TABLE TALES Cookbook: Recipe for a Successful Dinner Party

BERKLEY, Calif., Nov. 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Regent Press announces the publication of TABLE TALES: Do-ahead Dinner Party Menus That Whet Appetites, Loosen Tongues, and Make Memories by Ray Repp and Richard Alther. 

Inside TABLE TALES, are 15 do-ahead dinner party menus, each one with incredible canapés, a savory first course, a delicious entree and an unforgettable dessert.

TABLE TALES is "a wonderful, comprehensive guide to entertaining at home, with smart and elegant recipes that are nods to the true classics. (I never thought to have gougères prepped in advance and frozen!) This lovely book is filled with tips like that and so very much more," said Antoni Porowski, cohost of Queer Eye and author of the forthcoming Antoni in the Kitchen.

Authors Ray Repp and Richard Alther are well-known hosts in their twins communities of Vermont and California and whose lively dinner parties feature "plan-ahead mouthwatering recipes" according to Terrance Brennan, CEO of Brennan Hospitality Group, and a frequent guest. Repp and Alther's soirées also produce memorable sand sometimes saucy stories which have become the amuse buche of each chapter, or dinner party menu.

"Issac is a wonderful guest. He's handsome— eye candy for everyone, he's traveled everywhere — most recently Bhutan... a successful gynecologist turned screenwriter... " 

The genius of Table Tales is the plan ahead menus that help hosts pull off a four-course dinner party *and* enjoy their guests. Inside each dinner party chapter, readers will find invaluable resources.

Planning Chart: "Curried Chicken Breasts, 2-3 days ahead refrigerated; Basmati rice, I day ahead; Condiments, same day"

Time Saver: "Make the whole trifle a day ahead and keep refrigerated until ready to serve."

Hospitality Tip: "We prefer round or oval tables to foster eye contact among all guests…"

After Thoughts: "As long as you are going through the process of slicing and dicing all these ingredients, why not make a double batch?"

Ray Repp is a quintessential host who has been gathering friends and guests around his dinner table for years. Ray also has been entertaining people around the world with his music for almost 50 years. He has recorded eleven albums of music that have sold millions of copied, and has performed throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia. His music has been translated into more than 28 languages. 

Richard Alther is a long-time exhibiting painter, Masters Swimmer and Huffington Post blogger who has written four novels: He co-founded Country Home Products, builders and sellers of DR Power Equipment, in Vergennes, Vermont. In addition to being a long-time exhibiting painter, Masters Swimmer and Huffington Post blogger, he has published four novels: The Decade of Blind Dates, Siegfried Follies, The Scar Letters, and Roxie & Fred.

Table Tales (Regent Press, 2018) is available at Amazon.com as well as your local bookstore. For more information, please visit TableTalesCookbook.com. 

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SOURCE Regent Press