Amy Sedaris offers a tongue-in-cheek guide to entertaining with practical advice on how to avoid nosy guests, what to serve uptight neighbors, how to help guests relax, and more.

This extensively illustrated cookbook offers a variety of recipes for preparing quick and appealing meals for entertaining guests; fare includes snacks and appetizers, meals, salads, and desserts, often using international seasonings, to provide a new spark to standard ingredients.

Set among Martha's dining rooms, kitchens, gardens, and patios, this is her most intimate book yet, a new classic for hosts and home cooks of every generation.

"Alex Hitz, "the very best host in the world" says the Wall Street Journal, shares more than 100 timeless, tried-and-true recipes for classic comfort foods to serve with his inimitable style of gracious entertaining. Having played host to the A-list and beau monde from Atlanta to Park Avenue to Beverly Hills, Alex Hitz is a consummate entertainer and bon vivant--who can really cook. Elegance, comfort, and wit (and always a little decadence) suffuse...