Overview

The ultimate guide to entertaining, this collection includes recipes for every season, occasion, and cuisine. But hosting a great party is about more than food, it's about the art of entertaining and showing friends and family just how much you care. Want to transport guests to Greece without leaving home? Or throw a tailgate party that fellow fans will never forget? How about creating the ultimate tablescape for casual entertaining? Or throwing the daintiest garden party ever? Through 12 beautifully illustrated chapters, Kathy G. reveals tips, hints, and best-kept secrets for engaging guests with all their senses. Through lighthearted, personal narratives, the book offers plenty of ideas and creative inspiration to make each party a delight. Readers will find a full range of recipes, from fast and simple treats to elaborate appetizers, entrées, sides, drinks, and deserts that make a statement on formal occasions. The photographs show grand-scale events though any of the themes or recipes work just as well for an intimate meal at home.

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Reviews

Kathy and the Kathy G team are leaders in the special Events Industry. To have insight of some of their work between two covers is FABULOUS! --Pauline Parry, Good Gracious Events, Los Angeles All those who love to cook and entertain like I do can find great takeaways and inspiration from this book. Kathy G produces beautifully styled events. I'm a huge fan! --Martie Duncan, Food Network Star, co-author, Birmingham's Best Bites Kathy Mezrano incorporates her cosmopolitan style of entertaining and cooking into this beautiful new cookbook where she shares her flavorful, bright and delicious recipes that have made her the most outstanding caterer in Alabama. --Frank Stitt, author, Frank Stitt's Southern Table

"""All those who love to cook and entertain like I do can find great takeaways and inspiration from this book. Kathy G produces beautifully styled events. I'm a huge fan!"" --Martie Duncan, Food Network Star, co-author, Birmingham's Best Bites ""Kathy and the Kathy G team are leaders in the special Events Industry. To have insight of some of their work between two covers is FABULOUS!"" --Pauline Parry, Good Gracious Events, Los Angeles ""Kathy Mezrano incorporates her cosmopolitan style of entertaining and cooking into this beautiful new cookbook where she shares her flavorful, bright and delicious recipes that have made her the most outstanding caterer in Alabama."" --Frank Stitt, author, Frank Stitt's Southern Table"

Author Information

With decades of experience as a professional caterer and a lifelong passion for being a gracious hostess, Kathy G. believes that good food is meant to be shared. Food, Fun & Fabulous features her all-time favorite recipes, from family traditions to twists on popular dishes to new flavors developed by her son Jason, who's also the company's executive chef. Based in Birmingham, Alabama, Kathy G. & Company is a premier caterer that also offers comprehensive event design and floral design. Its venue, The Gardens Café by Kathy G. at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens, plays host to weddings and other special events. For the past few years, Kathy G. & Company has been an exclusive caterer to The Birmingham Museum of Art, The Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center, and Park Lane in Mountain Brook as well as the historic Donnelly House and Zoo Lodge. Kathy G. & Company caters parties of two and parties of thousands--they're all different and they're all deliciously beautiful.

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