Avoid these hosting mistakes to make sure your party goes off without a hitch.

Plenty of homes don’t have space for a proper dining table, much less a formal dining room. But such technicalities don’t have to dampen your entertaining spirit. “The intention of any gathering is to ...

There’s a fine line between a well-planned dinner party (inviting, elevated) and an overly planned one (formal, fussy).

Skip the formal dinner and gather around a puzzle instead.

Offering to clean after a dinner party can be thoughtful, but timing matters. Here’s what etiquette experts say guests and ...

Until a few months ago, the thought of hosting a dinner party filled me with dread. I was convinced that to invite people to dine in my home, the space needed to be sparkling clean. The meal needed to ...

Last New Year’s Eve, I had about 25 people over for dinner. “Wow, 25 people,” you might say. “Must have been a pretty swanky affair in a pretty large apartment,” you might say. Well, my apartment is ...

You walk in with a decent bottle of wine, compliment the host's table setting, and figure you're in the clear. Yet dinner ...

Gardenworthy A Cozy Dinner-Party Backyard & Garden in LA Kyra Smolkin takes us into the newest space at her Los Angeles, ...