Plan a Fabulous Party In No Time

by Love, Tamar

• ISBN13: 9780789732217
• ISBN10: 0789732211
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-11-12
• Publisher: Que Publishing
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Summary

Make your next party a sparkling event quickly and easily! bull; Provides over 45 different party themes with menus, recipes, to-do lists, and step-by-step help for parties big and small. bull; Tamar Love gives practical entertaining advice to impress guests with food and favours that look like they took days to create, but only took minutes to prepare. bull; Shares hundreds of tricks from the catering trade to make parties simple, elegant and fun.

Author Biography

Tamar Love is a freelance writer and editor with eight years of professional experience. In addition to writing regular features for Tana's Habitat, a do-it- yourself/lifestyle website for Generations X & Y, Tamar writes and edits for Random House and Chronicle Books and runs Cranky Editor (www.crankyeditor.com), her editorial services company.

For many years, Tamar was a food writer and literary arts editor at SF Station (www.sfstation.com), an alternative web guide to the city of San Francisco. Tamar was also a staff writer for About.com, worked the news desk at Wired News and wrote features for the San Francisco Examiner, CitySearch and MyPleasure.com. Other clients have included Time Out travel guides, Food First environmental publishing, Ten Speed Press and The Sharper Image. She has edited three books on etiquette. Tamar received her Master of Arts in creative writing from San Francisco State University in 2000. A resident of the Bay Area for almost a decade, Tamar now lives in Burbank, California with her husband, cats and dogs.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Know Your Party Self

Know Your Party Style

What Kind of Host Are You?

Time and Money: Formal Versus Casual

Attitude: Classy Versus Kitschy

Creativity: Modern Versus Traditional

Partying with Your Style in Mind

A Party for Every Budget

No-Frills Fecirc;tes

Midrange Merrymaking

Fancy Schmancy

Summary

Choosing Party Venues

In the House

Meal and Cocktail Parties

Open Houses

Block Parties

Out of the House

Restaurants and Bars

Large Venues

Destination Parties

The Great Outdoors

The Park

Tailgate Parties

The Beach

Camping

Summary

Party Basics

Selecting a Theme

Nontraditional Holiday Traditions

Mixing Up Occasion Party Themes

Serving Up Savory Meal Parties

Hosting a Theme-Based Party

Choosing Party Deacute;cor

Planning for F

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