Can you tell me how to create nice menus?

Answer by  thewindrose (642)

If you are looking at creating weekly menus, I put mine together by starting with my cookbooks and going through, looking for recipes I want to make. I make a list of a recipe per day, and then create my shopping list from that.

Answer by  eyeguy (3760)

Choose items that you are comfortable with creating. Do not try to over extend yourself with fancy items in order to impress your guests. Start with items you have gotten the most compliments on and build around them

Answer by  Roland27 (16334)

I order the magazine called Taste of Home to get ideas on menu creations. They have wonderful recipes and they always taste good.

Answer by  crabfoot (253)

Classically, you try to make the courses overlap, so the wines do not clash with the food. Hors D'Oevres egg salad/consomme followed by fish, the dry white works with both. Main course meat, cheese course after, red wine - if it is white meat, use a light Gamay red. Dessert, chocolate, coffee etc - the sweet dessert wine works.