The Taste of Summer

TONS of great recipes, especially for young, party hosts/goers.

I adore this cookbook. It's for people who love to cook and want to recombine fresh ingredients in new and interesting ways. It has everything from intriguing salads (like the green bean salad with jicama, yellow peppers, and tomato) to summer soups (like the chilled avocado soup with tomato-cucumber salsa) to entrees (like the spinach pesto-marinated chicken). If you like cooking with fresh foods, this is the cookbook for you.

Finally this cookbook has been re-released. I own many, many cookbooks and this is by far my all time favorite. You can use these recipies as a first time try on your guests. No worries.

This book is full of delicious and appealing receipes for summer. It's wondefully put together, and so easy to follow. The receipes are easy enough that anyone (even those with little experience) could create wonderful and tastey meals. The photography is beautiful and it's enjoyably constructed. Highlights are the "Cold Lobster Salad" and the "Summer Squash Gratin" ...but, there are so many more that I can't wait to try. I recommend it to any cook out there!

Worthington's book is superb, as are her independent titles (she also has published some titles for Williams-Sonoma but its editorial efforts takes away from the specialness of her own efforts). Her 3 cookbooks have become my standbys for entertaining of any kind -- and all year around. The Taste of Summer is a wonderful collection that I have been using year after year and never tire of it. And her recipes never fail to bring rave reviews from my guests. Worthington is an inspired writer and chef, and I look forward to her new release in the fall