"Holiday Book Pick: You're invited to the home and world of hostess and style icon Deeda Blair, who with author Deborah Needleman and photographer Ngoc Minh Ngo, has assembled menus, recipes, and tablescapes together in a remarkable tribute to a famed entertainer." --ELLE DECOR "Best Fall book pick: An invitation into the inimitable Deeda Blair's graceful and intriguing world is an invitation that can't be missed! With eloquent tips for setting a table and hosting an unforgettable dinner party, inspiration abounds in this book from one of America's most legendary social butterflies." --FREDERIC MAGAZINE "Passionate philanthropist, traveler, aesthete, and hostess, Deeda Blair tells of her loves in a new book; Food, Flowers, and Fantasy. Here, she discusses the release and other aspects of her colorful life." --FLOWER MAGAZINE "Here, the inimitable socialite shares her inspirations for entertaining with an understated elegance and distinction. The time is chock-full of menus, recipes, table settings, and charming stories about her extraordinarily colorful life. This is one to give to your very favorites." --SOCIETY CHRONICLES "The medical research advocate and style arbiter maintains that curiosity breeds good taste.

" --W MAGAZINE "There are very few truly elegant people in this world and Deeda Blair: Food, Flowers & Fantasy published by Rizzoli today gives us peek into her life, her apartment, her inspiration, her entertaining, and her address book, in addition to places that have inspired her fantasy dinner parties." --HABITUALLY CHIC "I devoured Deeda Blair's Rizzoli book Food, Flowers & Fantasy, and was particularly charmed by her tablescapes. She uses the most incredibly frosty floral table linens in whispery blues and purples and grays topped with Aptware and very delicate Limoges porcelain, and this embroidered tablecloth by Tory Burch is very much the look and mood.' --HARPER'S BAZAAR.