Fashion Designers Plan Holiday-Season Soirees
Fashion designers know how to party. But while some count on the trendiest new nightspot to deliver a good time, others take a hands-on approach.
With the holidays around the corner, the Associated Press asked Nicole Miller, Peter Som, Cynthia Rowley and Devi Kroell to plan seasonal soirees. They’re among the scores of designers who contributed recipes to the new “American Fashion Cookbook,” published by Assouline.
“Designers, by definition, are among the most creative people on earth,” master hostess Martha Stewart writes in the book’s foreword. “So it comes as no surprise that fashion people are also keenly interested in food, in its preparation, in its presentation, and in all kinds of recipes. I have eaten at several well-known designers’ homes and I have always been greatly impressed with the kinds of foods they served.” Read more
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