Good Time Cooking is your one-stop-shop for cooking cohesive, composed, and delicious dinner party menus for every occasion.
This book will be your saviour when hosting, from date night to the first BBQ of the summer, or even a chic cocktail party, Good Time Cooking will prep you to create simple yet impressive multi-course meals while giving you confidence in the kitchen and most importantly time to enjoy your own dinner party too!
Sharing her expert knowledge from working in busy London kitchens, Rosie MacKean gives you all the tools to host a dinner party with ease. Teaching you what to prepare in advance and how to create a sense of flow in the kitchen, Rosie shares 20 multi-course menus full of crowd-pleasing recipes that will have any guest asking for seconds.
Each menu comes with its own curated time plan and mise-en-place to make your life easier. These dishes work in harmony with each other, both logistically and stylistically and if you don’t want to cook every course, you don’t have to. Menus include:
The Game is On one: French Onion Dip; Scotch Bonnet, Honey and Lime Wings; Shrimp Po’Boys; and Chocolate Cream Pie
The Two Hours Notice one: Tomato and Salmoriglio Toast; Rigatoni Ai Quattro Formaggi; and Raspberry, Orange and Campari Pavlova
The Plant-Based one: Pumpkin with Harissa and Dill; Courgette, Kale and Potato Pie; and Clementine Pudding
The dishes are vibrant, celebratory, exceedingly delicious and highly cookable. As your confidence grows, you can even mix and match with other menus. Even better Rosie’s helpful time-plan can start three days before the big event, giving you the option of spreading your prep into manageable chunks.
Rosie’s menus enable you to wow your guests without losing a whole evening to cooking, so you can relax and enjoy your own dinner party too.
About the Author: Rosie MacKean is a freelance chef, food stylist, home economist and recipe developer. Having completed chef training and 2 years working in London kitchens, Rosie turned her lifelong obsession for cookery books and shows into a career, which includes the hugely popular Substack 'The Dinner Party'. Rosie is comfortable with all elements of cookery and relishes the variety of challenges she encounters in life behind the camera. Rosie lives in Hackney, London and is usually eating or cooking when she is not working. She has a degree in Modern Languages and speaks Spanish, Italian and French.
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