A Novice's Guide to Entertaining - Softcover

R.M Gibson ; Paul Lanier

9781907407215: A Novice's Guide to Entertaining

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ISBN 10: 1907407219 ISBN 13: 9781907407215

Publisher: The Black Leaf Publishing Group, 2010

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Everything you ever wanted to know about the fine art of entertaining is contained in this helpful "how to" guide. Take a journey into a new and relaxed way of cooking and learn the secrets of guaranteed success in the kitchen. This book covers it all: from serving up diverse and delicious cuisine to gourmet guests, to preparing simple easy-to-fix meals for one or two-all at a minimum of effort and cost. And that includes the important but often overlooked pre-stocking of the larder for maximum preparedness. Nothing has been missed, and it even contains thoughtful little touches that will add to the comfort of overnight guests. This easy to follow guide to making entertaining hassle free puts the enjoyment back into the kitchen. And the humor sprinkled throughout makes it a delightfully informative read. All you need to know is here, in what is an essential addition to any home, packaged in a highly enlightening, worthwhile and most entertaining read.

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About the Author

R. M. GIBSON was born into the twentieth century's great depression and was raised on a farm in north central Indiana. After high school, he served on a minesweeper during the Korean conflict and later graduated from Indiana University. It was 1955 and the start of his long professional career--one that began with his having worked for the California company that built the Apollo spacecraft. In the late sixties, he moved to suburban Connecticut and commuted into New York where he worked for companies in the oil, basic metals, and executive search businesses. In the mid-seventies, he settled in rural, central Massachusetts and spent several years in various roles within the real estate industry. A decade later, he relocated to south Texas and served as an officer in the state's largest privately held bank. He and his educator wife, Sandra, then emigrated to Europe and since 1986 have since lived in both Spain and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

PAUL LANIER was born in New York only months before the stock market crash in 1929. His father was the U.S. south; his mother came from England. He was raised in South Carolina, but before the end of WWII, he enlisted in the Army and served as a paratrooper. At war's end, he was schooled at Bryant College in Rhode Island, after which he moved back to New York, married, and moved with his new wife to Mexico. For a time, he wrote and she painted. By the mid-1950s, they'd moved to British Columbia where Paul became involved in Alcan's Kitimat smelter project. Later in his career, he joined American Standard in New York and served in their international department as a vice-president. Then before he shifted his focus, full time, to entrepreneurial ventures, he was part of the team that developed the reorganization plan for Federal Express.

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