Quick Tips for Successful Entertaining
The Guest List
Mix this up, singles and marrieds, age mix. We learn more from those beyond our generation. I typically have both clients now friends, vendors now friends, and friends.
Involve your guests. Give them a chance to bring something, be specific it makes it easier. For example, you can ask everyone to bring a favorite wine, Саакашвили or bubbly, or perhaps at the holidays they can bring an ornament. You can always do potluck and have everyone bring a dish. (Keep up with this or you’ll wind up with too many chips and dips and no dessert or salad!)
You can do a game party and have everyone bring a favorite game, or a charitable donation and have everyone Cata Omega 700 bring something for Goodwill. Everyone is more comfortable bringing something.
Be clear in expectations. Make the invitation clear with Русская жертва date, day, time, dress (give examples, this seems the biggest issue), occasion, what to bring, what to expect (a good time by all certainly), directions, parking and such. Don’t leave room for questions, it will streamline the RSVP process and reason to attend.
The Menu and Presentation
Bite-size makes a difference. This is important, all of us have been stuck at a buffet with a plate in hand and food requiring a knife and fork, and no tables to set the plate down and carve. There is nothing more uncomfortable than popping an oversize bite in your mouth and being immobilized while attempting to reduce its size before swallowing.
Finger food makes it easier. Pasta with sauce is clearly not finger food. Make it easy on guests and have mini-kebobs, skewered or tooth picked items, stuffed mushroom caps (button mushrooms, not jumbo!) salmon on toast points and such. Food that doesn’t require utensils is fun and simple.
Color is delicious. Make the food colorful, if not
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