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Plan A Fabulous New Year's Eve
Dinner Party
(FeatureSource) - New Year's Eve is the perfect
time to invite your closest friends over to share good food and
good company. An elegant dinner party lets you and your friends
review, renew, and rejoice. Karen Brown has the following
suggestions for a lovely setting and a delicious menu from her
book, "The Dinner Party Cookbook" (Meadowbrook Press).
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Create a dramatic, elegant black-and-white setting
by asking guests to dress up in black and white.
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Let everyone have a little "toast and boast" time
by going around and asking guests to share the most outstanding
things that happened to them this year and what they want to happen
next year.
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Use a white tablecloth with black runners.
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Fill vases with white flowers. Wrap the vases in
white tissue paper and trim with black ribbon.
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Cover small boxes with black paper and fill with
branch limbs that are sprayed with white paint.
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Listen to sophisticated big band music from Benny
Goodman and Glenn Miller.
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Try a festive menu with a Mediterranean flair:
tomato-basil bruschetta, lobster bisque, risotto, roasted zucchini,
and tiramisu.
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Don't forget plenty of champagne and maybe cabernet
sauvignon at dinner.
"The Dinner Party Cookbook" features 21 special
occasion and ethnic dinner themes, including 100 recipes and ideas
for invitations, decorations, table settings, music, beverages, and
complete menus. It can be found in bookstores everywhere.
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