{"id":84079,"date":"2018-03-28T22:10:42","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T15:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-new-rules-of-dinner-parties-dont-be-on-time-and-bring-more-booze-than-you-need\/"},"modified":"2018-03-28T23:03:04","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T16:03:04","slug":"the-new-rules-of-dinner-parties-dont-be-on-time-and-bring-more-booze-than-you-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-new-rules-of-dinner-parties-dont-be-on-time-and-bring-more-booze-than-you-need\/","title":{"rendered":"The new rules of dinner parties: don't be on time \u2013 and bring more booze than you need"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nFormal dinners are over, but casual cooking for friends throws up a new set of dilemmas. Here is a foolproof etiquette guide for being a good host \u2013 and an ever better guest A decade ago, that monitor of good manners, the Telegraph, was already mourning the demise of the classic dinner party. Last year, Nigella Lawson, who off camera you might imagine inhabits a world of place cards and polished silver, set the concept in 1970s aspic jelly when she told the BBC: \u201cI\u2019m not a formal dinner party person.\u201dYet eating at home with friends or family, or even a volatile mix of the two, is still hugely popular. Albeit now in a far looser format, from a buffet for people scattered about the house to a casual get-together where no one is laying out different wine glasses or (the horror!) seating interesting strangers in a way that is meant to generate sparkling conversation. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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