We’ve had several dinner parties at our house with a close group of friends. Some of the menus have been based on recipes from cookbooks like: “A Treasury of Great Recipes” by Mary and Vincent Price (beautiful book) “Mickey’s Gourmet Cookbook” (with recipes from Disneyland and Disney World)
We also hosted a “cooking party” with an Italian theme, where each couple prepared a dish. It was a casual/formal affair where the men wore suits or sport coats. A friend and I were the servers, and we would change into our server jackets (tacky, maroon jackets that I had purchased for $1 each at a rental agency) to serve the food. We had name tags on our jackets – I was Ricardo, he was Davido, and Davido would always flirt with a very attractive lady while serving (it was his wife!). After serving, we changed jackets and returned to the table where the attractive lady would mention that the server was flirting with her.
Next up: In honor of Julia Child and the new movie with Meryl Streep, we’ll host another dinner party – but where to begin? My wife has every book ever written by Julia, and the menu could be difficult.
Wines: I’ll always dig into my cellar and find something appropriate.
Dick