Occasions to Celebrate: Cooking and Entertaining with Style

Award-winning celebrity chef, and former food editor at House Beautiful, Alex Hitz shares a spectacular array of seasonal classic-yet-contemporary comfort dishes hors d oeuvres, soups, salads, sauces, main dishes, sides, and desserts. Hitz has a penchant for crowd pleasers: Spiced Pecans, Best-Ever Gazpacho, Mini Crab Cakes with Mango Chutney, Mustard-Crusted Rack of Lamb, Perfect Pomme Puree, French Apple Tart, and Dark Chocolate Pots-de-Cremes. Hitz imparts cooking, serving, and entertaining secrets to ensure success for the amateur or experienced home cook alike, champions elegance and simplicity, and boldly encourages all who read and cook to celebrate with delicious food. Hitz s message is clear: whether it s a holiday or just another Tuesday, make every day a special occasion.

About the Author

Alex Hitz is an award-winning chef, culinary speaker and columnist, event designer, tastemaker, and master host. His first book, My Beverly Hills Kitchen and first Rizzoli cookbook The Art of the Host are widely popular. He is a contributing editor for Town & Country, and writes regularly for C Magazine, Quest, and Southern Living. Hitz is a former food editor for House Beautiful, a post he assumed from Ina Garten.

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