The Cheapskate's Guide to Entertaining: How to Throw Fabulous Parties on a Modest Budget

by Lori Perkins

Everyone loves to throw parties, but not everyone can afford the Martha Stewart way.

This Cheapskate's Guide to elegant entertaining covers all the basics, from sit-down dinners, buffets, and cocktail soirees to baby showers, barbecues, and kids' birthday parties. Readers are treated to the basics of frugality -- from begging, borrowing, and bargaining to buying in bulk and bartering, all with elegance in mind. The author shares her secrets on how to save money on everything from invitations to party favors, how to negotiate with caterers, and how to add special touches, while saving a fortune.

There is an extensive recipe section as well as a resource guide that should keep everyone partying in style.

The Cheapskate's Guide to Entertaining is for everyone who throws parties, whether they have to or because they love to.

180 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2000

About the author

Publisher of Riverdale Avenue Books and founder of L. Perkins Agency. Author of the #MeToo anthology, Fifty Writers on Fifty Shades of Grey as well as Hungry for Your Love, and 30 other erotic romance anthologies.

Riverdale Avenue Books is an award winning, innovative hybrid publisher at the leading edge of the changes in the publishing industry. We publish e-books, print, and audio books under 12 imprints: Desire, an erotica/erotic romance imprint; Riverdale/Magnus the award-winning imprint of LGBT titles; Pop featuring pop culture titles; Afraid, a horror line; SFF, a science fiction fantasy line; Truth, an erotic memoir line; Dagger, a mystery thriller imprint; Sports and Gaming featuring sports and gaming titles; VerVe featuring lifestyle titles; Hera featuring both the true and fictional lives and loves of women aged 35 and up; and 120 Days, an LGBT pulp fiction line. Started in 2011 by industry veteran Lori Perkins, Riverdale is a full service publisher, with a foreign rights and film agency department. Visit us at www.RiverdaleAveBooks.com.

Reviews

[Lori Perkins · Rating 5 out of 5]

Th first book I ever wrote. Some good tips in here.