Sharing memorable
meals around THE FAMILY TABLE can bring loved
ones closer together
Cookbook by popular chef instructor and television personality
Christy Rost presents over 250 mouth-watering recipes for family
meals and gatherings.
"Christy is a talented and dedicated culinary
professional and a fantastic cooking teacher. Her cooking classes
are so popular and in such demand--she has the unique ability
to read her students' hearts. I have witnessed the magic of her
presence when she works." --Martin Yan, Host of
Yan Can Cook
The Family Table
Where Great Food, Friends, and Family Gather Together
Christy Rost
Foreword by Master Chef Martin Yan of PBS TV's Yan Can Cook
October 2003 ISBN 1-931868-47-6 $29.95
320 pp., 7x9, 2 colors
8 page full color insert with 16 photos
Dulles, VA: Best-selling chef instructor
Christy Rost presents 250 mouth watering recipes for gathering
your family around the table in her upcoming cookbook THE FAMILY
TABLE: Where Great Food, Friends, and Family Gather Together,
to be released in October 2003.
Featuring favorite family recipes, THE FAMILY TABLE
is a practical volume of recipes for today's home cook, emphasizing
the beauty of simple foods, local ingredients, reasonably priced
wines from around the world, and the joy of dining together as
a family. As a bonus, recipes have been shared by celebrity chefs
and authors, such as Master Chef Martin Yan, star of the long-running
PBS cooking series, Yan Can Cook; restauranteur and vegetarian
cookbook author, Claire Crisculo; cookbook author, radio host,
and PBS chef, Lauren Groveman, and Executive Chef William Koval
of the historic and elegant Hotel Adolphus in Dallas, Texas.
"I am passionate about family meals,"
Chrisy says. "Gathering together around the table provides
us with the opportunity to celebrate the most important things
in life--love, family, good health, and good friends. Meals are
part of the glue that holds our family together and keeps it close.
They are the way our family celebrates triumphs large and small,
the forum in which we discuss current events, school projects
and family vacation plans. For some families, sitting down together
for a meal occurs primarily during the holidays, but in our home,
family meals have always been a daily ritual."
According to Chrisy, the key to successfully preserving
the family meal is an arsenal of family-friendly recipes. Inspired
by her television cooking/lifestyle show, "Just Like Home,"
the recipes in THE FAMILY TABLE are designed to assist busy families
and couples in getting nutritious, delicious meals on the table
day after day, night after night.
The recipes included in THE FAMILY TABLE range from
all-American favorites like Homestyle Meatloaf and Sunday Best
Mashed Potatoes, to Caribbean, Chinese, French, Italian, Japanese,
and Mexican cuisine. THE FAMILY TABLE is divided into four sections.
Everyday Meals, Weekends, Entertaining at Home, and Holidays.
Within each section, recipes are grouped by type (salads, entrees,
side dishes, etc.), and wine suggestions are included with many
of the entree recipes.
Christy Rost's culinary career began in early 1992
when she was asked to serve as the food editor for The Park Cities
news in Dallas, Texas, a position she still holds. Since then,
she has hosted cooking seminars with Macy's, held cooking classes
for Sur La Table, hosted her own television cooking show, "Just
Like Home," and appeared on numerous television shows. Christy
is a member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals
and a Registered Nurse. Visit her on the web at www.easyentertain.com
