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| Harriet, Ron, Tina, Philippe, and moi at the Paris table |
Since the beginning of the year, I’ve been in a
whirl of entertaining frenzy. In January while my husband and I were in Paris, we
hosted three dinners (you may remember that I wrote about several of those
occasions on this blog), and invited others over for appetizers and wine. Then,
right after we returned to our small New England town in February, we planned a
Friday night supper for a group of good friends. During the weeks that followed
we had three sets of overnight guests, all of whom happened to arrive in time
for dinner. Oh, and this past Sunday (just a few hours before the Oscars), I
welcomed my book club members for appetizers, desserts, and a lively discussion
of the month’s literary selection.
You’d think I’d be tired of having people at my
table at this point, but the truth is, none of these social get-togethers was
stressful because I followed my two golden rules when
entertaining—keep it simple and make it ahead!
