Baby Showers or Art of Food Sculpture

Baby Showers

Author: Jennifer Adams

From a Sunday brunch, a fancy luncheon, or a relaxed evening get-together, these handy party guides offer creative ideas and simple, sound advice to make life's most important celebrations something to remember.

• Party favors
• Plus 50 recipes for appetizers, lunch, dinner, drinks and more Learn how to incorporate the details that make the difference:
• Always use real flowers.
• Find a little trinket--ornament, a button, a fresh flower, sprig of rosemary--to tie to the ribbon on packages.
• Freeze raspberries in ice cubes for your punch.
• Serve food in striking dishes, like orange sherbet in a hollowed out orange half, or tropical fruit salad in a fresh coconut half.
• Incorporate holidays when you can. Give shower favors away in small, stylized stockings at Christmastime; decorate with fresh potted Shamrocks for a shower near St. Patrick's day
• Give fresh potted herbs as favors. In a small pot, miniature galvanized tin bucket, window box, or other creative container, plant a fragrant fresh herb, such as rosemary, lavender, mint, sage, or lemon verbena.

Table of Contents:

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Baby Shower Basics

Themes

Invitations

Decorations

Games

Recipes

Appetizers

Brunches

Lunches

Desserts

Drinks

Favors

Details

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Art of Food Sculpture

Author: Yuci Tan

When life hands you lemons, make butterflies! This color illustrated guide for the beginning food sculptor explores different carving techniques and offers a broad range of projects simple enough for anyone to accomplish, beautiful enough to astonish any guest. Likewise, the experienced food sculptor will find this book a gold mine of ideas. It's packed with images and stencil templates for creating amazing table centerpieces, plus plate and platter garnishes. Trained in the capital of China, Yuci Tan brings Oriental design to edible food sculptures. Deli slices never looked so good, and who would ever have thought a honeydew melon could be so versatile. Simple tomatoes and cucumbers become works of art, and hard boiled eggs, apples, and eggplants are transformed into charming characters, tropical fish, and elegant flowers. And here, finally, is the solution to that annual conundrum - what to do with the garden's overabundance of zucchini. Explore the possibilities!