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I thought it might be a running club gathering, or a stoop sale.
The Big Night Cookbook, from the popular party and entertaining store with locations in Greenpoint and West Village, is out June 4.
(Always stop by a stoop sale.)
I didnotexpect it to be for a party store.
Why were people made to feel that everything had to bejustright?
Big Night founder Katherine Lewin at her Brooklyn apartment.
Big Night founder Katherine Lewin at her Brooklyn apartment.
So, she opened Big Night, a store that celebrates the joyful eccentricities of entertaining.
All you have to do is to gather people at home.
TheBig Nightcookbook includes recipes for party favorites like pastas, dips, giant salads, and martinis.
One day, Lewin got an email from an editor at a publishing house who had stopped by.
Big Night wasnt just a store, the editor argued; it was also a book.
Did Lewin want to work on something?
So a book was born from a cold email.Bigfan of a cold email, Lewin says, laughing.
The result,Big Night: Dinners, Parties & Dinner Parties, is out today.
Its first and foremost a cookbook, full of crowd-pleasing recipes mostly meant to feed six or more.
(Also in the mix?
A menu designed for meeting your significant others parents, and suggestions for long al-fresco lunches.)
TheBig Nightcookbook includes recipes for party favorites like pastas, dips, giant salads, and martinis.
Just like the store,Big Nightthe book is playful and without pretense.
Its also a hosting guide.
True to her nature, shes more realistic than aspirational: No one cares if your place configs match.
So much of the pressure that we put on ourselves when hosting is entirely from ourselves, Lewin says.
The best thing you could do is set yourself up to actually enjoy yourself.
And now, with her stores and book, more people can have their best big night too.
