You have the friends, the space, the serving platters and drinkware you're dying to use. Now you need an occasion and a little inspiration, and voila—save the date for your next party.
Big Night has both in abundance. It is more than a cookbook—it's an instruction manual for having as much fun as Katherine Lewin, the author who was a food editor before she opened her New York City dinner-party shop, also called Big Night.
In addition to 80 recipes like fast yogurt flatbreads, big chopped salads and stuffed leg of lamb, Big Night includes creative, expert, sometimes hard-won entertaining truths culled from Lewin's own experience and the wisdom of her vendors and customers. You'll learn the trick to the perfect martini, the "cheese plate of dreams" math and the secret of the social nap (yes, during the party).
"This book is the perfect expression of what can be accomplished with a little effort and a lot of flexibility and joy. There is no one else I'd rather hear about entertaining from than Katherine Lewin, who perfects the practice every day." —Dana Cowin, former editor in chief of Food & Wine
