Home Entertainment - Made Easy

Dear Homemakers and Friends,

The idea for the suggestion in this book came from both of my previous restaurants, my home catering experiences, and my weekend home entertainment for my friends and their friends. Some of the recipes were collected in my travels and some come from my friends and relatives' kitchens.

[Restaurant Experience] Jo' Deans Cuisine: Sacramento, California 1979

Jo'Deans Cuisine 2: Mt. Vernon, New York 1986

[Home catering experience] Exquisite Dining: Weekend Home Entertainment
Sacramento, California 1982

Finding my weekend home entertainment so successful and enjoyable, I decided to compile these suggestions and hints and share them with you. This book is presented to all: the homemaker, the professional who has rigid time restraints, but who cares about good food and entertainment, and the novice who needs a bit more confidence in putting on an affair.

The most difficult thing I thought about when putting this book together was the task of what to put in and what to leave out. Everything seemed so important, so I included some of my favorite recipes and hope they appeal to all (including my friends who say the presentation for entertainment at home makes them nervous.)

We come to a certain time in our lives when entertaining at home rivals the theater, ball games, movies, bowling, and most activities for our attention. So, we should be prepared for it, as it is the most important of all activities carried out in an intimate gathering of our friends, co-workers and family, who we want to spend quality time with.

When one acquires a book like this, it is not to teach you to cook, but how to make the occasion fit the situation. Precisely, you will find some illustrations showing how to decorate a table, how to serve a tasty, easily prepared menu, with not a lot of French names and other unfa