Cater Your Own Wedding: Easy Ways to Do It Yourself in Style (Paperback)

~ (Author), Donna Bankhead (Author), Donna Blankhead (Author)

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Product Description

Of course, self-catering your wedding sounds intimidating and cumbersome. What should you serve? How do you calculate what you need? What if you can't figure out how to work the punch fountain at the reception? Without professional help, too much could go wrong on such an important day.

Cater Your Own Wedding to the rescue. This new and delightful how-to book provides all the professional catering help a bride will need and all the cost-cutting tips that make affordable elegance a reality. Taking all the guesswork out of the process of planning, preparing, and putting on a reception, Cater Your Own Wedding enables even the most inexperienced host to throw a memorable party with no stress. The book outlines six different types of receptions to suit different needs, complete with mouth-watering, original menus, and detailed, easy-to-follow recipes.

Product Details

• Paperback: 213 pages
• Publisher: New Page Books; illustrated edition edition (September 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564144747
• ISBN-13: 978-1564144744
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #795,114 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Panicking no more!!, October 6, 2000

By	Tinabina (Fort Worth, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

This book is an answered prayer! Everyone (including myself) thought I must be insane to think I could provide my own catering.

This book contains all the details you need to coordinate the menus, food preparation, supplies, and decorating yourself. Everything is spelled out in simple, clear steps so that even a complete novice (like me) can do it! I especially like the variety of reception styles and food choices - I plan to mix and match a few of the menu items. I'm so glad I found the book - now I can quit stressing about this aspect of my wedding and move on to something else!

Good luck everyone!!! Tina (Wedding Date: 03/10/01)

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Get Your Friends to Cater Your Wedding, September 18, 2001

By A Customer

The title was misleading. I was truly looking for tips on how to successfully cater my daughter's wedding myself. This book's whole premise is to have 17 to 29 of your closest friends prepare an item and bring it. Just not my style. Although I really did like the outline of food on banquet tables, I found the book a little lacking regarding appropriate table centerpieces and other reception decorations.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not just for weddings, October 9, 2000

By	Heidi Sears (Houston, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

What a wonderful book. The minute I got it I couldn't put it down. Not only was the book great but Chef Mike was so helpful. He kept in touch with me until the big day to see if I had questions and even remembered to ask after the event how everything went. Now, do you get that from other authors? You can tell he loves what he does and makes you feel so comfortable. The instructions were so easy to follow and the recipes were wonderful. Thanks to Chef Mike my wedding shower was a huge success.