Easy & Elegant Boards

In this collection of 60 recipes, Kylie Mazon- Chambers, of the blog Cooking with Cocktail Rings, showcases all of her worldly food knowledge with fun, easy and delicious appetizer and charcuterie boards. Readers will sample authentic flavors from different cultures through the best means possible: grazing on beautifully laid out platters

Meat and cheese appetizer spreads have always been a staple of the perfect dinner party, and with social media popularizing home-food-photography, readers want to know now more than ever how to lay out beautiful boards. By including no-prep sides with dips and spreads that can be made in a big batch, and divvied out over multiple platters, Kylie makes laying out picturesque boards a quick and easy affair. This collection also reimagines the charcuterie plate by giving each platter a unique cultural or regional twist. Readers will impress everyone at their next gathering with boards like the Hawaiian-Inspired Platter featuring Mini Poke Cups, the Summer Seafood Platter featuring Brown Butter Mini Lobster Rolls, the Southern-Inspired Board featuring Green Tomato Chutney and the Thai-Inspired Board featuring Firey Grilled Shrimp. Within each of these 20 platters ideas, Kylie features 3-4 recipes for homemade elements, and pairs them with complementary veggies, breads and other snacks that don't require any prepping, making each platter both brag-worthy and a breeze to assemble. When planning for their next get together, readers will find modern, easy-to-execute approaches to the much-loved appetizer board.