Patricia Heaton's Food for Family and Friends: 100 Favorite Recipes for a Busy, Happy Life
A beautiful, full-color collection of 100 tasty, simple recipes for unforgettable meals and gatherings from the enormously popular star of the ABC sitcom The Middle and Food Network’s Patricia Heaton Parties.

A busy working mother raising four boys, Patricia Heaton couldn’t be more comfortable playing "America’s mom" on hit television shows such as Everybody Loves Raymond and The Middle. Though she may be a Hollywood star today, this down to earth, practical Midwesterner likes to have fun entertaining her loved ones and has never forgotten her roots.

Growing up in the suburbs of Cleveland in the 1960s, Patricia’s hard-working parents—like the characters she plays on TV—didn’t have a lot of extra money. With five kids to raise, extras like movies and restaurant meals were special treats. Home cooked dinners were rib-filling basics: meatloaf, spaghetti and meatballs, chicken, pork chops, burgers, fish sticks, and pot roast. Yet her mother didn’t let a tight budget stop her from dreaming big, inspired by Julia Child.

On her Food Network show Patricia Heaton Parties, Patricia celebrates her culinary beginnings, transforming familiar American fare into delicious, sophisticated, lightened versions for entertaining family and friends. In this fabulous cookbook, Patricia shares her budget-friendly, simple, and deeply satisfying recipes. Some will be on the healthier side, and all will be inspired by the dishes she loved growing up, the favorites she’s relied on to feed her hungry boys, and the scrumptious showstoppers she serves at her fun-filled, casual parties and get-togethers.

Patricia Heaton’s Food for Family and Friends features 100 recipes for appetizers, sides, and main dishes, as well as cocktails and "guest goodies"—little treats to send home with your guests, including:

  • Pot Roast and Roasted Root Vegetable Hash with Poached Eggs
  • Bite-Size Crab Cakes with Lemon Aioli
  • Quick Bread & Butter Pickles
  • Spaghetti Bolognese
  • Shortcut Paella
  • Winter Corn Chowder with Oyster Crackers
  • Falafel Patties and Tahini Maple Dipping Sauce
  • No-Churn Pumpkin Spice Ice Cream
  • Bourbon Pecan Glazed Pound Cake
  • Apple and Cheese Danish
  • Maple Bourbon Old Fashioned
  • Patty’s Party Punch
  • Cucumber Mint Mocktail
  • Blueberry Shortbread Cookies
  • Infused Sea Salts
  • DIY Cracker Jack
  • Peppermint Kisses

Patricia provides readers with the tools for everything to make it easy to pull it all together with sample menus, kitchen setup, and tips for getting organized. Best of all, she spices it up with hilarious stories, family photos, and anecdotes from her Hollywood career.

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Patricia Heaton's Food for Family and Friends: 100 Favorite Recipes for a Busy, Happy Life
A beautiful, full-color collection of 100 tasty, simple recipes for unforgettable meals and gatherings from the enormously popular star of the ABC sitcom The Middle and Food Network’s Patricia Heaton Parties.

A busy working mother raising four boys, Patricia Heaton couldn’t be more comfortable playing "America’s mom" on hit television shows such as Everybody Loves Raymond and The Middle. Though she may be a Hollywood star today, this down to earth, practical Midwesterner likes to have fun entertaining her loved ones and has never forgotten her roots.

Growing up in the suburbs of Cleveland in the 1960s, Patricia’s hard-working parents—like the characters she plays on TV—didn’t have a lot of extra money. With five kids to raise, extras like movies and restaurant meals were special treats. Home cooked dinners were rib-filling basics: meatloaf, spaghetti and meatballs, chicken, pork chops, burgers, fish sticks, and pot roast. Yet her mother didn’t let a tight budget stop her from dreaming big, inspired by Julia Child.

On her Food Network show Patricia Heaton Parties, Patricia celebrates her culinary beginnings, transforming familiar American fare into delicious, sophisticated, lightened versions for entertaining family and friends. In this fabulous cookbook, Patricia shares her budget-friendly, simple, and deeply satisfying recipes. Some will be on the healthier side, and all will be inspired by the dishes she loved growing up, the favorites she’s relied on to feed her hungry boys, and the scrumptious showstoppers she serves at her fun-filled, casual parties and get-togethers.

