Julia Child's Menu Cookbook

Julia Child’s Menu Cookbook by Julia Child is an expansive guide to home entertaining and the art of planning a complete meal, bringing together the full contents of her earlier books Julia Child & Company and Julia Child & More Company. Published as a combined edition in 1991, the nearly 500-page collection features 26 complete menus designed for occasions ranging from relaxed family gatherings to more elaborate dinner parties.

Rather than presenting recipes in isolation, Julia organizes the book around the way a host actually cooks and entertains, providing complete menus from appetizers through dessert. Detailed recipes are accompanied by more than 500 full-color photographs, while shopping lists, preparation guidance, kitchen-staple checklists, and practical advice help readers coordinate multiple dishes and manage the timing of an entire meal. Menus range from an old-fashioned chicken dinner to more formal occasions such as dinner for the boss, reflecting Julia’s characteristically practical but celebratory approach to entertaining.

Part cookbook and part entertaining manual, Julia Child’s Menu Cookbook is especially appealing for Julia Child collectors, home entertainers, dinner-party enthusiasts, and cooks who want to learn not simply how to prepare individual dishes, but how to organize and confidently serve a complete meal from start to finish.