Appetizers gives more than just a little taste--it offers 150 of the best appetizer recipes from the original Lifestyles series, each illustrated with stunning four-color photography. Devoted to the way people who love good food cook, dine, and entertain today, the titles in this popular series were written by leading chefs and authors worldwide. Appetizers features classically inspired yet contemporary recipes drawn from an international palette of culinary traditions.

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150 kitchen-tested appetizer recipes with four-color photography

Expert tips on preparation, cooking, serving, and storing

Includes an illustrated glossary of key ingredients, cooking procedures, and equipment...

Packed with over 125 festive recipes, inspirational styling ideas, helpful information on planning and decorating, and stunning lifestyle photography, Williams-Sonoma Holiday Entertaining offers a fresh approach to celebrating the season. With a family-friendly focus, this 288-page guide inspires you to entertain during the holidays, with advice on how to plan, what to serve, and ways to make your celebration--and table--memorable.

The book begins with a comprehensive and visually rich section on planning and decorating for the holidays. Sixteen suggested menus offer a full range of occasions for winter entertaining, from a holiday brunch or cocktail party to a fireside fondue party.

Next, there are three occasion-driven chapters dedicated to Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's. Each chapter illustrates a celebration and includes a detailed planning spread, a how-to idea for a centerpiece, plus additional inspirations for seasonal style, such as ways to make holiday place settings special and how to decorate with candles.

The recipes are organized into eight chapters: drinks, hors d'oeuvres, soups & salads, mains, sides, desserts, breakfasts, and gifts from the kitchen. Recipes include contemporary twists on favorite classics, such as Roast Turkey with Sage Stuffing, Gingered Cranberries, and Pumpkin Pie with Walnut Crust. There are also seasonally themed specialties, like a Mojito Peppermint Fizz, Fresh Cracked Crab with Chili Dipping Sauce, and Blood Orange Granita.

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Everything you need to plan memorable holiday gatherings in a single, inspiring volume

More than 125 kitchen-tested recipes give holiday classics a modern twist

Full-color photographs and easy-to-follow preparation and cooking instructions

Includes creative gourmet holiday gifts from the kitchen

Sidebars throughout offer tips and ideas for successful party planning...

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The award-winning Williams-Sonoma Kitchen Library, treasured cookbook series comprising forty-three single-subject titles, provides the material for seven new collector's editions. Each title in the new format offers comprehensive coverage of a method or style of cooking, or a menu part, compiling favorite recipes into a single, beautiful book. Gorgeous full-color images of every recipe as a finished dish anchor the pages, while step-by-step photographed techniques illuminate more challenging tasks. A detailed, illustrated glossary, a trademark of the Kitchen Library series, completes every book. Written by international cooking authorities, these timeless recipe collections provide everything the home cook needs to prepare delicious, inspiring meals for friends and family....