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Deeda Blair: Food, Flowers, & Fantasy Hardcover – November 1, 2022

4.2 out of 5 stars 74 ratings

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Style icon and preeminent hostess Catherine “Deeda” Blair shares her inspirations for entertaining with understated elegance and distinction, accompanied by menus, recipes, table settings, and charming stories about her extraordinarily colorful life.

Deeda Blair is one of the last great American swans, revered by cult followers for her enduring beauty, fashion taste, and easy elegance. She embodies a sense of decorum and practices a relaxed, graceful etiquette that is much lauded but often missing from today’s soirées and gatherings.

An invitation to Blair’s New York home has been a rare privilege, but now, in her first book, Blair invites readers in and reveals how they too can develop their own uniquely personal style. Central to the narrative are six fantasy meals, each accompanied by a menu, recipes, table settings, and floral arrangements that are inspired by the people and places that have shaped Blair’s own inimitable and envied taste and style. Each meal is set in Blair’s exquisite home and is accompanied by photographer Ngoc Minh Ngo’s evocative images of the imaginative table settings Blair has created for her timeless dishes. Accompanying Blair’s coveted eighty recipes are personal anecdotes and helpful serving suggestions. Renowned design writer and tastemaker Deborah Needleman collaborated closely with Blair to capture her vision for entertaining with fantasy and enchantment, as well as her reflections on life and how her experiences have influenced the way she lives, works, and entertains.
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"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

About the Author

Deeda Blair is a fashion icon and a philanthropist of science and medicine based in New York. Deborah Needleman is a writer, editor, and craftsperson. She currently contributes to the New York Times, the Financial Times, and Cabana magazine. Andrew Solomon is a writer, lecturer, activist, professor of clinical psychology at Columbia University, and a regular contributor to the New Yorker, NPR, and the New York Times Magazine.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Rizzoli
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 1, 2022
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0847871991
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0847871995
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.78 x 1.23 x 12.3 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Deborah Needleman, an American publishing executive, was the founding editor in chief of Domino magazine. She is editor in chief of T: The New York Times Style Magazine.

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Customers find the book beautiful, particularly praising its stunning rooms and handsome pictures. Moreover, the recipes receive positive feedback, with one customer highlighting the selection of recipes with corresponding images. Additionally, customers describe the book as beyond inspiring.

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15 customers mention "Beauty"13 positive2 negative

Customers find the book beautiful, praising its stunning rooms and handsome pictures, with one customer noting it as one of their favorite books for decor and entertaining.

"I am in love with Deeda Blair. This beautiful book can almost save humanity…At this worrisome time when we seem to be up to our eyeballs in bad taste..." Read more

"A Beautiful Book..." Read more

"...A most impressive and clever woman. What an eye she has, at creating such stunning rooms...." Read more

"This is a lovely book as an object, but really there is not much there there...." Read more

6 customers mention "Recipes"6 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the recipes in the book, with one customer particularly appreciating how they are paired with corresponding images.

"...She serves the best food, and so many of her recipes and resources are shared in this book, as only a truly gracious person would do!..." Read more

"...There is also a selection of recipes with corresponding images. The images are matte on rather thick paper...." Read more

"...Classic, beautiful, easily attainable and delicious recipes fill page after page. This book perfectly captures her food and way of living graciously...." Read more

"...it from cover to cover enjoying the beauty of the photos, people and food but when all is said in done it left me feeling sorry I had spent my money..." Read more

5 customers mention "Inspiration"5 positive0 negative

Customers find the book beyond inspiring, with one mentioning how it shows a way of living graciously.

"...This book perfectly captures her food and way of living graciously. Written in a clear, helpful voice the text inspires and reassures...." Read more

"...care that Mrs. Blair takes with every aspect of her life is beyond inspiring. Talk about mindfulness!..." Read more

"...book—with its thrilling pictures and fascinating text—delights, inspires, and transports the reader to another world." Read more

