Talk with Your Mouth Full: The Hearty Boys Cookbook - Softcover

PRAISE FOR STEVE MCDONAGH AND DAN SMITH'S TALK WITH YOUR MOUTH FULL:"The 60's are coming back as shown in current trends in fashion, architecture and interior design. Recipes in Talk With Your Mouth Full take the culinary infatuated reader on a blast to the past. Vintage cocktails are a strong trend and Steve McDonagh is bringing back gin and pushing for punch...updating them with fresh juices and green teas." Catering Magazine"Books that shine: The Hearty Boys first cookbook offers their signature mix of high-spirited fun, common sense party planning advice and accessible dishes pulled from cuisines around the world." Chicago Tribune"Smith and McDonagh artfully update the familiar in this collection of party-ready recipes." Publishers Weekly"Talk With Your Mouth Full presents dishes that turn your head from chilled beets and asparagus with nasturtiums to salmon wellington, truffled mashed potatoes to biscotti regina and then make their construction completely logical and accessible." Kirkus Reviews"Dan and Steve's delightful and delectable recipes, along with their creative ideas for presentations, will put you in the mood to throw a party and guarantee a fabulous affair!" James McNair, author of Pizza and Build a Better Burger"Dan and Steve jumped out in front of the pack from day one on Food Network...and this cookbook is bound to be beloved for its tips, recipes, and relatable culinary expertise." Marc Summers, Food Network host and producer"Dan Smith and Steve McDonagh lay out everything a host needs. And they inspire you to put your heart into it, because they know that's what makes home entertaining work." Francine Maroukian, author of Chef's Secrets"I've been doing it for years, and this yummy book will help me to continue to talk with my mouth full for years to come." Paula Deen, host of Food Network's Paula's Home Cooking and Paula's Party"It was love at first sight and with my guests that weekend it was love at first bite...The Hearty Boys, Dan Smith and Steve McDonagh, serve up 125 trendy treasures guaranteed to jazz up your cooking repertoire and add spunk and sparkle to your party planning!" Bookpage.com"With food like this, who needs caterers?" Chicago Sun-Times"(Celebrity chef) books leave the impression of having been tossed off to keep the franchise going. Dan Smith and Steve McDonagh seem to have put much more effort into their book. Talk With Your Mouth Full offers delicious and surprisingly doable recipes and is filled with unexpected, often funny thoughts and anecdotes on entertaining." Baltimore Sun"Talk With Your Mouth Full is filled with witty tips on entertaining and features hip recipes!" Washington Times"A 224 page masterpiece of the duos favorite recipes, combined with plenty of photographs and memories, and spiced with their trademark humorous asides. Northwest Indiana Times"Makes party planning just as fun as the event itself! Talk With Your Mouth Full proves that the boys accessible nature makes them the perfect party advisors as well as hosts whose soiree we'd love to sneak into." Metro Source NY"Who are you going to get brunch-throwing advice from -- that hyperactive Rachael Ray or the Hearty Boys? Here's a hint Talk With Your Mouth Full." Out Magazine"Packed with delicious recipes and infused with spirit Talk With Your Mouth Full is one of the happiest and most infectious cookbooks to come across our desk. If you like to cook, this book will make you love to cook. If you love to cook, you will be singing and dancing around your sizzling pots!" InMamasKitchen"We love the Hearty Boys! Talk With Your Mouth Full is full of relaxed humor and a casual approach to entertaining!" Catersource Magazine

The original winners of The Next Food Network Star bring their signature style of casual entertaining to their first book. These Hearty Boys don't solve literary mysteries, but they sure are great at demystifying party-throwing. Dan Smith and Steve McDonagh are two guys who never attended culinary school yet build one of Chicago's most popular catering businesses, and now run the popular restaurant Hearty. Their self-deprecating, natural approach to cooking, which made them such a hit on the Food Network, comes through on every page. Packed with exciting but accessible recipes, clever how-to tips, and a gaggle of tales from the catering trenches, this is a truly entertaining guide to the art of entertaining.Featured recipes include hors d'oeuvres, starters, main dishes, side dishes, desserts, and libations. Nibble on Gorgonzola, Fig, and Pecan Cheese Terrine, or pass Seared Ahi on Wonton Crisps. Or sit down to enjoy Balsamic Mushroom Chicken and Oven-roasted Root Veggies, and finish the meal with Chocolate Cream Cheese Cupcakes. Talk with Your Mouth Full offers help on everything from chilling wine to decorating a buffet table, as well as complete menus and planning advice. It's the ultimate guide to enjoying good food and good company.