stopped thinking of certain foods as good or bad. She quit saying no and began saying yes, finally learning how to enjoy the pure pleasure of being alive - starting in the kitchen. In short, she learned how to indulge. With this gorgeous cookbook, Valerie shares her secrets for indulging so you can start living...

A collection of eighty-five all-new recipes by the James Beard Award-winning host of the Emmy Award-winning Food Network series features comforting twists on childhood favorites, including cheesy chicken enchiladas, tomato and goat cheese crostata, and banana rum trifle. Cooking comfort food-- particularly fresh, modern comfort food-- ensures that everyone at your table will feel happy and satisfied. Garten knows that serving delicious food will...

Whether it's an unexpected weeknight meal with a neighbor or a weekend dinner party with fifteen of your closest friends, having people over is supposed to be fun, not stressful. Roman shares all-new recipes that are for gatherings big and small, any day of the week. Heavy on the easy-to-execute vegetables and versatile grains, paying lots of close attention to crunchy, salty snacks, and with love for all the meats-- these are the foods your people...

Sedaris's blisteringly funny take on entertaining--plus color photos and enlightening sidebars on everything it takes to pull off a party with flair--make this volume the best hostess gift on the planet ("Entertainment Weekly".).

Potlucks and picnics, dinner parties and church socials, fundraisers, toasts to the teacher, reunions, cookouts—it's the busy age of shared meals, which means with every invitation comes the question: " What can I bring?" Anne Byrn, an inspired cook, problem solver, and bestselling author of The Cake Mix Doctor cookbook and other books with over 2.6 million copies in print, knows exactly how to answer the question. Cutting through...

"People are lonely," Sam Sifton writes. "They want to be part of something, even when they cant identify that longing as a need. They show up. Feed them. It isnt much more complicated than that." Regular dinners with family and friends, he argues, are a metaphor for connection, a space where memories can be shared as easily as salt or hot sauce, where deliciousness reigns. The point of Sunday supper is to gather around a table with good company and...

"Television host, actress, wife of Nick Lachey, and mother of three Vanessa Lachey's LIFE FROM SCRATCH is a season-by-season guide to the recipes, holiday hacks, birthday rituals and date night ideas Vanessa has come up with in her own life, offering readers inspiration for unique family celebrations and proof that you don't have to be the product of a traditional upbringing to create your own traditions"--

"From beloved writer and cook Amy Thielen comes a year of inventive recipes and twenty menus for the "let's do it at my house" set-and those who aspire to it. In her much-anticipated follow-up to The New Midwestern Table, Amy writes, "no one will ever care about the food as much as you and I do." Company will have you rethinking the way you entertain, throwing dinner parties that are less formal, more frequent, and as fun for the cook as for the guests....