Hachette Antoine and Michele Salhab Souhaid have the pleasure to invite you to the book signing of “Must Love Guests”, Let Your Inner Hostess Shine,
on Saturday, December 17 at Al Madaloun Café Dbayeh and on Sunday, December 18 at Al Madaloun Café Ashrafieh, between 5 and 9 p.m.
“Must Love Guests”, is a unique journey that showcases the art of transformative hosting. Throughout the pages of this book, Michele inspires the readers to find their own touch as hostesses and hosts, and work their magic. She shows them how to apply the basic rules of table setting, adopt a modern take on hosting etiquette, design tables that reflects your personal taste and style, transform every day objects into beautiful decorative pieces, to sum it up add that extra wow factor to every table… but first they must love guests!
“Must Love Guests” is structured around three chapters lavishly illustrated: The ABC’s of table setting, a section on the French etiquette presented in a very simple approach adapted to any table and way of life, and pertinent to the different needs; Daily tables where every day family meals become a pleasant and beautiful experience; The special occasions tables offering a variety of ideas, themes and looks for all festivities. And to complement it all, an array of practical tips and unusual recipes.
Michele has almost twenty years of experience in hospitality, event planning, mood creation and more. From lavish weddings and presidential dinners, to corporate gatherings and casual brunches, her repertoire is very diverse. Her professional path was unconventional as she started out her career in the field of social work, and expanded to event planning. Currently, Michele is a partner and concept developer at al Mandaloun.