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Celebrate: A Year Of Festivities For Families And Friends (2012)

by Pippa Middleton(Favorite Author)

3.56 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0670026352 (ISBN13: 9780670026357)

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

publisher

Viking Adult

review 1: This book is absolutely gorgeous. Full of beautiful pictures (seriously, I can't even fathom how much work went into staging all the different parties and scenes) and encompassing nearly every celebratory event one could think of. I enjoyed reading it so much, but Pippa's style of entertaining is a little more traditional than mine, so I'm not sure how much of the book I necessarily found useful. It could be the whole American/British thing, but the food definitely felt more on the stuffy side in my opinion (it's very traditional, and not common American fare). My favorite aspect of the book were the tablescapes. I marked nearly every party page to go back and reference for colors, plating, and flower ideas.
review 2: The best use for this book is to press flow... moreers or leaves sandwiched in waxed paper between its pages. It is pretty hefty.If you happen to be an up-scale urbanite or typically vacation at Martha's Vineyard you might find this book useful for its recipes and suggestions. Even then, it seems there is a choice to make. Either prepare these meals and parties OR be a wife mom. The other choice is Be a wife mom OR hire someone to prepare these meals and parties.As for my small-town Idaho library having spent $50 on it, too bad. Let's hope it was a donation. less

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