Food and Entertaining

room you have! Each house plans 1 course- Drinks and appetizers at the first house, 2nd house the Salad/ Soup course, 3rd house the Entrée and the 4th house Dessert. Every month or whatever you want to plan. Each time the setup is rotated- so each person gets a chance to make a different course.

A progressive dinner party is perfect for any group of people who are willing to try new things. Invite your close friends or acquaintances that you want to get to know better. Progressive dinner parties are known to take up a lot of time. Plan on spending at least an hour on each course. It’s best to start in the afternoon so that you’re not sitting down to your main course at 10:00 p.m.

Establish an itinerary with specific times for each stop to keep you on track. You may end up taking more or less time at each place, but this will give you a good guideline. The hosts need to keep the guests on track when to leave!

Now comes the fun part - choosing a theme. The theme will tie the party together and give the hosts inspiration for what to serve and how to decorate. An easy theme idea is basing the party on a country.

For example, a French theme might feature Bordeaux wine tasting, a selection of French cheeses as an appetizer, a cassoulet for the main course, and macarons for dessert. Guests could dress as their favorite French characters and hosts could transform their homes into a French café.

Meet with the hosts ahead of time to decide what each person should make for their course. Suggest options that can be prepared ahead of time or have a quick cook time.

This is especially important for the person hosting the main course. If they are roasting a chicken, they won’t have the time to enjoy the rest of the stops because they’ll be consumed with the meal preparation. Instead, consider making something in a crockpot that you can easily let cook while you’re enjoying the other courses. Or something that you can reheat quickly when you get back from the other courses.

I think we should start this here in LWCA! I am willing to organize this. Please send me an email if you are interested in joining this endeavor at cheflamott@ gmail.com.

We could have a bunch of groups all preparing the same menu and recipes to follow- who knows!

I wonder what the interest would be! Let me know your thoughts! We have an amazing community to try this out in! Happy Entertaining!

Experimentation at its Finest!