Entertaining is fun! How to be a popular hostess, by Dorothy Draper; with line cuts and halftone illustrations.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Draper, Dorothy, 1889-1969.

Contributor:

Davison, Eloise, writer of preface.

Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Culinary Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Entertaining.

Penn Provenance:

Blank, Fritz (bookplate) (donor)

Physical Description:

xi, [3], 249, [1] pages, [8] leaves of plates illustrations 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Garden City, New York, Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1945.

Contents:

Preface / by Eloise Davison

1. You Don't Need. Prepare to lose some old ideas

2. Making Your House Say Welcome. And not in a whisper

3. What Kind of Entertaining Suits You? Be Yourself

4. Informal Entertaining. Fun without Fuss

5. Dinner Parties. And How They Grow

6. Family Gatherings. How to Enjoy Your In-Laws

7. Special Occasions. High Spots in Your Life

8. Successful Week Ends. For Hostess and Guest

9. Entertaining Out of Doors. Romance Preferred

10. If You Haven't a Home. How to Make One

11. Entertaining Your Husband. Fun for Two

12. Have You the Friends You Want? You Can, You Know

13. What to Buy for Entertaining. If You're a Bride

14. Making Them Want to Come Back. The Secret of Success.

Notes:

"The drawings in this book have been prepared by Jay Warmuth."--Acknowledgments.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-244) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the University of Pennsylvania by Fritz Blank in 2008.

Kislak copy has bookplate of Chef Fritz Blank.

OCLC:

39383030