Synopses & Reviews
Are you planning the menu for your local junior leagueand#8217;s next luncheon? Wondering what cocktail to sip on while spectating at Wimbledon? Searching for the perfect casserole that tastes just the way Mummy used to make it?
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With answers to all these questions and more, The Preppy Cookbook will guide you, step by step, in creating a kitchen, and a world, that exemplifies the preppy lifestyle. This beautifully illustrated cookbook from Christine E. Nunn, the owner of Picnic, offers more than 125 perfectly tested recipes.
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Readers will not only delight their taste buds with mouthwatering photographs of summer Lobster Rolls and The Perfect Pot Roast, but theyand#8217;ll also discover The Preppy Cookbook is a cheeky, cover-to-cover read that is as witty as it is delicious. With droll but wise inflection, Nunn shares time-honored traditions and cites proper blue-blood etiquette. For example, always pick up asparagus with your fingers; never use a fork unless it is smothered in Easy and Perfect Hollandaise sauce. Brunch begins at 12:15 pm sharp. And gentlemen, when cocktailing, remember to bring a church key.
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Whether itand#8217;s planning a wedding shower, serving hors dand#8217;oeuvres at the annual tree-trimming party, firing up a lobster bake in Maine, or finding the cure for a Sunday morning hangover, The Preppy Cookbook will provide you with an arsenal of great recipes for all occasions.
Review
"This book touches many bases. And it's funny without exactly being satirical. The authors take their mission sort of seriously and approach the prep ethos with obvious affection." New York Times
Synopsis
From the author of
The Official Preppy Handbook comes a new take on the old world that Lisa Birnbach turned into an international best-selling phenomenon thirty years ago.
True Prep looks at how the old guard of natural-fiber-loving, dog-worshipping, GandT-soaked preppies adapts to the new order of the Internet, cell phones, rehab, political correctness, reality TV and... polar fleece.
A small sample:
• Wardrobe: Recent prep brands we are forced to recognize. How to tell Casual Friday from, say, Saturday.
• Money: We never talk about it.
• Food: Does the Food Network mean we’re going to have to cook? Bake? Now you’re going too far.
• Scandals: Poor Mrs. Astor. When Mummy’s plastic surgery goes terribly wrong. Rehab and the slammer: the new prep schools.
• We’re outta here: When to name something after yourself, and when not. The right obituary. What to do with your dogs if you predecease them.
• NO TEXTING AT THE TABLE, PLEASE.
True Prep promises to be a whole new old sensation.
Synopsis
Wake up, Muffy. We're back.
From Lisa Birnbach, the author of The Official Preppy Handbook — and designer Chip Kidd — comes a whole new take on the prep world that Birnbach turned into an international best-selling phenomenon thirty years ago.
True Prep is a contemporary look at how the old guard of natural-fiber-loving, dog-worshipping, G&T-soaked preppies adapt to the new order of things. Birnbach considers the prep attitude towards money (ambivalent), schools (good investment), wardrobe (now your clothes fit), work (some careers will never be prep), decorating (ask mummy), scandal (including rehab and prison), and food and drink (with some classic recipes for both). She also looks at weekends (and what to do to get asked back), entertaining, sports (including sailing and shopping), weddings, etiquette, the Internet and electronic gadgetry, political correctness, reality TV, and... polar fleece. And last but not least: a do-it-yourself eulogy.
With more than 200 original illustrations and photographs, True Prep promises to be a whole new, old sensation.
Synopsis
From the author of "The Official Preppy Handbook." Birnbach looks at how the old guard of natural-fiber-loving, dog-worshipping preppies adapts to the new order of the Internet, cell phones, rehab, political correctness, reality TV, and polar fleece.
Synopsis
In the tradition of The Preppy Handbook, a playful, humorous cookbook with more than 125 recipes for every occasion, from the owner and chef of Picnic.
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About the Author
TV commentator Lisa Birnbach, author of
The Official Preppy Handbook and
Lisa Birnbach's College Books, is a contributing editor for
Parade and the mother of (at least) three children.
Chip Kidd was born in Reading, Pennsylvania in 1964. He is the author of The Cheese Monkeys and The Learners, and lives in New York City and Stonington, Connecticut.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Sara Moulton
Introduction and#160; The Formative Yearsand#160;
Summer and the Living Is Easyand#160;
The Sporting Lifeand#160;
The Grand Tour
Brunch as a Verband#160;
The Cocktail Partyand#160;
Luncheons and Showersand#160;
Home for the Holidaysand#160; The Preppy Kitchenand#160;
Acknowledgmentsand#160;
Indexand#160;