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This book is a follow up to my first cookbook, "Seasons in the Kitchen with Mama Farrelli", which was a compilation of seasonal recipes that I had used over the years when I was a stay-at-home mom. I loved cooking for my family and entertaining. Many of the recipes I included were handed down from my grandma, my mom (Grandma Sallie) and my mother-in-law (Grandma Marge). My kids are adults now, so I don't do as much every day cooking, but I do love to entertain. Still seasonal, this book focuses on menus for entertaining family and friends.

Glean the techniques of the Six P's of “How to Host a Delightful Tea" for eight or more with consummate party hostess, Debbie Bolduc. Having hosted Teas for large and small groups of women every year for over twenty years, Debbie's guests have remarked after attending her events that she should write about her ideas, recipes, and "How-To's". Debbie started a blog, MakeItDelightful.com to accommodate those wishes. Within these pages she will share how she Plans, Prepares, Presents, Performs, manages Post Party activities, and Pleasantly Ponders events. She will demonstrate how you, too, can listen for the oohs, ahs, and wows at all of your Tea events Debbie resides in Orange, Cali ...

The idea for Lost Cocktails came while researching another project about homesteading techniques (lostwitandwisdom.com). I was serendipitously finding cocktail guides and resources on bartending from the 1800s to the early 1900s in the pre-prohibition era. In these books I found a world of amazing and sometimes curious cocktail recipes and bartending techniques and tips that seemed too interesting to keep to myself. Some of the interesting tips that I found: • How to arrange your bar and attend to customers • Lists of drinks that were expected to be memorized by an experienced bartender • How to take a cork out of a bottle without a corkscrew • Common measurements • How to serve c ...