The Cocktail Party: Eat Drink Play Recover

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Delicious, whimsical food, outside the box party planning tips, fun and inventive menus, and hilarious stories from elite New York caterer Mary Giuliani. Mary and her catering company Mary Giuliani Catering have found tremendous success serving a range of bites (mini grilled cheese, mini mac and cheese mini meatballs), rather than big heavy meals. She also relies on impressive serve yourself bars (think mozzarella bar, donut bar, frittata bar) which she likes to refer to as a "snacktivity"--and each occasion has step-by-step directions to create these wonderful attention-getters. Other helpful features include- a guide to how to use the book, a party calculator (how much to buy and prep for any number of guests), and tips for what to stock your "party closet" with so you can quickly turn a casual drop-by into a fabulous time. Mary's motto, which you'll find throughout these pages, is EAT, DRINK, PLAY, RECOVER. Each chapter/party has recipes and ideas in each of these categories, from what to serve to what to send your guests home with.

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Praise for Mary Giuliani and The Cocktail Party

When Mary Giuliani caters a party at your home, guests eat more, drink more, and linger longer, and when they do finally leave they ask for to-go bags. All-encompassing but never fussy, clever but never pretentious, Marys approach to food and entertaining is warm and familiar without ever sacrificing on quality and sophistication.Ariel Foxman, editorial director, InStyle

Mary pulls it all together with effortless panache, and all I can ever remember the next daybesides the fact that I drank too muchis how delicious everything was and how much fun I had. That is why I have her saved on my phone as Party Expert.Jonathan Van Meter, author and contributing editor, Vogue and New York

Author Bio

When the finest names in art, fashion and entertainment want to host a standout event, they call MARY GIULIANI, party and lifestyle expert and owner of Mary Giuliani Catering and Events. With her "simple yet special" approach to parties, Mary's clients look to her to break entertaining norms and bring to life party ideas that are one of a kind, out of the box, playful experiences. With a knack for making the "ordinary extraordinary," Mary has maintained a loyal client roster that includes JCrew, Vogue, The Rolling Stones, Bradley Cooper, Stella McCartney, Carolina Herrera, HBO, and many more. Mary has appeared on the Today show, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Good Morning America, Fox Morning News, and The Barefoot Contessa. In 2013 she partnered with Chef Mario Batali on a catering collaboration called MARIObyMary (www.mariobymary.com). Mary splits her time between NYC's Chelsea neighborhood and Woodstock, New York, with her husband Ryan and their two dogs Stanley and Hudson.