Casey Elsass' cookbook "What Can I Bring?: Recipes to Help You Live Your Guest Life" addresses the social complexities of bringing dishes to gatherings. The book suggests practical strategies like not expecting space in a host's fridge and bringing required serving tools. Recipes are categorized by the effort required and include diverse options like starters, salads, mains, cocktails, and desserts. The guide also features tips for guest etiquette and host gifts, emphasizing thoughtful contributions to events.
"It's a very loaded question," says Elsass, author of the new cookbook "What Can I Bring?: Recipes to Help You Live Your Guest Life." "Bringing something is not a competition, but it also kind of is. And we all want to bring the thing that everybody is talking about at the party."
"They are already playing a game of culinary Tetris and you should show up with something room temp or ready to go," he says.
Each recipe is categorized by the level of effort required ("in your sleep," "roll up your sleeves," "bragging rights"). And there are "party tricks" for things like easy substitutions and instructions for how to transport and serve a dish at a party.
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