When cooking for crowds,avoid fussy showstoppers and make a simple yet stunning meal, like these cornershop croquetas, and stuffed tomatoes and cider-baked apples. It’ll leave plenty of time to party...
Being incredibly busy is a very modern affliction. Quality time with exact friends over some decent domestic‑cooked grub doesn’t seem to happen often enough,and we find ourselves making plans many months in advance. When you finally attain make a date – after various cancellations and reschedulings – we agonise over suitably occasion-worthy menus that will please all your guests (Caroline once had dairy-free, coeliac, and vegetarian friends coming the same evening: Jamie Oliver’s veggie chilli was the godsent respond).
Then,on the night of the big meal, you can find yourself slaving away in the kitchen alone, or listening to everyone laughing and enjoying themselves in the living room as they gorge themselves on wine and crisps. lost out on the fun is not the point of it,at all.
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Source: theguardian.com