Boards and Bites - Melissa Francis

Boards and Bites

Food Styling and Homemade Recipes for Elegant Party Planning

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
167 Seiten
2025
Yellow Pear Press (Verlag)
978-1-68481-256-1 (ISBN)
32,40 inkl. MwSt
Learn the secrets of great food styling to elevate your charcuterie board creations. Boards and Bites is the perfect book for novice and experienced board creators alike. With accessible recipes and instructions, Melissa Francis shows readers how to create memorable spreads for every holiday party or festive occasion. 
Food Styling Charcuterie Boards Just Became More Elegant!"The pictures are beautiful, recipes are clear (and delicious), and provides so many insider tips! Can’t say enough good things and so glad I bought it. I even gifted some to my friends for the holidays! —Amazon review

#1 New Release in Tablesetting & Cooking and Holiday Cooking

Learn the art of food styling with olives, grapes, cheese, jam, crackers, nuts and other treats with Melissa Francis’ charcuterie board recipe book Boards and Bites.

Be the hostess with the mostest! Learn the secrets of great food styling to elevate your charcuterie board creations. Boards and Bites is the perfect book for novice and experienced board creators alike. With accessible recipes and instructions, Melissa Francis shows readers how to create memorable spreads for every holiday party or festive occasion. 


Beautiful charcuterie spreads all in one place! Display your wine, fruits, nuts, jam, cheese, and bread in the most pleasing way. Boards and Bites is full of accessible recipes, board building basics, and food styling techniques. Get the behind-the-scenes story of how and why Francis creates her lovely charcuterie boards while you create your own divine bites with this charcuterie board recipe book. 


Inside, you’ll find:




Food styling techniques that will highlight you as the hostess of the year
Step by step instructions on how to create beautiful charcuterie spreads 
Beautifully curated images of charcuterie boards with olives, grapes, cheese, and many other delicious treats



If you enjoyed books like Charcuterie Board Cookbook, Everyday Entertaining, or Beautiful Boards, your next read should be Boards and Bites.

Melissa Francis is the face behind the boards featured on her ever-growing IG platform @boardsbymelfran and is the author of Boards and Bites. In January 2020, charcuterie boards became her creative outlet and a way to bring her family and friends together in a meaningful way. Melissa received her Masters of Science from Chapman University in Communication Sciences and Disorders in 2021. She is currently a practicing Speech and Language Pathologist and loves what she does and the individuals she works with.

Contents

Introduction



Meat the Cheeses

Overview Diagram

Color Contrasts



Accessorize Your Board

Dried Citrus

Herbs

Flowers

Rose Are...

Roasted Garlic

Fruit Garnish

Brie-tiful

The Glitz and Glam



Recipes

Sun Spread

Basil & White Beans

Grandma's Cheese Straws

Nana's Dressing

Crostinis



Every Occasion Deserves a Board

Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree

Brie Mine

Luck of the Irish

Bunny Hop

4th of July

Monster Mash



Special Boards

Pupcuterie

Sushi Board

Vegan Board

Movie Night Board

Sugar High Board

Tailgate Board

Crudites Board



Acknowledgments

About the Author

Erscheint lt. Verlag 14.11.2025
Zusatzinfo color photographs throughout; 100 Illustrations
Verlagsort San Francisco
Sprache englisch
Maße 203 x 254 mm
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Essen / Trinken Grundkochbücher
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Essen / Trinken Themenkochbücher
ISBN-10 1-68481-256-9 / 1684812569
ISBN-13 978-1-68481-256-1 / 9781684812561
Zustand Neuware
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