Remember when it was enough to simply arrange cheese and crackers nicely on a plate for informal gatherings and call it a day? The recent trend has elevated charcuterie boards into an art form, and for those who feel challenged at creating one, cookbook author Maegan Brown’s new cookbook, Celebration Boards: 50 Creative Boards To Turn Any Occasion Into A Celebration will guide you with ease into creating your own stunning boards. This hardcover cookbook has gorgeous color photographs by Kelsey Foster, covers the basics of selecting a board, provides ideas on how to create a board, includes excellent planning tips, has 25 easy-to-follow recipes, and includes step by step instructions to help you take the stress out of entertaining for any occasion. The 225-page cookbook is perfect for your favorite foodie as a thoughtful gift or for yourself. Bon Appetit!
Maegan Brown
Celebration Boards: 50 Creative Boards To Turn Any Occasion Into A Celebration by Maegan Brown was published in September 2026 by Rock Point, an imprint of The Quarto Group. This hardcover cookbook is divided into the following chapters: Breakfast & Brunch Boards, Appetizer & Anytime Boards, Meal Boards, Entertaining & Special Occasion Boards, Seasonal & Holiday Boards, Dessert & Drink Boards, plus includes a Bonus Content section with more fabulous ideas.
The cookbook goes well beyond typical charcuterie board ideas. A few of the inspired boards in the Breakfast & Brunch Boards include an Eggs Benedict Board, a Pajama Party Breakfast Board, and a Breakfast in Paris Board, to give you a few of the creative ideas.
Epic Grazing
A few of the fun and tasty boards in the Appetizer & Anytime Boards section include a Spanish Tapas Board, Happiest Hour Board, and Global Grazing Board. In the Meal Boards section, Maegan includes a BBQ Baked Potato Board, Mac and Cheese-Burger Board, and Bao Bun Board, and many more. Entertaining & Special Occasion Boards include a Golf Par-Tee Board, Book Club Board, and Slider Snack Stadium. From the Seasonal & Holiday Boards, Maegan has you covered with boards for Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick Day, Easter, Mother’s Day Breakfast Tray, Halloween, Dreidel Dessert Board, and New Year’s Eve with boards designed for adults and children. There is even a chapter called Dessert & Drink Boards that includes a Churro and Dips Board, Espresso Martini Board, and a Mocktail Mixing Board, for all around, fun, whimsical, and sensational entertaining ideas.
Celebration Boards: 50 Creative Boards To Turn Any Occasion Into A Celebration by Maegan Brown
Excerpted from Celebration Boards: 50 Creative Boards to Turn Any Occasion into a Celebration (2026), by Maegan Brown.
Published by Rock Point, an imprint of The Quarto Group. All rights reserved.
Food Photography: Kelsey Foster
ISBN: 978-1-57715-557-7
Hardcover
$28 USD
$38 Canada
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Celebration Boards: 50 Creative Boards To Turn Any Occasion Into A Celebration by Maegan Brown is available for purchase online at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Williams Sonoma and many more.
About Cookbook Author Maegan Brown
Maegan Brown is an enthusiastic foodie and a bestselling cookbook author with four cookbooks under belt: Beautiful Boards, Spectacular Spreads, Brilliant Bites, and Celebration Boards: 50 Creative Boards To Turn Any Occasion Into A Celebration by Maegan Brown. Known as “The BakerMama,” she and her husband, and their four children, make their home in Dallas.
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