Contains over 350 step-by-step recipes and detailed menu suggestions plus advice and tips for entertaining. This book emphasizes that successful entertaining is achieved by skillful organization and advance preparation and attempts to demonstrate this by providing menus for a wide range of occasions. Divided into ten chapters, this book looks at recipes for brunch, lunch parties, supper, afternoon tea, dinner parties, cocktail and drinks parties, children's parties, barbecues and picnics, buffets and traditional celebrations. A colour recipe file is included at the front of the book as well as an index highlighting those dishes suitable for specific or unusual dietary requirements.