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Host Etiquette
Cigarette smoke gets in your food
Scenario A: Greek Resto X was a two hour drive from home and had delicious moussaka. I happened to be in the area...
Dinner With Our Parents Round 2
A few weeks ago, I wrote on here about how to host a dinner for more than 4 people (https://www.chowhound.com/post/co...
Cooking for a Crowd - Keeping Food Warm
I am new to the whole thing of having people over for dinner. I absolutely LOVE cooking for family and friends but I ...
Birthday Dinners... who pays? what is the etiquette?
I have seen alot of diversity regarding the etiquette of who pays if a group of people go out to a restaurant to cele...
When a guest insists upon bringing the main dish to a dinner party
My wife and I are hosting a holiday dinner party. For the first time in several years my brother, whom we don't reall...
Ways to refuse univited guests
So hubby and I handled the current situation already, but, I am looking for ways I or anyone else could in the future...
Most egregious host/ess behavior
I've heard of people being invited over to a BBQ being served hotdogs and hamburgers while the host cooked himself a ...
Settle a BBQ Etiquette Disagreement, Please?
Hello Chowhounders! I've just come back from a trip and my husband has decided he would like to have a barbecue t...
TUMS at a dinner party?
I had a dinner party at my place recently. My girlfriend was doing the cooking, and we were going for a retro feel -...
If you were invited to a birthday party (for someone else) on the day of your birthday... what would be a nice touch for you?
Assuming you accepted the invitation to the other person's party... what sorts of things might you want? -a se...
Eat! Drink! Italy! with Vic Rallo
I've always found the info to be priceless on this show, but all the while feeling something simply disturbing about ...
Etiquette at a wedding reception
Attended a wedding reception and had a wonderful time. Solid food, solid wine good service etc. At one point the ...
If you are invited over to friends' home for dinner...
Do you automatically ask, "Would you like me to bring anything?" Or do you think it impolite? If they say no, do yo...
Cleaning while cohosting a party
I was cohosting a Canada Day bbq with a friend of mine at her condo. She said I was cohosting, so it isn't like I mis...
To the Cocktail Party and NOT the Dinner...
Hi! I was thinking of hosting my birthday celebration in two parts: a cocktail party and then dinner. My building has...
Dinner party gone awkward
I decided to edit out specific details from this post to avoid possible social faux pas in the future. So this we...
New Year's Eve Party Food: Reheated
After a slow season for holiday parties, my GF and I were delighted to be invited to a "New Year's Blowout" party by ...
Why do guests INSIST on bringing a dish?
We are always the host of friend get togethers. While I wouldn't call these get togethers "dinner parties", they are...
To nudge or not nudge an indecisive host?
Sorry if this is too long. This is kind of a vent, as well as asking a question. I have friends who have hosted Chris...
Rude guests bringing wine - should I have served it?
I'm still brooding about this one, and am wondering if I reacted badly... what are your thoughts? Some friends/acc...