In the best - selling Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Cookbook, Beth Hensperger and Julie Kaufmann made it easy to cook a delicious, contemporary meal in the slow cooker. In Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Recipes for Entertaining, they prove that the slow cooker is the perfect tool for effortless entertaining on weekends and even weeknights, offering more than 300 new recipes specially created to serve a group. There are recipes to suit a wide variety of entertaining styles, from casual to formal; both classic slow cooker favorites such as New - Fashioned Pot Roast with Fresh Rosemary, Mulled Wine, and Hot Spinach Dip; as well as many more adventurous, innovative dishes such as Fondue with Sparkling Apple Cider, Brandied Red Onion Soup Gratinee, and Braised Pheasant with Mushrooms in Riesling that will really impress. Like the recipes in Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Cookbook and Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Recipes for Two, the dishes here feature fresh, wholesome ingredients and reinforce what an essential appliance the slow cooker is for any busy cook. In addition, this is the only slow cooker cookbook that includes lots of tips and techniques on how to use your slow cooker for a wide variety of entertaining options, as well as advice on how to scale up those recipes for even more guests. Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Recipes for Entertaining covers all the bases; appetizers, drinks, soups, sauces, entrees, desserts - all of these can be prepared ahead of time in the slow cooker, so that hosts will be able to focus on the guests, not the cooking.