Dinner Party GAME PLAN
With a solid plan, you can own weeknight entertaining
Start two days before.
Two Days Before
• Go grocery shopping.
• Set your table and decide on serving platters and dishes. Set up an area for a cocktail bar with glasses and cocktail napkins.
• Read through all recipes again so you are familiar with them and cross-check to make sure you have all ingredients.
Night Before
• Prepare vinaigrette for Italian Crunch Salad and refrigerate.
• Wash herbs for Peach and Goat Cheese Flatbread Pizza and Buttery Bagna Cauda and Green Goddess and Bûcheron Pizza. Wash lettuce for Italian Crunch Salad. Wash asparagus, green onion, and watercress for Green Goddess and Bûcheron Pizza. Store in refrigerator.
Morning of
• Cut crudités for Buttery Bagna Cauda, and soak in ice water in the refrigerator for extra-crunchy vegetables.
• Chop vegetables for Italian Crunch Salad and refrigerate. Peel peaches for Peach and Goat
