Thursday, February 16, 2012  Dinner Party Etiquette for the New
Generation.....  So, today’s blog does not include a recipe but
it does include information that I think everyone should have at
their fingertips. In a day and age when dinner party etiquette
has shifted from evening gloves and “proper talk” to tweeting
where you are and phrases such as “my trainer won’t allow me to
eat that” it is a fine line between what is appropriate and
acceptable for a dinner party and what is not. As a chef,
caterer and frequent dinner party hostess I usually follow these
guidelines when attending, hosting or working an event.
(1.) Always bring something. It doesn’t have to be the most
luxurious vintage of the hosts favorite wine or an expensive
cake from the most well known bakery in town. A lively bottle of
bubbly works beautifully and there are many bottles of Spanish
cava or Italian prosecco that are around the $15 mark.
Alternatively a homemade treat wrapped up in a cello bag is
fabulous! (Craft stores people- grab y