Company: The Radically Casual Art of Cooking for Others
by Amy Thielen
Buy on AmazonFrom beloved writer and cook Amy Thielen comes a year of inventive recipes and twenty menus for the “let’s do it at my house” set—and those who aspire to it. In her much-anticipated follow-up to The New Midwestern Table, Amy writes, “no one will ever care about the food as much as you and I do.” Company will have you rethinking the way you entertain, throwing dinner parties that are less formal, more frequent, and as fun for the cook as for the guests. Preaching leniency, not-guilty pleasures, and the art of making it in advance, Amy soothes the most common party anxieties one by one. Her reflections on writing menus, produce shopping, and how to time a meal are novel but timeless.…
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"A decade after her debut cookbook, The New Midwestern Table, ex-Food Network host Amy Thielen has produced a sequel. Company’s calling, and the result is menu after menu of plates serving six to 20. A veteran eschewer of fuss and fine china, Thielen tirelessly conjures good flavor ideas – Crispy Smashed Chicken Breasts with Gin-and-Sage Jus, Crispy Curried Cauliflower with Mustard Seeds, Spiced Meatballs with Cream Gravy. If you’re like me, you’ll ignore the menus, the project recipes (handmade strudel? No!), even the guests, and just pick and choose any Thielen recipe you want for dinner; even downscaled, they overdeliver."
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