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A sublime new book.
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A sublime new book.
Run, don’t walk, to get a copy of the long awaited Deeda Blair, Food, Flowers & Fantasy by Rizzoli, a book I’ve been waiting for months to get my hands on! It exceeds all my highest expectations. Deeda lives an opulent, but wonderfully edited life. Her walls are bare and she will tell you that if she can’t afford the paintings she wants she would rather live with nothing. The result is fantastic. #alberthadley would say ‘space is such a luxury, why pollute it’, which seems very applicable. After a dinner at Deeda’s I looked around my apartment and thought to myself I’m a confirmed hoarder in comparison! She serves the best food, and so many of her recipes and resources are shared in this book, as only a truly gracious person would do! Her paddlefish source is a long time favorite of mine. I use it to make her caviar dip recipe that everyone loves. Her book is a visual voyage down a life well lived. She is one of the last great swans that American society has. My hat is off to her, especially given that all the book proceeds will go to the Deeda Blair Research Initiative, as her life has been devoted even more to research than to beauty. There is a link in my story to purchase her book, or go to your local bookstore and order it. It’s already in it’s second printing! Most of photography by Ngoc Minh Ngo are stunning.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2022
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    Run, don’t walk, to get a copy of the long awaited Deeda Blair, Food, Flowers & Fantasy by Rizzoli, a book I’ve been waiting for months to get my hands on! It exceeds all my highest expectations. Deeda lives an opulent, but wonderfully edited life. Her walls are bare and she will tell you that if she can’t afford the paintings she wants she would rather live with nothing. The result is fantastic. #alberthadley would say ‘space is such a luxury, why pollute it’, which seems very applicable. After a dinner at Deeda’s I looked around my apartment and thought to myself I’m a confirmed hoarder in comparison! She serves the best food, and so many of her recipes and resources are shared in this book, as only a truly gracious person would do! Her paddlefish source is a long time favorite of mine. I use it to make her caviar dip recipe that everyone loves. Her book is a visual voyage down a life well lived. She is one of the last great swans that American society has. My hat is off to her, especially given that all the book proceeds will go to the Deeda Blair Research Initiative, as her life has been devoted even more to research than to beauty. There is a link in my story to purchase her book, or go to your local bookstore and order it. It’s already in it’s second printing! Most of photography by Ngoc Minh Ngo are stunning.
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    Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2022
    Run, don’t walk, to get a copy of the long awaited Deeda Blair, Food, Flowers & Fantasy by Rizzoli, a book I’ve been waiting for months to get my hands on! It exceeds all my highest expectations. Deeda lives an opulent, but wonderfully edited life. Her walls are bare and she will tell you that if she can’t afford the paintings she wants she would rather live with nothing. The result is fantastic. #alberthadley would say ‘space is such a luxury, why pollute it’, which seems very applicable. After a dinner at Deeda’s I looked around my apartment and thought to myself I’m a confirmed hoarder in comparison! She serves the best food, and so many of her recipes and resources are shared in this book, as only a truly gracious person would do! Her paddlefish source is a long time favorite of mine. I use it to make her caviar dip recipe that everyone loves. Her book is a visual voyage down a life well lived. She is one of the last great swans that American society has. My hat is off to her, especially given that all the book proceeds will go to the Deeda Blair Research Initiative, as her life has been devoted even more to research than to beauty. There is a link in my story to purchase her book, or go to your local bookstore and order it. It’s already in it’s second printing! Most of photography by Ngoc Minh Ngo are stunning.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2024
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    I adore this book , the colors Interior styles and reading about Deeda Blair. A most impressive and clever woman.
    What an eye she has, at creating such stunning rooms.There is also a selection of recipes with corresponding images.
    The images are matte on rather thick paper.Tremendously pretty interiors … so glad I purchased it.
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    Dreamlike elegance and colors

    Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2024
    I adore this book , the colors Interior styles and reading about Deeda Blair. A most impressive and clever woman.
    What an eye she has, at creating such stunning rooms.There is also a selection of recipes with corresponding images.
    The images are matte on rather thick paper.Tremendously pretty interiors … so glad I purchased it.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2022
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    This is a lovely book as an object, but really there is not much there there. It has some unrelateable pictures of grand interiors of the past with only one room looking like a person lived actually in it. There are handsome pictures of the elegant Mrs. Blair and snapshots of her with famous friends. There are menus and recipes. There is talk about her charitable work. Yet it all feels empty. This is a vanity project.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2022
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    Deeda Blair’s book is even better than expected. While the first section is devoted to ravishing photography it is the recipe portion at the back of the book that truly inspires. Classic, beautiful, easily attainable and delicious recipes fill page after page. This book perfectly captures her food and way of living graciously. Written in a clear, helpful voice the text inspires and reassures. I cannot wait to cook my way through Food, Flowers and Fantasy.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2022
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    I gave this book 4 stars since part of the proceeds for the book go to research. Other than the beauty of the edition and the photography I have difficulty recommending this book. It is pure upper crust society talk and look at me, the company I keep, my friends, homes and dinner parties. Now there is nothing wrong with this but if you hope to get decorating ideas forget it. I read it from cover to cover enjoying the beauty of the photos, people and food but when all is said in done it left me feeling sorry I had spent my money on the book where the author appeared to be so haughty. But then a part of the proceeds go to research!
    13 people found this helpful
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  • Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2024
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    Deeda Blair is famous as a style icon, but her life is so much bigger and more textured than just that. The book is a real treat.
  • Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2022
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    I absolutely love this book. I have been looking forward to it for months since I heard about it. It has everything, glimpses of a magnificent and unusual apartment, along with photos of Mrs. Blair's former home in Washington, D. C. which also looked gorgeous, stories and photos of a pretty amazing life and what sound like some wonderful recipes. There is also a section at the end of sources for many of the wonderful things that you see in the book. One of my favorite books for decor and entertaining.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2023
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    I thought I would get great ideas for recipes but, did not.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars An elegant book!
    Reviewed in Australia on April 3, 2024
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    This book is so beautiful and elegant .
    Filled with lots of beautiful pictures as well as elegantly written texts by Deeda.
    Very inspiring.. Highly recommend!