Clever recipes for show-stopping meals that are no sweat to make and serve and will impress your dinner party guests.

Impress your guests and have a celebration they’ll never forget, without the stress commonly associated with party planning. With Effortless Entertaining Cookbook, you can be a great entertainer with stunning and delicious meals that once seemed complicated but become easy with Meredith Steele’s culinary entertaining secrets and planning tips. The results are consistent: meals that are easy to cook but have a large wow factor.

Organized by season, Meredith has collected her favorite go-to menus so the flavors flow from one meal to the next. Use these as a guide for events that come in all shapes and sizes—casual brunch to holiday—or just be inspired by a few recipes to help you pull together your own menu.

Recipes include a Shaved Asparagus Salad that tastes like it has a pantry full of ingredients, when really it only has a handful; Vanilla Bean and Bourbon Peaches that seem like they have been cooked for hours when really it’s only minutes; and Easy Duck Confit with Orange Honey Glaze that takes the guesswork out of this once difficult task and turns it into a technique you can use at any occasion with ease. With Meredith, you can dazzle your family and friends effortlessly.

Meredith Steele is a recipe developer, food writer, food photographer and founder of SteeleHouseKitchen.com and MBS Recipe Development. She has written and developed recipes for many print and online publications including JamieOliver.com and was a finalist in Saveur’s Best Food Blog Awards. She lives in Dallas, Texas.

“The Effortless Entertaining Cookbook celebrates each glorious season in style. Deliciously photographed, easy-to-follow, Meredith Steele’s recipe pairings are simply elegant!” —Terri Taylor, editor Edible magazine Dallas & Fort Worth

“Meredith’s cookbook is one that you will find yourself reaching for time and time again for inspiration and delicious recipes that will cover all of your entertaining needs. The book is presented in an easy-to-follow format that breaks down parties by season and theme. It’s foolproof entertaining at your fingertips.” —Paula Jones, author bell’alimento