Gather: The Art of Hosting, Beautifully Handled · Print Edition

Everything a host needs, from the table to the toast.

Gather: The Art of Hosting, Beautifully Handled is a large-format, full-color guide to hosting with ease: the mood, the table, the food, the drink and the plan, with real quantities, so the evening feels calm and you get to enjoy your own party.

Inside the book:

• Eight signature menus for 6 to 8 guests, from a spring garden lunch to a winter supper by candlelight, each with one showpiece, make-ahead dishes and a timeline that starts two days out.
• 40 recipes, including slow-roasted salmon with salsa verde, red-wine short ribs, beef tenderloin, a brown-sugar pavlova and dark chocolate pots de creme.
• Set the table: the place-setting diagram, napkin folds and a tablescape lookbook by season.
• The bar, with a twin: five signature cocktails, each with a zero-proof twin, six house syrups and how much ice to buy.
• How much, for how many: charts for food, drink, wine and tableware.
• The evening and the plan: music, conversation cards, a three-week countdown and seating that sparks conversation.

At 8.5 x 11 inches and 228 pages, it is made to be used and displayed: full-bleed photographs, generous type and a calm, modern design in claret, brass and cream.

Rooted & Refined Editions, No. 04. Look for No. 01, Rise; No. 02, The Board; and No. 03, The Holiday Table.

About the author: Rachelle Merchant is a chiropractor, a mom of four and the founder of Rooted & Refined in Castle Rock, Colorado. She cooks from simple, real ingredients, and made the Editions beautiful enough to leave out and practical enough to cook from.

Print edition

• 8.5 × 11 in · 228 pages · full color on 80# coated paper · matte cover
• Printed to order and shipped by our print partner. Please allow 3–5 business days for printing, plus shipping.