Boards and Bites: Food Styling and Homemade Recipes for Elegant Party Planning

Boards and Bites is a wonderful thought-out book on food styling, recipes, and elegant party planning. A how-to for making your own charcuterie board for gatherings. The author displays wonderful boards with eye-catching photos. If you ever wonder how to make those beautiful flowers out of deli meat slices, this is the book for you. The author goes through the steps of how to plan for a successful charcuterie board, from prepping to grocery shopping and when to prepare items. She provides you with tips for success. These tips include a color contrast wheel and what foods provide those contrasts. The book includes various recipes and a step-by-step on how to dry citrus for platters. The author also helps you understand herbs and their flavors and flowers that are safe for consumption. Then gives ideas on how to use them for garnishing a platter.This is a great book for preparing and putting a charcuterie board together for any party and any size. With the author's helpful serving size chart, tips, and guidance anyone can be successful.

Boards and Bites is a must have book! The pictures are beautiful and the instructions are clear. This book inspires the inner chef in all of us. When I read through this book, it makes me want to entertain and highlight some of these amazing recipes. Melissa Francis has a real gift for bringing delicious, creative charcuterie to any home. This is also an amazing present for any housewarming party!!

Stunning photos illustrating just how fabulous your spread can be. Easy to follow recipes, a color wheel that shows what hues really compliment one another. The use of vibrant herbs to help everything just POP! Give yourself that extra hostess spark that will have all raving about you.

This book is stunning, from the pictures to the breakdown on how to create your boards. Tons of gorgeous boards and recipes, would never have come up with anything so creative on my own! There are different boards for different seasons, can't wait to try to recreate them. I leave the book on my coffee table and my guests are always eager to pick it up and skim through it when they sit down. The colors are so enticing! Overall, a wonderful book created by this new author Melissa Francis.

5 stars all the way for this book! It might be small, but it sure is mighty. It’s jam packed with great recipes and tablescape ideas for all occasions. I’ve been following along on this journey through Instagram and jumped on this book the minute I heard she was releasing one! This is a perfect book for those getting into charcuterie boards or makes a perfect hostess gift.

Boards and Bites elevates your skills to the next level. I can't believe that the few items I have made were so simple to execute and turned out exactly like the pictures! There are ideas for the most amazingly inspirational boards for all occasions. In the past week since I have gotten this book I have dehydrated oranges and lemons, roasted garlic and made a grilled veggie board for a holiday party- all firsts for me! Looking forward to making the s'mores board next! This book is easy to follow and clearly laid out for the beginner host or those looking to level up their skills. Highly recommend !

Such a clear and informative way to make beautiful charcuterie boards and snacks! The pictures are beautiful, recipes are clear (and delicious), and provides so many insider tips! Can’t say enough good things and so glad I bought it. I even gifted some to my friends for the holidays!

This is a MUST have in your house! Not only is is it the perfect coffee table book, but it’s also full of fantastic recipes that are complete with great information on color and presentation! My boards are the envy of all of my friends. Do yourself a favor and BUY IT.