Patricia Heaton’s Food for Family and Friends features 100 recipes for appetizers, sides, and main dishes, as well as cocktails and "guest goodies"—little treats to send home with your guests, including:

  • Pot Roast and Roasted Root Vegetable Hash with Poached Eggs
  • Bite-Size Crab Cakes with Lemon Aioli
  • Quick Bread & Butter Pickles
  • Spaghetti Bolognese
  • Shortcut Paella
  • Winter Corn Chowder with Oyster Crackers
  • Falafel Patties and Tahini Maple Dipping Sauce
  • No-Churn Pumpkin Spice Ice Cream
  • Bourbon Pecan Glazed Pound Cake
  • Apple and Cheese Danish
  • Maple Bourbon Old Fashioned
  • Patty’s Party Punch
  • Cucumber Mint Mocktail
  • Blueberry Shortbread Cookies
  • Infused Sea Salts
  • DIY Cracker Jack
  • Peppermint Kisses

Patricia provides readers with the tools for everything to make it easy to pull it all together with sample menus, kitchen setup, and tips for getting organized. Best of all, she spices it up with hilarious stories, family photos, and anecdotes from her Hollywood career.

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Patricia Heaton's Food for Family and Friends: 100 Favorite Recipes for a Busy, Happy Life

Patricia Heaton's Food for Family and Friends: 100 Favorite Recipes for a Busy, Happy Life

by Patricia Heaton
Patricia Heaton's Food for Family and Friends: 100 Favorite Recipes for a Busy, Happy Life

Patricia Heaton's Food for Family and Friends: 100 Favorite Recipes for a Busy, Happy Life

by Patricia Heaton

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A beautiful, full-color collection of 100 tasty, simple recipes for unforgettable meals and gatherings from the enormously popular star of the ABC sitcom The Middle and Food Network’s Patricia Heaton Parties.

A busy working mother raising four boys, Patricia Heaton couldn’t be more comfortable playing "America’s mom" on hit television shows such as Everybody Loves Raymond and The Middle. Though she may be a Hollywood star today, this down to earth, practical Midwesterner likes to have fun entertaining her loved ones and has never forgotten her roots.

Growing up in the suburbs of Cleveland in the 1960s, Patricia’s hard-working parents—like the characters she plays on TV—didn’t have a lot of extra money. With five kids to raise, extras like movies and restaurant meals were special treats. Home cooked dinners were rib-filling basics: meatloaf, spaghetti and meatballs, chicken, pork chops, burgers, fish sticks, and pot roast. Yet her mother didn’t let a tight budget stop her from dreaming big, inspired by Julia Child.

On her Food Network show Patricia Heaton Parties, Patricia celebrates her culinary beginnings, transforming familiar American fare into delicious, sophisticated, lightened versions for entertaining family and friends. In this fabulous cookbook, Patricia shares her budget-friendly, simple, and deeply satisfying recipes. Some will be on the healthier side, and all will be inspired by the dishes she loved growing up, the favorites she’s relied on to feed her hungry boys, and the scrumptious showstoppers she serves at her fun-filled, casual parties and get-togethers.

Patricia Heaton’s Food for Family and Friends features 100 recipes for appetizers, sides, and main dishes, as well as cocktails and "guest goodies"—little treats to send home with your guests, including:

  • Pot Roast and Roasted Root Vegetable Hash with Poached Eggs
  • Bite-Size Crab Cakes with Lemon Aioli
  • Quick Bread & Butter Pickles
  • Spaghetti Bolognese
  • Shortcut Paella
  • Winter Corn Chowder with Oyster Crackers
  • Falafel Patties and Tahini Maple Dipping Sauce
  • No-Churn Pumpkin Spice Ice Cream
  • Bourbon Pecan Glazed Pound Cake
  • Apple and Cheese Danish
  • Maple Bourbon Old Fashioned
  • Patty’s Party Punch
  • Cucumber Mint Mocktail
  • Blueberry Shortbread Cookies
  • Infused Sea Salts
  • DIY Cracker Jack
  • Peppermint Kisses

Patricia provides readers with the tools for everything to make it easy to pull it all together with sample menus, kitchen setup, and tips for getting organized. Best of all, she spices it up with hilarious stories, family photos, and anecdotes from her Hollywood career.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780062672445
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 02/06/2018
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 7.40(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Patricia Heaton stars on ABC’s hit sitcom The Middle and on the Food Network show Patricia Heaton Parties. She has received three Emmy Awards, one for Outstanding Culinary Program and two for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, and has been nominated seven times. She is the author of the New York Times bestseller Motherhood and Hollywood; runs the production company FourBoys Entertainment with her husband of more than twenty-five years, David Hunt; and is the mother of four sons. Patricia lives in Los Angeles.

Table of Contents

Introduction viii

Part 1 My Food Story 1

Feeding Family 8

Feeding Friends 14

Kitchen Setup 26

Part 2 Recipes 31

Breakfast: Everyday Eats and Weekend Wonders 33

Finger Foods and Little Bites 63

Comforting Classics 91

Family Favorites 119

Sides and Veggies 135

Sweet Things 159

The Happiest Hour 187

Guest Goodies 207

Sample Menus 228

Resources 231

Acknowledgments 233

Universal Conversion Chart 235

Index 237

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