Fandango: Recipes, parties, and license to make magic [Hardcover]

Product Details

• Hardcover: 313 pages
• Publisher: Artisan (October 12, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1579653383
• ISBN-13: 978-1579653385
• Product Dimensions: 12.3 x 9.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  

By : Sandy Hill
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Fandango: Recipes, parties, and license to make magic [Hardcover]

 

Customer Reviews

I was glad I checked this book out of the library before buying.
"Parties" implies that the book has many examples, but it has just a handful. I was also eager to learn about the "license to make magic" - presumably examples of design elements to make events magical for guests. That was just a marketing catchphrase, I guess. The author did not get into specifics.
It's basically a portfolio of 5-6 parties that the author has designed/hosted, with beautiful full-page photos, the menus, and a light description of the details and how the party turned out. So all you can do is read about each particular theme and see how she chose to execute it. With the limited number of themes, there's not enough depth to improve your party planning creativity. I think the only reason this is a book and not a magazine article is as a showcase for the full-page photos.
Also, although it's been awhile since I looked at the book, I recall that all the parties were outdoors - fine for California; not so useful for the rest of the country. I would have liked to see examples of how the author made some magic in a boring function room.

Every year for as long as I can remember, I buy my mom the "latest" cookbook. This is the first time I re-ordered a second copy for myself. The book is extraordinary. The recipes are straightforward and Sandy's imagination is clearly limitless. This is, hands down, the 2007 Holiday book of the year.

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