Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 641.568 EAN: 9780764584695 ISBN: 0764584693 Label: For Dummies Manufacturer: For Dummies Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 354 Publication Date: June 10, 2005 Publisher: For Dummies Sales Rank: 78646 Studio: For Dummies
Product DescriptionOver 100 recipes, plus time-saving planning tips and sanity-saving suggestions
Serve terrific food confidently and calmly, and wow your crowd!
Panicky about cooking for a casual church dinner, a posh graduation party, or a holiday feast for 50? With terrific recipes plus tips for everything from planning menus to preparation and presentation, you can serve a hungry crowd without getting all steamed up about it. You'll quickly grasp the basics you need to know to cook like an experienced pro.
Discover how to * Serve great dishes, from appetizers through desserts * Determine food quantities when cooking for groups * Handle food safely * Add ambience with easy decorations
What Others Say
Very Helpful Book
Cooking For Crowds For Dummies (For Dummies (Cooking)) was a Great Big help to me, as I planned my first big crowd event! Very easy to read and understand, alot of great information and hints!
Growing Appreciation
OK, at first, I wasn't particularly thrilled with Cooking For Crowds For Dummies (For Dummies (Cooking)). Maybe it's because I've been cooking for a crowd for awhile and hoped it would have more to offer. It's very basic. However, I am coming to appreciate its "basic-ness" and believe it's a good place to start if someone takes on a large crowd cooking challenge. Just having the information for how to estimate amounts of a particular food item is very nice; makes the math (at least for me!) much easier. I think the recipes are somewhat mundane, but again, since I've already come up with recipes that have worked successfully, maybe I'm not being fair. I think I came to respect the book and myself when I checked a recipe I've used against a similar one in the book and discovered they were ... Read More
Loved it
A great help for a recent party I threw. I loved the tips and the recipe I tried was enjoyed by all.
Great and Easy
Good recipes, easy for anyone to follow. I manage a senior citizen facility and they are enjoying the change to our menu!
