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Take one world-renowned cancer hospital, one New York Times food & wine scribe, a little over 100 zestful recipes, mix well, add about 70 mouth-watering photographs, sprinkle generously with witty anecdotes and clever party pointers, edit, print, and release. Serves all bookstores.
Voted one of the 25 Most Notable Cookbooks of 2007, “Park Avenue Potluck” has been giving the likes of Martha Stewart and Rachel Ray a solid run for their money. Potluck-mania is sweeping the country!!!
Now in its umpteenth printing, the brainchild of former Sloan-Kettering president Coco Kopelman was midwifed by New York Times’ Florence Fabricant in concert with the Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. The glossy tome features a delightful array of tasty yet reasonably failsafe recipes supplied by Muffie Potter Aston, Jamee Gregory, Katie Colgate, Daisy Soros, and many other Society board members and associates. A portion of the proceeds go to cancer research and patient care.
A Park Avenue Potluck dinner was served at Doubles inside the Sherry Netherland Hotel. Hosted by Doubles chairwoman Wendy Carduner, Executive Chef Steven Mellina cooked up a piñata of dishes from the book for a salivating crowd that included Society President Leslie Jones, Society VP Leslie Perkin, as well as board members Kelly Forsberg, Barbara Tolllis, and Catherine Carey.
Says Ms. Kopelman, “I believe food is love.” Combined with the old adage that all you need is love, there’s your perfect recipe for the average American waistline.
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