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The Family Book of Home Entertaining / by Florence Brobeck ; Illustrated by Helen Disbrow.
LIBRA - Rare TX731 .B74 1960
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brobeck, Florence, 1895-1979, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Entertaining.
- Games.
- Cooking.
- Genre:
- Games.
- Physical Description:
- xxvii, [1], 452 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- Home entertaining
- Place of Publication:
- Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday & Company, Inc., [1960]
- Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction / Amy Vanderbilt
- A word to the successful hostess
- Traditional family parties
- Engagement and bridal parties
- Holiday parties
- Children's parties
- Teen-age parties
- Costume dance parties
- Family and church entertaining
- Family and community parties with a purpose
- Family-and-school parties
- Kitchen parties
- Folk dance parties
- Outdoor entertaining
- Overnight and week-end guests
- Tournament information
- Guests for meals
- How to give a foreign dinner
- Charts.
- Notes:
- "The complete book of family parties and entertaining for every occasion - including details of planning menus and recipes, decorations and games."--Dust jacket.
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- TX731.B74 1960: Presented to the Penn Libraries by Phyllis Gosfeld in 2016 has dust jacket retained. Front cover partially disbound from body of text.
- OCLC:
- 475930
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