These Entertaining People, A Guide for the Elegant Hostess
Smith, Florence Pritchett. These Entertaining People, A Guide for the Elegant Hostess. Third Printing. 1966. Book and dust jacket are both in very good condition—jacket shows minor edge tears and a small puncture near the spine.
Convinced that “delicious food appeals to all the senses, a rare quality for anything,” Florence Pritchett Smith set out to collect the entertaining wisdom of her remarkably well-connected circle. No swan was left unturned. Babe Paley, C.Z. Guest, Marella Agnelli, Gloria Guinness, and dozens of other fixtures of international society contribute recipes, observations, and practical advice. The result is less a cookbook than a field guide to mid-century gracious living, complete with a marvelous hundred-page preamble devoted to the finer points of hosting, guests, and social survival.
“Man is by nature a polygamous creature who feels that one of his unalienable rights is to explore the pleasures of the world.”
--Florence Pritchett Smith
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