Shields Brooke - Entertaining Story An - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: Style icon India Hicks's charming take on entertaining featuring dreamy tablescapes found centerpieces and enjoyable family anecdotes. Daughter of the late David Hicks and goddaughter to Prince Charles India Hicks is known for her irreverent take on style. In her previous books she invited readers into her homes on Harbour Island and in England. For her third book India presents her own slightly madcap spin on entertaining. Organized by meal the book begins marvelously with the most important meal of the day - - cocktail hour - - and ends with breakfast. In between there are family suppers and big dinners birthday cakes and Christmas crackers great British breakfasts quick teas and long lunches mustard pots as vases and bedcovers for tablecloths. Like India these stories are full of personality from the Panic Dinner (or what to do when you suddenly have a crowd descending) to the Naked Cake (cake decorating for the harried or untalented) to a White Christmas in the Bahamas. Each celebration includes clever advice and inspiration for place settings homemade flower arrangements table design and more. These are parties that make use of what is on hand whether it's beach towels thrown down a long table children's candy piled in cups on a tray or massing palm fronds collected from the lawn. Beautifully photographed and embellished here and there with a bit of Hicks family lore the book is rounded out with a sprinkling of recipes from India's beloved cook Claire Williams fondly known as Top Banana and other family members from traditional English fare such as Victoria Sponge to tropical treats such as the Marquess's Banana Daiquiri.
Title: Entertaining Story An
Author(s): Shields Brooke
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
Barcode: 9780847868896
Pages: 224 Pages
Publication Date: 9/8/2020
Category: Parties, Etiquette & Entertaining