Anytime I cook for friends and family is my favorite “eating in”. I’m single so frequently eat out...but if I have a hankering for something tasty and homemade I always ivite people over...so I don’t have to eat leftovers for 4 days!

My best cookbook gift was The Zuni Kitchen. Love it and have made many things from it...lots of good food gift ideas in there too!

Rent the table linens, napkins and bread basket napkins! The rental companies that caterer’s use have many beautiful colors and patterns to choose from. Afterwards you bag them up and take them back...and let them do the laundry! Your small neighborhood rental company will probably not have the selection a larger rental company will have, so it might take a phone call or two to find them!