DEEDA BLAIR

Style icon and preeminent hostess Catherine Deeda Blair shares her inspirations for entertaining with understated elegance and distinction accompanied by menus recipes table settings and charming stories about her extraordinarily colorful life Deeda Blair is one of the last great American swans revered by cult followers for her enduring beauty fashion taste and easy elegance She embodies a sense of decorum and practices a relaxed graceful etiquette that is much lauded but often missing from today s soirées and gatherings An invitation to Blair s New York home has been a rare privilege but now in her first book Blair invites readers in and reveals how they too can develop their own uniquely personal style Central to the narrative are six fantasy meals each accompanied by a menu recipes table settings and floral arrangements that are inspired by the people and places that have shaped Blair s own inimitable and envied taste and style Each meal is set in Blair s exquisite home and is accompanied by photographer Ngoc Minh Ngo s evocative images of the imaginative table settings Blair has created for her timeless dishes Accompanying Blair s coveted eighty recipes are personal anecdotes and helpful serving suggestions Renowned design writer and tastema