Seasonal Favorites Festive Food			«Back
	The Garden Club of Houston Edited by Gay Estes and Karen Terrell, Illustrated by Gay Estes Soft Cover 7" x 7", 128 pages 4-color illustrations Food & Wine / Gardening / Non-Fiction 978-1-933979-54-0 October 2009 $24.95 Quantity: Gift Tie: YesNo
Seasonal Favorites is a collection of favorite festive foods from the Garden Club of Houston. Organized around the calendar year, it includes standard and more special holidays—like Veteran's Day and Day of the Dead. Anecdotes about special parties with all the details are included in each season, along with seasonal fare, party fare and planting tips. An inclusive way of looking at the year at home with family and friends, it features special recipes handed down for generations and flower arranging and gardening tips that will bring the beauty of the reader's own garden into the home; and it shares successful ideas for throwing warm and wonderful parties with friends and family—without having to hire a caterer. Chock full of delicious and easy-to-prepare recipes, this inspired little book encourages us to create special times throughout the year by celebrating the cycle of life that is reflected in the garden. Many cookbooks promote holiday food, but most are based on standard holidays and only contain recipes. Seasonal Favorites offers proof that in our busy world, gracious living need not be a lost art. Whether this collection augments your repertoire of holiday entertaining favorites or begins a new phase in your enjoyment of life, Seasonal Favorites promotes living life in a way that every sense can savor. GAY ESTES is the author and illustrator of The Church Ladies Guide to Divine Flower Arranging and the illustrator of the Garden Club of Houston's Perennial Favorites: Portable Food. She, KAREN TERRELL and a team of dedicated women from the Garden Club of Houston have gathered the best festive fare, party tips and seasonal plant decorating suggestions from the club's many talented hostesses. Organized in 1924, the Garden Club of Houston's purpose is to stimulate the knowledge and love of gardening; to restore, improve and protect the quality of the environment through programs and action in the fields of conservation, civic improvement, and education. Proceeds from the sale of both Favorites books support the Garden Club of Houston's many worthwhile projects for Houston parks, native plants, organic gardening, and beautification endeavors.