Lulu Powers Food to Flowers: Simple, Stylish Food for Easy Entertaining

Lulu Powers, a Los Angeles caterers whose clients include Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith, Madonna, Arianna Huffington, and Bill Clinton, also cites the fear factor many people have in entertaining. Her book, Lulu Powers Food to Flowers, which Morrow will release in April, has recipes that Powers promises are easy and can (mostly) be made ahead-of-time, such as mini wild mushroom risotto cakes and burger bites with “Lulu’s Special Sauce.” “People have forgotten that entertaining is supposed to be fun—it’s not supposed to be a chore,” Powers told PW. “When you have a party, you should be able to enjoy it alongside your guests—it’s a party, after all.” Powers hopes her book will “inspire people to enjoy themselves in the kitchen and to entertain at home again. I want to share with people that there is no mystery in entertaining, and there shouldn’t be any fear.”