Entertaining
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Copy Handbag Designer Clare Vivier's Favorite Stuffing, Pie, and More
Photography by Roy Beeson Designer of ultra-popular handbags Clare Vivier loves to entertain in her Craftsman house in Echo Park, Los Angeles. Vivier lives there with her husband, Thierry, their 12-year-old son, Oscar, and their dog, Paco. In true L.A. fashion, they utilize their outdoor/indoor space and have both a formal dining room and a dining space on the back patio (where they eat more often). Here, three recipes Vivier will be making this Thanksgiving for her family. ...
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How to Bring Happy Hour Home
Happy Hour—that glorious window of time when beers are $2, oysters on the half-shell sell for a dollar a piece, and cocktails are affordable—is the light at the end of a stressful work day, where that tense meeting and botched presentation are forgotten in favor of good beer and better company. Instead of rushing to the bar at 6:59 P.M. in the hopes the bartender will still charge you half-price, invite over a few pals, set up a dart board, and bring the bar home. Here’s how to bring Happy Hour
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How to Throw a Dinner Party Out of Your Pantry
The best parties are the ones which seemingly spring out of nothing—the kind where a late lunch or a “quick drink and a catch up” turns into friends staying on for dinner, then lingering into the early morning. Dinner somehow magics itself together without a shopping list or any grand planning.
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16 Essentials for Your Super Bowl Party
By Catherine O’Donnell. You’ve got the menu for this year’s game-day party down. (Nachos? Check.
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Super Bowl Recipe: Sriracha Buffalo Cauliflower Bites
There are two things I can never get enough of at Super Bowl parties: Buffalo sauce and vegetables. My solution? I created this new recipe for addictive Sriracha Buffalo Cauliflower Bites. They’re a healthy meatless alternative to classic Buffalo chicken wings that even my vegetarian and gluten-free friends can eat.
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4 Secrets to Making Killer Guacamole
I learned to make really good guacamole on a ranch in the middle of Montana where I cooked for a family of die-hard Mexican-food fans. This family frequently requested Mexican dinner buffets, complete with a mix of salsas, guacamole and homemade tortilla chips. Having to make guacamole over and over again meant that during the course of my few months with them, I became a guacamole expert.
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Are You For or Against Seating Plans at Dinner Parties?
We’re well into holiday dinner party season and it turns out fighting for space at the bar cart isn’t the only contentious part of the night—Amanda Hesser and I stand divided over whether or not seating plans are a good idea to subject your guests to. While we spend 98% of our energy on the lead-up to a dinner party—the cooking, the flowers, the table—we often neglect one of the most important details: how people mix around the table.
