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Summary
Summary
Each year, thousands of cooks from coast to coast compete in Sutter Home Winery's Build a Better Burger Recipe Contest. Ten of these creative home chefs are flown to Napa Valley each September to participate in the BBB Cook-Off, frequently shown on Food Network Challenge. Burger Parties marks the event's 20th anniversary with contest-winning burgers loaded with flavor-enhancing extras and party-ready menus bound to be a hit at any backyard bash. Whether you're in the mood for a Southwest fiesta, New Orleans jazz brunch, tropical patio get-together, or complete festa Italiana, this collection of all-inclusive, themed menus for burger-centric entertaining will delight your palate and your guests. Packed with more than 60 full-color photographs, James McNair and Jeffrey Starr showcase the new frontier in burgers with inventive recipes forOcean State Swordfish BurgersSmoky-Sweet Bacon BurgersPineapple Upside-Down Jerk BurgersBouillabaisse SlidersSweet-Hot Thai BurgersLittle Italy Sausage BurgersHome on the Range Buffalo Burgersand loads more. Burger Parties features sixteen crowd-pleasing menus with recipes for prize-winning burgers, appetizers, sides, and desserts, plus wine and beverage pairings that are sure to inspire backyard grillers and frequent entertainers with new ways to spice up your gatherings.
Author Notes
James McNair is the author of over 31 books, including "New Pizza", "Cakes", and "Pies".
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Publisher's Weekly Review
If you live in the Napa Valley and have a habit of pairing hamburgers with domestic wines, then perhaps you are familiar with McNair and Starr, the head judge and culinary director, respectively, for the Build a Better Burger National Recipe Contest. They have collected several years' worth of winning entries from the competition and arranged them into 16 party menus. They have given each menu an unfortunate name, like Jamaican Me Hungry and Moroccan Mystique, and, since the contest is sponsored by Sutter Home Winery, they offer choices from that vineyard to accompany each meal. Indeed, Sutter's wine often turns up where it has no business. Notably, the classic New Orleans Hurricane cocktail is reimagined to contain white zinfandel. The contest clearly thrives on over-the-top ideas, as many of the entries are complex and suffer from ingredient overkill; for example, the bouillabaisse sliders requires red snapper and shrimp for the patties, saffron threads in the mayonnaise, and fennel, tomato, and garlic-flavored olive oil in the relish. Side dishes are overly thought out as well, as in a shrimp remoulade potato salad (with mayo, mustard, ketchup, horseradish, Tabasco, and Worcestershire sauce). Desserts include a simple flan, washed down, naturally, with a glass of Sutter's Moscato. (Apr.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Excerpts
Excerpts
Party Time A great burger is reason enough for a party! For many of us, life just doesn't get any better than biting into a big, juicy burger. When all the components are perfect--a patty that's charred on the outside and moist and tender inside, a high-quality bun that's toasty warm, spreads that are packed with flavor, toppings that are crisp and cool and balance the burger with sweet and acidic flavors--the combination creates a party in the mouth. It's no wonder that burgers are America's favorite food and today are more popular than ever. The celebrations that we've created for your pleasure are all centered around some of the best--and most unique--burgers you'll ever taste. Each was a prizewinner or an outstanding finalist in Sutter Home Winery's Build a Better Burger® Recipe Contest and Cook-Off. The annual search for the best home-cooked burgers in America has been going on since 1990, and James has been head judge ever since the contest began. Jeffrey has been the culinary director and executive chef for Sutter Home Winery and for the contest since 1999. During those years, we've encountered an amazing array of creative burgers from good cooks across the country and have chosen some of the best to star in this collection. We've let the burgers guide us in choosing party themes and offer ideas for creating a festive atmosphere, with suggestions for decorations, table settings, music, and activities. We developed side dishes and sweet endings to complement each burger, along with some spirited wine-based cocktails and wine pairings. All of us at Sutter Home Winery's Build a Better Burger hope that this book provides inspiration for fun celebrations that are perfect for today's emphasis on relaxed, festive, and inexpensive entertaining. Let's party! Creating Fun Parties Put down that spatula! Before throwing patties on the grill to entertain your friends, you need to do some planning to create a perfect party that is fun for everyone, including yourself. First, you need to concoct a guest list of compatible people and send out invitations. Draft the guest list to include an interesting mix of friends with shared or dissimilar interests, which can lead to sparkling conversation. Limit the invitees to a number that you can accommodate comfortably. Remember the "old days" of mailing written invitations? Such thoughtfulness still makes a great impression and can go a long way in establishing the party theme. Our fast-paced lives, however, allow for invitations via personal phone calls, e-mails, or online invitation websites. Even text messages may be okay for invitations to very casual, last-minute parties such as Flip 'n' Splash (page 83). Next, turn your attention to creating the right ambience for the party. "Staging" a party with creative, fun decorations and tableware is important to set the mood and atmosphere; our suggestions go for the optimal experience, but you may choose to elaborate further or simplify. When planning table settings and linens, keep your parties environmentally friendly by choosing washable real dishes, glasses, flatware, and napkins, or buying disposable products that are eco-friendly and biodegradable. Keep in mind that everything on the table doesn't have to match, but the pieces should be compatible. Dishes in white, beige, or earth tones can mix and match with just about anything and any theme. A collection of California pottery plates in various colors always go together, as do mixtures of black and white patterns or collections of hand-painted designs. If you have plenty of room and few budget restraints, you might have fun building a party pantry with dishes that work for v Excerpted from Burger Parties: Recipes from Sutter Home Winery's Build a Better Burger Contest by James Mcnair, Jeffrey Starr All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.Table of Contents
Party Time | p. 1 |
Creating Fun Parties | p. 2 |
Making Better Burgers | p. 5 |
Pairing Wine with Burgers | p. 7 |
A Place in the Sun | p. 11 |
Wine Country-Style Outdoor Lunch | |
Big Fat Greek Night | p. 21 |
Feast of Olympian Flavors | |
Burgers and Blues | p. 31 |
New Orleans Jazz Brunch | |
Burgers in Paradise | p. 41 |
Tropical Patio Party | |
By the Sea | p. 51 |
Picnic at the Shore | |
Fall Frolic | p. 61 |
Autumn Harvest Afternoon | |
Festa Italiana | p. 73 |
Italy in Your Backyard | |
Flip 'n' Splash | p. 83 |
Poolside Gathering | |
From the Good Earth | p. 89 |
Celebrating Bounty in the Garden | |
Game Plan | p. 97 |
Evening of Sports, Cards, or Boards | |
Jamaican Me Hungry | p. 105 |
Caribbean Cookout | |
Moroccan Mystique | p. 113 |
Supper in the Moonlight | |
Sip and Slide | p. 123 |
Wine and Slider Tasting | |
Southeast Asian Odyssey | p. 135 |
Exotic Street Fare Adventure | |
Southwest Fiesta | p. 143 |
Border Food Feast | |
Summer and Smoke | p. 153 |
Southern Garden Party Barbecue | |
Acknowledgments | p. 162 |
Index | p. 164 |