“Cooking For Our Friends” is a wonderful cookbook with more than 200 gorgeous high-resolution photographs. It includes step-by-step instructions on cooking delicious meals for parties of more than 40 people. A few events in the book include: cooking for a political fundraiser for John Kerry with 300 guests; cooking for his son, Sam's Bar Mitzvah with 150 guests; and cooking for the University Synagogue Pillar dinner with over 100 guests.