From the authors of The Silver Palate Cookbook(2.2 million copies in print), here is The Silver Palate Good Times Cookbook. This time the authors focus on entertaining company and making any occasion special with the right ingredients and imagination.

With the same spirit and culinary daring that catapulted the first Silver Palate Cookbook into over 700,000 homes, the Good Times Cookbookbrings to each season a sense of the memorable. Dinner a deux becomes a fireside clambake. Spring is heralded with early chEvres, curry bread, glasses of chablis. Summer sizzles with swordfish barbecue, while autumn refreshes with wild mushroom forays and the crunch of favorite nuts. And to round out the year, theres the splendid formality of Broiled Oysters with Arugula PurEe and an elegant Dacquoise.

Throughout, Sheila Lukinss charming illustrations highlight the more than 450 recipes, menus, and unexpected pairings. Sidebars and marginalia resolve the dilemmas of modern entertaining"whether Beaujolais is lusty enough for lamb, which cheeses start a meal and which end it with a flourish, how to make the presentation of food as lush as the taste. Main Selection of the Quality Paperback Bookand Book-of-the-Month Cooking and Crafts Clubs; Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club, Better Homes and Gardens Family Book Service, and ABA Basic Booklist. Winner of a Duncan Hines IACP Cookbook Award. Over 1.3 million copies in print.

GOOD TIMES, ALL THE TIME<P> Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins, the team who made The Silver Palate Cookbook a contemporary classic, now present an all-new collection of 450 spectacular recipes for cooking and entertaining during every season of the year. Complete with suggested menus for informal and elegant occasions, crammed with tips on planning and technique, and featuring special sections on wine and cheese, The Silver Plate Good Times Cookbook brings irresistible fare and irresistible charm to every occasion. <P>

A Toast to the Good Times

THE SPLURGE OF SPRING

Fresh Starts

Spring Fever

On the grapevine

Rainy Days and Sundays

Easter

A Tuscany Retreat

Daffodil Weekend

Spring Chickens

Derby Weekend

Mothers Day

Tea for Two

Primavera Wedding

EASY LIVING

Porch Brunches

Pomp and Circumstance

Fireworks on the Fourth

Summer When It Sizzles

Midsummers Vegetables

Gone Fishing

Grill Crazy

Ice Cream Socials

Siestas, Sunsets, and Stargazing

AUTUMN HUES

Opening Night Openers

Country Fare

Rising to the Top

Pastas with Pedigrees

The Autumn Hunt

Americans in Paris

Sassy Ginger Salute

Apples and Pears

America Gives Thanks

Rave Reviews

WINTER WONDERLAND

The Dinner Party

Dinner at Eight

Dressed to the Nines

Silver Bells

Nutcracker Sweet Open House

Christmas Eve

Christmas Morning Breakfast

Christmas Day Dinner

New Years Eve

New Years Day

Fireside Foods

Ski Weekends

Winter Escapes

Valentines Day

Basics

Index