Athena Calderone cooks with internationally acclaimed chefs, hosts stunning dinner parties for luxury publications, and show-cases it all onEyeSwoon, an online destination for food, fashion, and design. And in Cook Beautiful, she’s revealing the secrets to preparing and presenting gorgeous meals.

Included are 100 seasonal recipes with step-by-step advice on everything from prep to presentation—from artfully layering a peach and burrata salad to searing a perfect steak. Organized by season, each section ends with a menu for entertaining and ideas for table decor.

Following in the tradition of EyeSwoon, this book is where design meets food, where culinary tradition marries food styling, where home chefs become experts. These are beautiful, tasteful dishes to make for friends and family, with advice that will inspire you to create visually stunning, and still wholly delicious, culinary masterpieces.

 

Athena Calderone is an entertaining expert and the creator of EyeSwoon, a lush online destination for food, decor, and lifestyle. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.