TWELVE: A Year of Entertaining at Home

TWELVE: A Year of Entertaining at Home by Chris Gaustad. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780996644402.

Doctor and self-professed science geek turned chef, Chris Gaustad, (affectionately known as Dr G to his family and friends) transforms fresh, local, and seasonal home cooking into easy, elegant entertaining in his cookbook, TWELVE: A Year of Entertaining at Home. TWELVE contains more than 60 recipes, comprising a complete special evening dinner menu for each month of the year, including appetizer, salad, entrée, sides and dessert. The book itself is a beautifully produced hardcover measuring 13 inches wide by 10.5 inches tall, covered with a heavy satin finish full color dust jacket, making it a perfect gift book for the foodie in your life. More than a simple cookbook, this richly photographed, sumptuous guide offers tips on getting organized, instructions for a well-stocked pantry, detailed timesaving steps for preparing hours or days ahead, and thoughtful suggestions for those perfect wine pairings to make dining with family and friends intimate, delightful and stress-free. Favorite recipes from TWELVE include Lemon Pudding Cake, Osso Buco with Polenta, Fish Cakes with Onion Marmalade, Saffron French Toast with Tomato Chutney and so many more! Each photograph and recipe was painstakingly created, tested, edited and laid out to build a beautiful heirloom quality cookbook that is at home flour covered in the kitchen as it is stunning on the most elegant coffee table.