The menus, recipes and wine selections for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Chanukah, New Year's, Easter, Passover, Fourth of July and more. 13 complete menus with recipes and wine selections are the theme of this book. All of the wines are American, all of the recipes are quite simple and easy to make, and the menus are both classical and innovative.
The best thing about this book is that it is complete. Each menu has the individual recipes. and each menu has the wines to serve with them. The holidays are traditional American holidays and the menus and recipes, and wine selections reflect our American heritage of good food.All the recipes are quite easy to make and many of them can be prepared ahead so the host may enjoy the occassion. A glossary of American wines is included.
About the Author
Virginia and Robert Hoffman, the co-authors, have written and published sixteen cook books of which thirteen are wine related. They live in Sonoma County, in the heart of the California Wine Country, traveling to other wine producing areas in the United States and Europe, frequently.
