Celebrate! : cookbook / Sheila Lukins with Peter Kaminsky ; photographs by Melanie Acevado.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lukins, Sheila.

Contributor:

Kaminsky, Peter.

Laurie Burrows Grad Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holiday cooking.

International cooking.

Menus.

Penn Provenance:

Grad, Laurie Burrows (donor)

Physical Description:

xi, 420 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Workman Pub., [2003]

Summary:

Sheila Lukins changed the way America eats in her Silver Palate cookbooks and New Basics Cookbook. Now she's going to change the way we celebrate. sCelebrate! is about getting the people you love together. About meals that are relaxed yet joyful, casual but sophisticated, centered around great food that's easy to prepare. Above all, it's about sharing the pleasure, whether celebrating a new job, watching the Academy Awards, toasting the season's tomatoes, or ringing in the New Year with an open house. Forty-three menus give a culinary plan for every occasion, from a dazzling seven-course Christmas dinner to a charming breakfast for friends who have come to pick blueberries. In addition, each menu includes recommended wines or drinks, a music list, and tips for table-settings, serving pieces, flowers, and decorations.

But it's the food that will have cooks excited to get into the kitchen -- 350 flawlessly seasoned recipes in the Silver Palate style, created with an unerring sense of what twist or combination of flavors turns an ordinary dish into an extraordinary one. Mimosas made with the juice of blood oranges. Grilled strip steak lavished with the tartness of tomatoes, saltiness of olives, and sweet tang of balsamic vinegar. Shrimp cocktail with a guacamole dipping sauce. Toothsome short ribs cooked in a sauerbrauten style. A summer vacation on a plate: lobster, tomato, and sweet corn salad. Beets married to peaches. Cornbread stuffing spiced with chorizo for a zestier holiday bird. The irresistible elements of buffalo wings turned into a main-course salad. Revelatory fruit and cheese pairings. A brandade with celeriac, risotto with chanterelles and corn, potato salad seasoned with lemon and garnished with caviar, oxtails elevated with red currant jelly and nutmeg, banana bread turned decadently delicious with bourbon. There's a lot to celebrate.

Contents:

A year of celebrations

Ring in the New Year 2

Super Bowls 14

Valentines Served with Love 26

St. Patrick's Day Feast 34

An Academy Awards Bash 44

Sheila's Seder 54

When Spring Has Sprung 66

Easter Sunday Dinner 76

Greek Easter with the Kambanises 84

A Run for the Roses 96

Mother's Day Luncheon 106

Fire Up the Grill 114

Father's Day 122

Bang-Up Fourth of July 130

Glorious Summertime 138

A Midsummer Night's Feast 148

Labor Day Picnic 156

An Old-Fashioned Halloween 164

Thanksgiving Dinner 172

Chanukah, Festival of Lights 184

Celebrate the Winter Hearth 194

The Night Before Christmas 202

An Extremely Merry Christmas 212

A Toast to the New Year 222

Celebrating our lives

Congratulations on a New Job 234

Saturday Night with Friends 240

Plump Chicken for Two 248

A Springtime Bridal Shower 256

Celebrate Italy 266

Graduation Honors 276

Celebrate India 284

Anytime Sunday Brunch 294

Pool Party 302

Fresh Blueberry Breakfast 314

A Big Family Reunion 320

A Birthday Bash 334

Celebrate a Ripe Tomato 342

Celebrate France 350

New Cheese & Fruit Collection 358

A Gracious Housewarming 364

A Cozy Dinner for Two 372

Celebrate Morocco 378

The Big Raise 388.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 405) and index.

Local Notes:

Presented to the Penn Libraries by Laurie Burrows Grad.

ISBN:

0761123725

076113185X

OCLC:

52477331

Online:

Publisher description

Laurie Burrows Grad Collection Home Page