How to Throw a Last Minute Cocktail Party
It's Friday night. You just left work at 5:00 and your friends are coming over at 8:00 for a last minute cocktail party. Who has time to hit the grocery store, cook, straighten up, shower and be dressed to kill in a few hours? Not to worry. A ... [... more]
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How to Be a Good Guest at a Cocktail Party
There are steps you can take to insure you're the perfect party guest, one who gets invited back to enjoy future gatherings. Along with basic good manners, your attitude and behavior will make you an enjoyable party guest at your next cocktail party. [... more]
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Perfect Dry Martini
The secret to making perfect martinis is starting with very cold ingredients, and shaking the concoction until the cocktail shaker becomes frosted and so cold that you can no longer hold it. This shaking period chills all the ingredients and ... [... more]
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Checkerboard of Caviar Eggs
Here's a new twist on a party standby: deviled eggs topped with caviar. The checkerboard effect is achieved by using black sevruga or pressed caviar, red salmon caviar, and the yellow roe from whitefish. The eggs are cut in half widthwise, not ... [... more]
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Blood Orange Martini
At the Rose Bar of the terminally trendy Delano Hotel in Miami's South Beach, bartender Gigi Meoli serves up these colorful new wave martinis. Shake all ingredients except orange slice in cocktail shaker until shaker is frosted and very cold. ... [... more]
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Beef Satay with Peanut Dipping Sauce
Place all marinade ingredients, except peanut oil, in bowl of food processor. Process until smooth. Through food chute, slowly drizzle peanut oil in a slow steady steam, while processing, until all oil is incorporated. Place skewers of beef into ... [... more]
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Lola's Adam's Apple Martini
The current apple of the trendy martini drinker's eye seems to be the "Sour Apple", which was invented some four years ago at Lola's in West Hollywood. "It's all they order," says Lola's beverage buyer Greg Huebner, "and it's not [... more]
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Swedish Meatballs
During the sixteenth century, the cooks of Sweden began developing a serving style that put all the food for the meal on one table at the same time. When the custom first got started, the offerings were very simple, consisting primarily of a ... [... more]
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How to Throw an Outdoor Cocktail Party
It's summer, and the living is easy. Entertain your friends by throwing an outdoor cocktail party. Whether deck, porch or poolside, it's simple to express your party personality in the great outdoors. Graduation parties, wedding parties and "just ... [... more]
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How to Have a Swinging Holiday Cocktail Party
The holidays are made for entertaining. Throwing a perfect Holiday Cocktail Party is easy and fun. Either spur of the moment or planned you can have an elegant party with great food and drinks. Cheers! If you are planning in advance, sending ... [... more]
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Cocktail Parties
The stock required to provide a full bar to guests can make it cost-prohibitive--and with too many choices, your guests may stick with their standard drink orders. A more practical and economical approach is to offer one or two signature ... [... more]
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How to Plan a Retro Cocktail Party
If you're running out of fresh ideas for entertaining, consider taking a step back with a retro-themed cocktail party. Your soiree can have the style and classic flair of a simpler time, when cocktail parties were all about having a drink and ... [... more]
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