I enjoyed this so much! Thanks for all the tips. :) I appreciate how you encourage people to make hosting doable for them and then to just do it! My sister and I recently threw a small dinner party that we decided to host six days in advance of the dinner. :D It was a blast, and we definitely want to have more dinner parties. I learned that I should do more prep ahead of time, ;) but everything worked out okay. I also loved your tip about leaving tasks for the guests. I think that facilitates a more open and connected atmosphere from the get-go.
A fun food note: we roasted a whole cauliflower (our first time trying!) because we both stumbled across the recipe separately and thought it would be great to try sometime. A dinner party seemed the perfect time to try it, and then we ended up building the rest of our meal around that side dish. :D https://www.sandravalvassori.com/whole-roasted-cauliflower/
Thank you for showing us how to make dinner parties more accessible! My problem is often overthinking it instead of just inviting. Like the bread and fishes- there’s always enough.
There really is always enough. Overthinking can be such a paralysis! I find the first push through it opens the way for much more freedom, internally, to continue!
I enjoyed this so much! Thanks for all the tips. :) I appreciate how you encourage people to make hosting doable for them and then to just do it! My sister and I recently threw a small dinner party that we decided to host six days in advance of the dinner. :D It was a blast, and we definitely want to have more dinner parties. I learned that I should do more prep ahead of time, ;) but everything worked out okay. I also loved your tip about leaving tasks for the guests. I think that facilitates a more open and connected atmosphere from the get-go.
A fun food note: we roasted a whole cauliflower (our first time trying!) because we both stumbled across the recipe separately and thought it would be great to try sometime. A dinner party seemed the perfect time to try it, and then we ended up building the rest of our meal around that side dish. :D https://www.sandravalvassori.com/whole-roasted-cauliflower/
Thank you for showing us how to make dinner parties more accessible! My problem is often overthinking it instead of just inviting. Like the bread and fishes- there’s always enough.
There really is always enough. Overthinking can be such a paralysis! I find the first push through it opens the way for much more freedom, internally, to continue!