Spectacular Spreads

Beyond the Board! In this follow-up to her bestselling Beautiful Boards, The BakerMama takes her super-popular snack boards to the next level with 50 delicious, exciting, family-friendly, and easy-to-put-together food spreads and DIY bars that will impress guests and feed a hungry crowd, for extra memorable mealtimes, special occasions, and holidays. Spectacular Spreads features over 250 recipes, stunning photography, and endless ideas that you can follow to a tee or mix and match. Each amazing spread is comprised of a variety of dishes that are visually exciting and deliciously enticing. Whether for a celebration with a large group or a weeknight dinner with the family, enjoy a myriad of spreads, such as: Omelet Bar, Top Your Own Pizza, Blend Your Own Milkshake, The Big Game, Father's Day Dinner, Christmas Eve Snacks. Along with The BakerMama's tips and tricks that guide you from planning your spread to laying it out on a table or punter, Spectacular Spreads guarantees effortless, stress-free, and foolproof entertaining. Book jacket.

Take your snack boards to the next level—filling a table or kitchen counter—with these 50 delicious, inspiring, family-friendly, and easy-to-put-together food spreads and DIY bars for all occasions. The BakerMama is back! In this follow-up to her best-selling Beautiful Boards, Maegan Brown has created not just a cookbook, but an entertaining resource. Spectacular Spreads features over 250 recipes, gorgeous photography, and endless ideas that you can follow to a tee or mix and match. Discover even more of the BakerMama’s tips and tricks for effortless, stress-free, and foolproof entertaining that will impress your guests and feed a hungry crowd, all while allowing you to relax and enjoy the occasion. Visually exciting and deliciously enticing, the spreads and bars are comprised of a combination of yummy recipes and easy-to-find fresh and prepared foods. In this stunning book, you will find spreads for special occasions, holidays, breakfast and brunch, lunch and dinner, dessert, and drinks, including: Top Your Own Waffles Top Your Own Pizza Fill Your Own Chili Bowl Valentine’s Day Kids’ Party Valentine’s Day Family Dinner Easter Brunch Cinco de Mayo Baby Shower Lunch Cookies, Cocktails & Milk The Big Game And much more! Once again, the BakerMama has innovated the world of entertaining, guaranteeing fun and memorable gatherings with your family and friends.

Make mealtimes, special occasions, and holidays extra memorable with these 50 delicious, inspiring, family-friendly, and easy-to-recreate snack boards. Visually exciting and deliciously enticing, The BakerMama's snack boards move beyond (and include) classic cheese and charcuterie and are comprised of easy-to-find fresh and prepared foods, arranged in beautiful, artful, and whimsical ways (think a football shape for watching the game and a turkey shape for celebrating Thanksgiving). The variety of foods on each board are great for a group, big or small, and will bring people together through snacking, all while introducing kids to foods they might not normally try. Plus, you can make the boards ahead of time, so you can actually sit down and spend time with your loved ones. In this book, you will find boards for anytime, entertaining and special occasions, seasons and holidays, breakfast and brunch, meals, and desserts. Impress your family and friends with artful masterpieces, including: After School Board Date Night In Board Birthday Dessert Board Unicorn Board Summer Board Candy Cane Caprese Board Pancake Board Bloody Mary Board Build-Your-Own Taco Board Cobb Salad Board Build-Your-Own Sundae Board Along with The BakerMama sharing her tips to get you into the board mind-set, every board is accompanied by a gorgeous, large photo and step-by-step instructions to make each one easy to recreate. Beautiful Boards is an entertaining game changer that will have you spending less time in the kitchen and more time having fun.

There’s just something exciting about approaching a spectacular spread where you get to choose from a beautiful variety of foods to customize your own meal, snack, dessert, or drink. Every time I set out a spread for my loved ones, it’s a huge success. Not only is the preparation relatively simple, but the versatility of each spread is perfect for pleasing everyone, even particular eaters. A spread invites conversation, creativity, and experimentation. Food is known to bring people together, and what better way to encourage this than with an impressive array of food for everyone to gather around and fill their plates with in their own unique ways, sparking conversation with others about their favorite foods and choices, and possibly even influencing one another to try something new. Plus, there isn’t that pressure to try everything or eat particular foods in a certain way, and each person can choose how much they want of each item. Best of all, once you set out the spread, you can relax and enjoy it too. It’s a proven way to make everyone feel happy and gratified while you enjoy the experience with them. Here are the keys to a successful spread.

Grazing is an enchanting way to eat. It means skipping from dish to dish, tasting different things without committing to a single one. It’s about creating multiple dishes that work together as a meal, that all share a theme, an aesthetic. When she entertains, or even pulls together a quick dinner for just two, food stylist Suzanne Lenzer enjoys this tapas-style of eating―and with her guidance, you can too. When it comes to making small plates at home, start with cheese and charcuterie, but then combine this classic with a few easy dishes that make a meal special. Try your hand at fun, fast recipes like chickpea fries with Meyer lemon-scented aioli; roasted beet tartare with cheese and pistachios; kale, spinach, and Pecorino pizza slivers; sardine bruchetta with fennel and preserved lemons; scallop and plum ceviche with tarragon; and lemon-lavender posset―to name just a few. Making delicious, beautiful dishes and snacks for grazing, whether for two or twelve, doesn’t have to be difficult or time-consuming. Graze is full of tips to help you prepare healthy, wholesome, and appetizing food without spending hours in the kitchen.

100,000+ COPIES SOLD! TURN SIMPLE FOODS INTO BEAUTIFUL BOARDS WITH MORE THAN 100 EASY RECIPES AND IDEAS. Sharing food on boards is the perfect way to entertain family and friends. With minimum effort and maximum impact you can casually host in style, while focusing on spending time together, rather than being stuck in the kitchen. No cooking skills are required to make these boards (and you!) shine! In On Boards, food stylist Lisa Bolton has put together 50 ideas for instantly approachable boards, all with effortless entertaining in mind, as well as 52 recipes for delectable savory and sweet additions like Beet Hummus, Bourbon Bacon Jam, Mashed Potato Dip and Chocolate Salami. The boards can be pulled together in very little time, and each includes presentation and styling tips to impress your guests. Any assortment of food can be pulled into a beautiful board, so you will be able transform whatever is in your fridge and pantry when unexpected guests arrive! With chapters on Everyday Boards, Holiday & Special Occasion Boards, Seasonal Boards and Around the World Boards, you will find inspiration for every gathering. Whether you are looking for a breakfast or brunch board; a board for Christmas Day, Superbowl Sunday or New Year's Eve; a huge celebration or a cozy date night for two, it is included in this collection of gorgeously curated boards. On Boards is the gift people give again and again--perfect for those who love to entertain, but not the stress that goes with it!

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