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Tandoori Wings

Tandoori Wings excerpted from Southern Get-Togethers: A Guide to Hosting Unforgettable Gatherings―Plus Entertaining Inspiration, Tips, and 100+ Recipes by Kelsey Barnard Clark. Photography by Antonis Achilleos.

Southern Get-Togethers: A Guide to Hosting Unforgettable Gatherings―Plus Entertaining Inspiration, Tips, and 100+ Recipes by Kelsey Barnard Clark

Southern Grit author, Top Chef winner, TV personality, and queen of Southern hospitality Kelsey Barnard Clark presents more than 100 irresistible recipes perfect for a crowd, plus all the expert wisdom and inspiration you need to host exceptional gatherings.

“A perfect guide for planning gatherings of any size; great for any collection.”—Library Journal, starred review

Call some friends, arrange some flowers, and whip up a quick bite. Let’s get the party started, y’all!

Chef Kelsey Barnard Clark catered her first wedding at age fifteen and has been hosting events ever since. In these pages, Kelsey distills her hard-earned party-planning wisdom into practical advice for newbie and experienced hosts alike: “I’ve made all the mistakes already, lived to tell the tale, and want to give you the benefit of my experience so you can stop worrying and start celebrating. This is a self-help book for throwing the damn party.”

With more than 100 crowd-pleasing recipes, this book has everything you need to do just that, demonstrating how easy it can be to host anything from a casual stop-by, low country boil, or BYO burger night to a bridal shower brunch, formal French dinner, or hunting season feast. No matter the event, Kelsey’s wide-ranging and accessible recipes make entertaining a joy, never a chore. Recipes include such gems as:

NOLA Barbecue Shrimp
Southern-Style Ramen
KBC’s Smoked Brisket
Zucchini Gratin
White Sparkling Sangria
Bananas Foster
And many more Southern classics with a twist (and classics with a Southern twist) like Jambalaya, Hot Honey Chicken, Green Pickled Tomatoes, and Beignets

Helpful tips on tablescaping, flower arranging, menu planning, food buying, and more ensure you have the confidence and know-how to pull off a memorable celebration of any size. Brimming with beautiful food and lifestyle photography, Southern Get-Togethers is a must-have manual on Southern hospitality and a lively, delicious, all-around cookbook that’s calling for a space on your shelf. (more…)

Smokin’ Fiery Chicken Wings

Smokin’ Fiery Chicken Wings excerpted from Recipes From My Indian Kitchen: Traditional & modern recipes for delicious home-cooked food by Nitisha Patel.

Recipes From My Indian Kitchen: Traditional & modern recipes for delicious home-cooked food by Nitisha Patel

A collection of inviting Indian recipes to cook at home, including street food and snacks, curries and rice, and the all-important chutneys and raitas, as well as lightly spiced desserts.

Magical spice powders, sizzling dried whole spices, noisy popping saucepans, aromatic smells, colorful foods… this is what sums up great home-cooked Indian food. In this book, Nitisha walks you through a myriad of spices to understand how each one adds flavour, as well as how they complement each other for different dishes. The excitement, freshness, and snack-friendly appeal of street food leads to an explosive mixture of flavours in recipes for Fish Pakoras, Smokin’ Fiery Chicken Wings, Deep-fried Spiced Potato, Samosa Chaat, and Dhokla Muffins.

The beauty of curry is that nothing defines what makes a good curry—recipes vary meaning that the possibilities are endless. Nitisha’s recipes for curry include Keralan Shrimp Curry, Uncle Rambo’s Goat Curry, Paneer Kadhai, and Gosht Aloo Saag Masala. Celebratory dishes are also here, with Masala Grilled Lobster, Tandoori Spatchcock Poussin, and Hariyali Salmon. While vegetarian dishes are great as sides and entrées: try a variety of dhals, Channa Masala, and Pili Pili Chips. And if all that wasn’t feast enough, finish up with some sweet treats, such as Pistachio and Rose Water Ice Cream, and Mango and Mint Kulfi. (more…)

Chilli-Lime Chicken Wings

Chilli-Lime Chicken Wings excerpted from Budget Air-Fryer Cookbook: Money-saving meals for all occasions by Jenny Tschiesche. Photography Kate Whitaker.

