Effortless Elegance with Colin Cowie : Menus, Tips, Strategies and More Than 200 Recipes for Easy Entertaining

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Summary: Enjoy Life
Review: Elegance without effort is what we need nowadays.

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Summary: Scrumptous recipes!
Review: I've poured through this book over and over again. Although I love seeing the photos of Colin's presentations and decor, I find the recipes incredibly different and easy to prepare. I use Effortless Elegance as a cookbook, perusing the index for dishes I'm considering. I'm especially wild about his recipe for Grilled Shrimp on Lemongrass Skewers. I now keep a permanent stash of frozen lemongrass in my freezer to use for any BBQ skewers.

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Summary: In a class of its own.
Review: This book is beautiful to look at. The recipes are excellent as well. There are a broad range of dishes for a variety of occassions. I turn to this book for ideas every time I entertain. Even if I don't use a recipe from this book, I often find ideas that make special occassions that much more special. I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes to entertain. One word of caution, all the recipes are for a large number of guests. The recipes are not for an intimate dinner party for four. I have successfully scaled some back though.

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Summary: A cookbook and a breath of fresh air on entertaining
Review: This handsome book is refreshingly up to date. The recipes are excellent and the point of view is much less work than Martha. Some of the ideas are so great they will wow the new brides. The rest of us are lucky to find a really new idea every once in a while and this book has them. Next time I hope we get more entertaining and perhaps less cooking. The guy has STYLE