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Glorious food

Archive Print Item: Mardon Collection

Details

Type of record: Book

Title: Glorious food

Level: Item

Classmark: Mardon Collection

Creator(s): Idone, Christopher

Additional creator(s): Mardon, Gisele (1930-2015) (Former owner); Jeffery, Richard (Photographer (expression))

Publisher: Stewart, Tabori and Chang

Publication city: New York

Date(s): 1982

Language: English

Size and medium: 256 pages

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/787252

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991021048471305181

Description

"Hundreds of entertaining ideas, menus and recipes from New York's leading caterer"--book jacket front cover.

Includes index.

"Glorious Food, New York's most prestigious catering company, as set the standard for elegant entertaining among the most stylish clientele in America. Whether serving a delicious dinner for one or a dazzling feast for a thousand, Glorious Food pays meticulous attention to every important detail, from planning the menu and overseeing the food preparation to selecting the wines, the service, and the room and table décor. Now, Glorious Food's co-founder, Christopher Idone, shares his secrets for creating a total dining experience for your guests. Here are forty-three carefully selected menus, and over 150 detailed recipes, for all types of meals -- breakfasts, lunches, large and small dinners, teas, cocktails, and big parties -- and for all occasions -- including Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's , weddings, picnics, and barbecues. Idone shows you how to entertain on a boat, in a beach house, in a garden, by the seashore, in a loft, or in a tent. The more than 150 color photographs taken especially for this book by Richard Jeffery, the well-known photographer, capture the quintessence of Glorious Food's unique style. For anyone who wants to entertain graciously or who simply loves to cook, this glorious volume ensures a memorable success on every occasion."--

Big Parties. The Metropolitan Museum of Art; The New York Botanical Garden ; A tea party ; Children's Halloween -- Celebrations. Wedding eve ; Wedding reception ; Christening -- Holidays. Thanksgiving ; Christmas Eve ; Nutcracker tea ; New Year's Eve ; New Year's Day ; Easter -- Breakfast. Corporate ; Luxe ; For one -- Lunch. Sunday ; Corporate ; Glorious melon ; Majolica ; Garden ; Seashore ; Beach house ; Barbecue ; Boat ; Autumn picnic ; Event ; Simple ; For one -- Cocktails -- Dinner. Glorious ; Two tables of six ; Gamesmanship ; Peasant glamour ; Cold night ; Foursome ; Abbondanza ; Loft supper ; Country sit-down ; Kitchen ; Midsummer's night ; At dusk ; The white plate ; For one ; The perfect dinner -- Appendix.

Provenance

Leeds University Libraries copy at XXX: From the Gisele Mardon Collection, gifted in 2019.

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