Do It for Less! Parties Tricks of the Trade from Professional Caterers' Kitchen The how-to cookbook and guide to catering your own party for 12 to 75 guests without breakin

Many people can handle the logistics of throwing a party for 8 or 10 people, but how many can successfully negotiate the trials of entertaining 25 or 50? This guide to catering a party of any size comes with nine complete menus with themes such as Down Home Barbecue, Your First Thanksgiving, and On the Beach Luau as well as easy-to-make and inexpensive cocktails and hors d'oeuvres. Preparty tips include clever ways to calculate how much food and ice will be necessary, planning an event that will fit any budget, and minimizing stress so that the event planner can also partake in the partying. Each of the more than 65 recipes included is provided in measurements for 12, 25, 50, and 75 guests.Vivaldo, Denise is the author of 'Do It for Less! Parties Tricks of the Trade from Professional Caterers' Kitchen The how-to cookbook and guide to catering your own party for 12 to 75 guests without breakin', published 2005 under ISBN 9780965327510 and ISBN 0965327515.