Budget Air-Fryer Cookbook: Money-saving meals for all occasions by Jenny Tschiesche

Following Jenny Tschieshe’s Sunday Times bestselling Air-Fryer Cookbook, this new book offers nutritious and budget-friendly recipes. Each recipe aims to reduce the amount of energy used to cook food by using the air fryer instead of the oven. Using an air fryer cost from a third to half less than using an electric oven, so the savings could make a big dent in your bills if you swap to this nifty gadget. The popularity of air fryers looks set to last, and why not with its amazing list of benefits not just to the household budget, but for the time-poor cook too. Using an air fryer drastically cuts down on cooking times, making these recipes fantastic for anyone cooking in a hurry too.

The recipes in this invaluable book cater for a wide range of tastes and needs, exploring ideas for using cans, jars, and cartons, cooking from frozen, using up leftovers, using cheaper cuts of meat, grains and legumes, vegetable-based dishes, and much more. Jenny Tschieshe’s first book taught us that an air fryer doesn’t just have to be for beige food, but can be used for all manner of cooking from roast chicken to perfect sweet bakes. Now it’s time to take things a step further by focussing on making the most of your air fryer in terms of flavour as well as keeping your energy and food costs as low as possible. (more…)

Chicken Wing Platter

Chicken Wing Platter The Grazing Table: How to Create Beautiful Butter Boards, Food Platters & More by Natalie Thomson.

The Grazing Table: How to Create Beautiful Butter Boards, Food Platters & More by Natalie Thomson

Grazing boards are a wonderful, sociable way to share a meal with family and friends. With surprisingly little effort, you can create eye-catching, delicious spreads for sweet and savory lovers alike.

Whether it’s a midweek meal or a big celebration, there’s a grazing board for every occasion.

Featuring butter boards, charcuterie, cheeseboards, antipasti, mezze, fruit platters, dessert boards and more, The Grazing Table is full of inspiring ideas for building your own grazing boards at home and includes more than 60 simple recipes for making some of the elements from scratch.

Contents include:

Chapter 1: Dairy, Fruit & Vegetables
Including Whipped salted butter board, Cheesy tear & share bread wreath and Rainbow fruit platter

Chapter 2: Fish & Seafood
Including Seafood platter, Build-your-own poke bowl and Fish tacos (more…)

Balsamic Chicken Wings

Balsamic Chicken Wings excerpted from Otsumami: Japanese small bites & appetizers: Over 70 recipes to enjoy with drinks by Atsuko Ikeda. Photography by Yuki Sugiura.

Otsumami: Japanese small bites & appetizers: Over 70 recipes to enjoy with drinks

Otsumami is the Japanese term given to snacks and simple dishes, designed to be eaten alongside a drink. (“Tsumamu” means to grab something with your fingers or chopsticks so any foods that can be eaten easily in this way came to be known as “otsumami.”)

They are common at izakaya bars, pubs, and at house parties in Japan—even if you are at home having a snack with your evening drink, you are still enjoying otsumami! There are countless delicious flavour pairings to be enjoyed and included here are small bites and dishes to tempt everyone, from existing devotees of Japanese food to newcomers keen to discover more.

Popular ingredients such as dashi, ponzu, miso, soy, teriyaki, and more, all make an appearance in a myriad of mouth-watering morsels including dips, pickles, salads, gyoza and tempura, sushi and sashimi, plus beautifully presented meat, fish, vegetarian, and vegan plates. Also included is a basic guide to Japanese beverages, and deliciously inventive cocktail recipes. (more…)