Mariana Velasquez , Revel: A Maximalist’s Guide to Having People Over

The art of entertaining starts long before your guests arrive. Revel is chef, food stylist, and housewares designer Mariana Velásquez playbook for setting up a headache-free affair. Her starting place is always the why—why are you inviting people over? This answer becomes your north star, guiding you through planning from what mood you’d like to set to how many people to invite.

With 85 delicious and dreamy recipes alongside gorgeous photography by Gentl & Hyers, Revel invites you to enjoy every aspect of throwing a party. Whether you want to follow her menus to a tee or use them as inspiration, Mariana reminds you that hosting can be as extravagant or unfussy as you’d like as long as you are having a fabulous time through it all.

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