Everything Cheese Book or Weddings by Martha Stewart

Everything Cheese Book: From Cheddar to Chevre, All You Need to Select and Serve the Finest Fromage

Author: Laura Martinez

Époisses, Explorateur, Emmental—just naming cheeses can be a tongue-twisting game! Learn how to pronounce the names more than 100 types of cheeses and pair them with wine and food with The Everything Cheese Book. Written by a certified "cheese specialist," this book offers you a chance to learn about the history of cheese, while giving you insider tips and more than 100 recipes for preparing cheese-related or cheese-based plates, platters, and hors d'oeuvres.

This mouth-watering resource shows everyone—from the cheese amateur to the connoisseur:

• Where and how to buy quality cheese
• How to organize and host cheese parties
• The art of cheesemaking
• How to pair cheese with wine
• How to distinguish several types of cheese by taste, texture, and smell

With The Everything Cheese Book, you will be well on your way to becoming a seasoned affineur.

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Weddings by Martha Stewart

Author: Martha Stewart

Nothing is more thrilling and romantic than a beautiful wedding. Here, in a simply spectacular book, Martha Stewart takes us behind the scenes of some of the most lovely weddings ever. Over 40 weddings and receptions, from small, intimate celebrations for 18 to lavish parties for 400, are documented in more than 700 full-color photographs. The settings are as varied as an idyllic country farm in New Jersey, a gracious mansion on eastern Long Island, an elegant townhouse in New York City, a private island in New Hampshire, a ranch in Texas, and the oldest and most beautiful cathedral in Montreal. We see the choices the brides, grooms, and their families made and how they planned every detail of their special day.

All the essential elements of a wedding are discussed in depth in chapters filled with information and ideas: Style, Organization, Invitations, Wedding Dresses, Bridal Bouquets, Ceremony, Music, Decoration, and, of course, Wedding Menus and Cakes. More than 120 recipes are included for varied wedding receptions, from cocktails and hors d'oeuvres to buffets, sit-down lunches and dinners, and even barbecues. Twelve different recipes for traditional as well as nontraditional wedding cakes (including carrot, lemon, and even a cheesecake) are included along with step-by-step instructions for assembling and decorating them.

Weddings are back in style, and anyone who is getting married or is involved in some way with a wedding will want to read and use this wonderfully inspiring book.

Publishers Weekly

This is a lavish, oversize album bursting with intelligent nuptial advice and spectacular color photos, although it is unclear whether the book is intended for the bridal couple or wedding professionals. Caterer Stewart (Entertaining, etc.) documents a rich sampling of weddings at home and club, in farmhouse and on yacht, for first and second marriages, and offers tips on organization, invitations, wedding dresses, ceremonies, music and decoration that will inspire prospective brides and grooms. But a professional readership is suggested by the inclusion of instructions (step-by-step and illustrated) for constructing bridal bouquets and wedding cakes, as well as some 120 eclectic, festive recipesfor example, smoked turkey on currant scones, French bread with strawberry butter, wild-rice pancakes with red-pepper jelly and roast loin of pork with prunes. 100,000 ad/promo; Better Homes and Gardens Book Clubs selection; author tour. (April 1)