OP: Weddings

$400 · Offered by Kitchen Arts & Letters · No longer available

Clarkson N. Potter, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed first printing. There are weddings and then there are Martha Stewart (1941– ) weddings . Though there were several other books published between Stewart’s iconic debut, Entertaining (1982), and Weddings (1987), these two are kindred spirits when it comes to over-the-top grandeur. Far more than an ordinary cookbook, Weddings is about a lifestyle, aspirational only to most. From dresses and bouquets to music and cakes, Stewart takes us behind the scenes of the lavish weddings she has attended both as a guest and, more often, as a caterer. Her personal insights into these fanciful events adds to the allure and the drama. Some of the themes include a farmhouse wedding, a yacht club wedding, a Crystal Palace wedding, and an at home wedding. Every section is heavily illustrated with color photography. But, naturally, there is also the food. A “garden party in pink” might include hors d’oeuvres of smoked salmon mousse on heart-shaped cucumbers; poached lobster with red pepper sauce; endive, beet, and orange salad; and fraise des bois sorbet. At your reception in a country barn, serve date nut bread (from scratch) with cream cheese and tomato chutney, eggplant clafouti, and grilled leg of lamb. For cocktail receptions, consider blinis with sour cream and caviar, smoked turkey on currant scones, and herbed brie tartlets. And then there are the cakes: hazelnut genoise with swiss meringue buttercream and chocolate ganache, sour lemo

• Printing: first
• Binding: Hardcover

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