Finger Food: Bite-Size Food for Cocktail Parties

Petersen-Schepelern, Elsa

ISBN 10: 1841723630 / ISBN 13: 9781841723631

Published by Ryland Peters & Small, 2002

Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Seller Inventory # 00100023174

Synopsis:

A party book with a difference - easy, hassle-free recipes and lots of stylish presentation ideas. It covers how to plan a variety of food, including keeping the needs of vegetarians in mind, plus preparation timetables, catering quantities and how to prepare food in advance, using freezing and microwaving.

Review: Elsa Petersen-Schepelern is an absolute dab at finding new twists to familiar themes. In Finger Food she turns her attention to canapés, so often restricted by limitations of time or imagination to limp rounds of toast smeared with pink, beige or green slurry. Not here. Finger Food offers a fantastic range of smart party foods in all shapes and forms, as well as some winningly original ideas about presentation and serving. There is a good deal of sensible advice about preparation, timing, quantities, serving sizes, how much work to take on as cook, what to serve in what order, and the like: all of it extremely useful to any party planner.

And the recipes? To give some idea of what's on offer, these are divided by category into Spoons, Cups and Quickies; Toasts, Buns, Tarts and Cones; Pizzas and Pastry; Leaves and Seaweed; Wraps and Pockets; Bites and Balls; Wontons and Satays; Sweet Things and Drinks. Some examples: a tray of "Spoonfuls of Caviar"; "Quail's' Eggs With Dipping Spice"; "Miniature Fish And Chips" (served in a newspaper cone); "Ciabatta Pockets With Rare Roast Beef, Wasabi Mayonnaise And Baby Salad"; "Mini Tortilla Wraps"; "Tandoori Chicken"; "Afghan Lamb Kebabs"; "Mini Croissants With Mincemeat and Brandy Cream". A corking selection of drinks, including as highlights "Swedish Glogg" and "Blue Champagne", concludes a highly imaginative collection that could transform your parties. --Robin Davidson

Bibliographic Details

Title: Finger Food: Bite-Size Food for Cocktail ...
Publisher: Ryland Peters & Small
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good