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Publisher: Regan Books  / HarperCollins
Release Date:  October 7, 2003
ISBN: 0060988584 
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Format Reviewed: Paperback 
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Genre:  Nonfiction / Cookbook / health
Reviewed: 2003
Reviewer: Brenda Weeaks 
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Party Hearty
Hot, Sexy, Have-a-Blast Food & Fun All Year Round
By Marilu Henner 

     "I've always been a party person. To this day, I associate holidays with being a little naughty and eating and partying too much -- but now my healthy lifestyle doesn't fall apart. In Party Hearty, I help you build a few simple corrective actions right into your holiday routine so that you won't gain weight, be sick or hung over, or need to diet or detox afterword."

     Party Hearty is a health conscious cookbook within a holiday party book. All popular holidays are accounted for. Each holiday has recipes along with party ideas, such as music, decorating, table settings, gifts, scents, games and prizes. My favorite recipe is on page 110, in the Mardi Gras section (Emeril's Pasta Salad with Garden Vegetables, Oven-Roasted Tomatoes and Herbed Vinaigrette). Also included are colorful photographs of the finished dishes, each looking delicious and tempting, ready to entice the reader into trying the book.

     The author, Marilu Henner, is known for two things: acting and healthy eating. In Party Hearty, she offers party ideas, but she also gives those who don't eat the usually holiday fare some healthier choices. Henner also brings back the true idea of celebration and that is having fun with the ones you're with, and making great memories.

     Pick up Party Hearty and pick up some great ideas for Christmas, a Summer Picnic, Earth Day, Midsummer's Night Eve, Easter, and the Chinese New Year, just to name a few.