Dishes With Dashers: Entertaining With Panache

Based on the author's successful cookery courses and demonstrations, and with its quick, slick recipes using seasonal ingredients, Katie's book is about good food with an innovative twist. In addition to the recipes there are sections devoted to the art of entertaining encompassing china and glassware, flowers, lighting etc. There is also advice on picnics, al fresco dining, plus a useful chapter on the cook's larder and equipment. Dishes With Dashers will inspire anyone who loves entertaining to provide delicious and unusual parties with the minimum fuss. AUTHOR: Katie Dashwood is a self taught cook and cookery writer, well known as a hostess. Her style is designed to help those with busy lives to cook and entertain in a slick and stylish manner. A regular follower with the Heythrop and Irish packs. 'For me cooking is all about the four S's: savvy sourcing of ingredients; supporting local suppliers; seasonality; and simplicity'. She also runs cookery courses. Colour illustrations throughout