Stacks: The Art of Vertical Food

Take your cooking to new heights If you're ready to dazzle your dinner party guests with dishes that look and taste like they were plated by a 5-star chef, look no further! This revelatory cookbook by restaurant-industry veteran Deborah Fabricant turns dinner on its head with over 75 recipes for playful, vertically-plated dishes. If you love to entertain and want to elevate your parties to new heights, this is the book for you. With page after page of fun and delicious meals that look great and taste even better, your cooking will soon be the talk of the town. Drawing on years of experience as an entertaining expert, Deborah makes learning fun and easy with clear, step-by-step instructions and over 40 full color photographs to illustrate the dishes. Uniting a wide range of culinary styles, Deborah's creative gastronomical inventions will inspire and excite your imagination in the kitchen. And although the results look like you've spent hours fussing over the stove, many of these tasty stacks can be assembled in just a few minutes. Some can even be made days ahead! Spectacular dishes like Spinach, Mango and Goat Cheese Stacks; Beef Burger Stacks; and Rock Shrimp and Asparagus Sushi Stacks will keep you busy for days! And with tips and suggestions for creating stacks of your own invention, this is the cookbook that keeps on giving! Perfect for the home cook who hosts with class and flair, these easy but oh-so-impressive recipes are the perfect addition to the ambitious entertainer's repertoire.