When hosting a winter dinner party, it’s all about adding comfort foods to your menu. You want your friends’ trek out into the cold to be rewarded with something warm and inviting. Ina Garten has just ...

Longer days call for endless festivities with friends. An expert entertainer shares his flavor-packed seasonal dinner party menu that keeps the kitchen—and the host—cool as an icy dessert. Summer is ...

Backyard bbq, outdoor movie night, or hot dog "bonfire"—which will you try first? One of the hardest parts of planning a summer party, in my opinion, is not getting overwhelmed by the details. I might ...

For those of us who can’t jet off to the tropics for the Holidays, this menu can curb a craving. While you won’t be feeling ...

"BEST MEAL EVER!" Margulies said of the dinner party hosted by Ina Garten and her husband Jeffrey Sam Burros is a writer, producer, and cook working with the Food and Lifestyle team at PEOPLE. Prior ...

Taking her own advice not to make everything for a party herself, Garten’s football menu features a number of “store-bought is fine” moments. As noted in Barefoot Contessa Parties!, Garten’s 2001 ...

Oscar party menus inspired by this year's best picture nominees. March 5, 2010 — -- So, your invitation to the Academy Awards got lost in the mail? No worries! Throw an Oscar party, invite some ...

/ Photographs by Graydon + Herriott for The Wall Street Journal, Food Styling by Rebecca Jurkevich, Prop Styling by Amy Wilson IT’S SPRING, but the rainy spell in the Northeast and snow in L.A. have ...

DEAR ANNIE: My husband and I host a good deal of parties and dinners throughout the year with a mix of family and friends. Some of our guests have different dietary lifestyles or concerns; we have a ...

In his new monthly column, David Tanis will feature cohesive, celebratory menus for hosting — all mouthwatering, none difficult. By David Tanis I had polenta on the brain the other day. The image in ...