Chefs/Cookbooks

That's Entertaining! Cocktails and Appetizers with Tim Laird, America's CEO (Chief Entertaining Officer) is an easy-to-follow guide for party planners, featuring over 100 show-stopping but simple-to-make recipes. (Tim Laird signs books!) Hosting a party means getting together with family and friends to have fun. Tim believes hosts should be able to have fun at their own parties and, as he often says, "entertaining should never be intimidating." This book helps relieve the stress of what to prepare and how to prepare it. Tim guides readers through each spirit category with interesting anecdotes and stories. He shares the history and imaginative recipes for all traditional spirits and includes chapters on lower-calorie Skinny Cocktails, Wine Cocktails, Dessert Cocktails, and alcohol-free Mocktails. Sprinkled throughout each chapter are some of Tim's favorite recipes for appetizers that pair well with certain cocktails but can also be served with others. Every recipe in the book is accompanied by an image of the prepared dish or cocktail, brilliantly photographed by Dan Dry, one of America's most widely acclaimed photographers. Whether you are hosting four friends for cocktails or a casual get-together for forty, you will find cocktail and appetizer recipes that work well for both occasions and everything in-between.