Recently, I launched upon a mission to resurrect my insatiable appetite for indulging in the festive social atmosphere associated with having people over and cooking a large meal. Wine flowing endlessly. Reinventing the layout of my abode to accommodate my guests and then searching for a touch here and there to blend the people and the meal together into a memorable occasion for all.

For years, touring schedules and moving about the world so much have diminished the opportunities for planning and hosting social gatherings – “let’s meet at such and such, we’ll get a huge table” is not the same as “come over to my place for diner”, and sadly holiday traditions, for me, have been evaporating and loosing their luster within my family as we all grow older, and farther apart. But recently I have been embracing the celebratory nature of friends breaking bread together – and I love to cook. I am no Julia or Emeril, but I know how to put an enjoyable menu together for a large group.

So, what have been your events? Your dinner party memories. Favorite things to serve. I think it would be a delectably wonderful stream of entries to savor and read for all of us in the collective, hearing a variety of tales associated with a social gathering in your home and the significance it holds as an event in your life as a souvenir you cherish.

So, gaze about your room, your apartment, your house, your duplex, your mansion, your compound, your villa or your kingdom, and simply recall a your favorite dinner party…

Topics: food, party, celebrations, gatherings, social events, Home Cooking