I am of the opinion that the most important part of your dinner party is to choose the right guests. Then you must choose the right food. Chose something simple, delicious and that won't take all your time and energy, so that you can pay attention to your guests.
Make a plan. Make a time guideline working backwards. from the time your guests are due to arrive.
Allow time for your guests to have a pre dinner drink. Allow yourself 5 minutes to dish up and serve the first course, about 8-10 minutes to clear this away and serve the main course and about 5 minutes to clear the main course and serve dessert.
Prepare as much as you can in advance. Use your schedule. Set your table well in advance. Then, as you begin to prepare the food pretend you are on a cookery show. Peel, chop, sift, measure, etc. everything in advance.
Then you can relax and enjoy your guests and your evening!
Please see our website where we have written a beginner's guide to dinner parties.
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2 comments:
Great organisation. So simple, yet so many people forget to plan.
And I agree that you should choose the right guests...
Sometimes I think we try to be too ambitious, don't we and end up feeling frazzled instead of enjoying ourselves.
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