Cookbook Profile: Half-Baked Gourmet: Party Foods

Half-Baked Gourmet: Party Foods
200 Quick-and-Easy Recipes

by Jan Hazard

Party Foods
The all new Half-Baked cookbook series is ideal for the cook with more ambition than time. With Half-Baked Gourmet Party Food by Jan Hazard, home cooks can prepare gourmet dishes quickly and conveniently.

Half-Baked Gourmet Party Food includes recipes for delicious hors d'oeuvres, dips, and finger foods, such as Spicy Citrus Wings, Brie en Croute, and Greek Tomato Pizza. These semi-homemade treats are as easy to prepare as they are elegant, are appealing to serve, and will make even the most hopeless cook seem like a wizard in the kitchen.

The book features:

• A comprehensive list of pantry staples

• Simple five-step (or fewer) instructions

• Preparation and cooking times

• Easy-to-use spiral binding with built-in easel

With a guide like Half-Baked Gourmet Party Food, anyone can impress guests and be a gourmet cook in practically no time at all.

About the Author
Jan Hazard is the former food and equipment editor or Ladies' Home Journal and editor of more than a dozen of its cookbooks. A member of New York Women's Culinary Alliance, Association of Food journalists, and the International Association of Cooking Professionals, she is president emeritus of Les Dames d'Escoffier. She lives in New York City and Connecticut.

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Half-Baked Gourmet: Party Foods
200 Quick-and-Easy Recipes
by Jan Hazard
HP Books
$15.95, Hardcover
ISBN: 1557884412
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