Nathalie Dupree Cooks for Family and Friends

The companion to PBS's Nathalie Dupree Cooks for Family and Friends, this is a book for people who know that getting a meal on the table can be a chaotic affair, complete with interruptions from kids, spouses, pets, telephones, and doorbells.

Shares more than 300 recipes for a variety of occasions from down-home cooking, to casual entertaining, to more elegant meals.

With stories and guidelines as well as recipes, this is a reading book as well as a cooking book.