Jenni Kayne's first book, and the one that set the template for the whole California-natural look that came after it. It is organized by season, and every gathering is built the same way: the table, the flowers, the food, and the small crafts that fill the gap between them. A rosemary dinner and a floral garden party in spring. A beach picnic and a campfire dinner in summer. An apple harvest party and a rustic Thanksgiving in fall. A chocolate fondue party and a breakfast for dinner in winter.

What keeps it useful rather than only beautiful is how much of it is checklist. Each chapter carries tabletop ideas, a signature cocktail, notes on what to plant and how to keep a pantry stocked, and a parting gift, and the front of the book sets out an event checklist and a supply closet list you can work from days before anyone arrives. Recipes run through the whole thing, seasonal and unfussy, photographed in California against the landscape Kayne grew up in.

Martha Stewart wrote the foreword. A 256 page Rizzoli hardcover in large format, published March 19, 2019, and heavy enough that it will live on the coffee table and get read there.