Synopses & Reviews
Entertaining can be simple -- and simply wonderful!
You can host worry-free gatherings with family and friends without a lot of time, money, or energy. All you need is a desire to spend time with people you care about and this reassuring collection of ideas for entertaining with minimum fuss and maximum fun.
In Keeping Entertaining Simple you'll find:
-- Easy theme party plans
-- Crowd-pleasing recipes and ideas
-- Tips for getting guests to help
-- Special parties for small children and young adults
-- Simple, meaningful holiday celebrations
-- Techniques for embracing spontaneity
Synopsis
This fun book offers hundreds of ideas and tips for low-fuss and anxiety-free entertaining, from get-togethers with friends to holiday parties to business functions.
Synopsis
This fun-to-read tips book offers hundreds of ideas for low-fuss, low-anxiety entertaining with friends, for the holidays, and for business purposes.
About the Author
Martha Storey lent her party-planning advice to Keeping Entertaining Simple. She has mastered the art of relaxed hostessing, whether giving small dinner parties for close friends or large corporate picnics, and she shares her secrets and inspiring ideas with readers. Country-living publisher for more than 17 years, Martha also draws on her country roots to bring you the time-honored classics of the American country kitchen in her book, Treasured Country Recipes from Martha Storey and Friends. Martha founded Storey Communications, Inc. with her husband John in 1983. She has three children and eight grandchildren. She lives in western Massachusetts and farm in Westport, New York.
Table of Contents
Introduction
1 Simple Ways of Celebrating
2 A Simple Plan
3 Entertaining at Home
4 Entertaining around Food
5 Entertaining without Food
6 Simply Sensational
7 Enjoying Your Own Party
8 Entertaining Small Children
9 Entertaining Young Adults
10 Entertaining Elsewhere
11 Entertaining in Business
Appendix: Entertaining Survey
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