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This NYE, Throw a Hangover-Free House Party

Hosting feels a bit like playing grown-up. The ordinary tasks involved in having people over—texting out an invite, deciding on a menu, making a playlist—stand in stark contrast to the relaxed, inviting atmosphere of a house party. Remember house parties? The kind with moody, low lighting and conversation that lingers into the night. We love them, with one caveat: the hangover. “It used to be expected that if you have fun, you’re going to feel horrible afterwards. It was part of the deal, but fortunately it doesn’t have to be anymore,” says Helena Price Hambrecht, co-founder and CEO of Haus, a low-alcohol apéritif. “You don’t want the parties to end, but as you get older, you don’t really have time for the hangover part.” Read More >> …

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Tools of the Trade: 11 Essentials for Throwing the Ultimate Outdoor Grill Party

This article is part of an interview series called Tools of the Trade, a column featuring expert-approved tips, tricks, and product recommendations. Food52 earns an affiliate commission on qualifying purchases of the products we link to. If you believe that boxed wine can’t be high quality, Woody Hambrecht and Ross Dawkins are here to change that. Career winemakers and decades-long friends, the pair are the co-owners of Ami Ami, a direct-to-consumer brand focused on providing high-quality, eco-conscious, and delicious boxed (yes, boxed) French wine. Read More >> …

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50 Hosting Recipes for Cozy Entertaining at Home

Winter is the best time to gather friends and explore the splendor of the great indoors.
The season’s cold weather also provides a convenient excuse to attempt any comforting dish or drink you can think of. Can you see your breath because it’s so cold? Probably best to warm up with a rib roast and a bottle of red. Is there a foot of snow outside? Might as well batch margaritas, whip up homemade salsa verde, and pretend that ever-growing snowbank is a sand dune. Here are 50 of our favorite recipes for winter hosting, when temperatures are chilly and living rooms are extra cozy. Read More >> …

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How to DIY a Champagne Tower for Your Your Best New Year’s Yet

Let’s face it: even the most well-thought out and well-intentioned New Year’s Eve plans are probably going to have to scale back in some way this year. One day, we promise, you’ll be able to overpay for tickets to a NYE event, sipping watered-own cocktail after watered-down cocktail to make the most of the open bar before midnight rolls around. We can also promise (with almost 100% certainty) that such a New Year’s will make you yearn for the years you spent it cuddled up on the couch, eating frozen Trader Joe’s apps, and drinking all the sparkling wine your little heart desired. For now, though, your pared-down gathering can get a little gussied up. And by a little, we mean with minimal effort and maximum effect. What are we referring to? A champagne tower, of course. Is there anything more over-the-top New Year’s than a champagne tower? No, no there is not. And good news…

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My Best Thanksgiving Prep Trick Comes From a Highly Unlikely Source

What thrills you about Thanksgiving? Is it the menu-making? The wine pairings? The guest and playlist selections? Yes, all of the above for me. But I’d like to throw in one more: The scrum board making and monitoring. Allow me to introduce you to my favorite, most efficient way to set up for a multi-course meal, which incidentally borrows some project management parlance. In its simplest form, a scrum board (also known as a sprint board) is a visual task board that many teams use to chart out and follow along the progress of one or more projects (“sprints”) from beginning to end. It can be a physical board or a digital one, but the function remains the same. At its most basic, the scrum board is divided into three categories: Read More >> …

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How to Throw an Epic Zoom Party Your Friends Will Never Forget

Club Zoom has a guest list and you’re on it. …

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10 Award-Worthy Snacks That’ll Disappear in the Blink of an Eye

We’ve partnered with FIJI Water to share our go-to tips for elevating any hosted occasion, from an awards show viewing party to a fall feast. I have been obsessed with the movies for as long as I can remember. And yes, I still actually make it to theater to catch the latest releases. My favorite so far this year: the new Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Read More >> …

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The Ultimate Lazy Person’s Guide to Planning a Stellar Party

Me, I’m Lazy People. …

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The Ultimate Lazy Person’s Guide to Planning a Stellar Party

Me, I’m Lazy People. …

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15 Award-Worthy Snacks & Sips That *Always* Steal the Show

Growing up, the Academy Awards were always a family affair in our house. In the nights leading up to the big show, we’d debate which film would be crowned champion, which actors were most likely to get snubbed (Leonardo DiCaprio, every year), and who would end up on the best- and worst-dressed lists (sorry, Björk). And even though our viewing party was just for my mom, dad, and me, we always made sure to have enough drinks and snacks (read: pizza and Twizzlers) to power us through the hours-long affair, from the red carpet to the exciting announcement of Best Picture. From Our Shop Metallic Rimmed Champagne Coupes (Set of 6) $44 More Colors
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The Easiest, Cheesiest Skillet Dip for When You Need a Killer App, STAT

This cheesy skillet dip is not so much a recipe as it is a description of the last-ditch attempt I regularly make to be a good dinner party host. A lifeboat made of melted cheese, if you will. Perhaps this sequence of events sounds familiar: you invite a handful of guests to a dinner party. You plan an intricate menu, hit the grocery store with time to spare, and get your entrée marinating (or braising, or pickling…) without a hitch. Then, mere moments before your friends arrive—glass of relaxed-host-of-the-century wine in hand—it hits. The realization that you forgot to plan snacks of any sort. No beautifully arranged cheese board, no adorable finger foods puffing up in the oven. Read More >> …

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17 Potluck Dishes That Travel Like a Dream

There are few occurrences more crushing—in the scheme of party foods, at least—than finishing a perfectly executed, complex recipe, only to realize you have zero idea how to transport it to your target event. (Say, your neighbor’s annual Chrismakkuh party.) I speak from experience. This happens every year with my mom’s “angel pie”—a lemon curd and whipped cream number that’s nested in a meringue crust so fragile, it quakes at a distant sneeze. We’ve tried packing it into a cardboard box and surrounding it with an elaborate packing peanut-crumpled paper situation, using a dish towel pulley system to free it at the potluck. We’ve tried walking it places at a snail’s place. We’ve even tried strapping it into a car seat, like a newborn. Read More >> …

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5 Dishes That’ll Win the Most Popular Award at Any Gathering

No disrespect to small talk, but my favorite part of any holiday gathering is—by far—the food situation. Whether it’s a potluck or more of a composed meal, I’m eying everything from hearty apps through to the dessert spread the moment I enter the premises. So when we announced our latest contest, The Recipe You’re Asked to Bring to Every Gathering, I couldn’t wait to see which dishes you all are serving up. Read More >> …

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