Entertain with creativity, enthusiasm and joy!
Miss Party recently held a swanky, 1962-themed, holiday cocktail party first inspired by the hit tv show, “Mad Men“. Below you’ll find Miss Party’s ‘JINGLE MINGLE’ party menu and lots of inspiration to get you started on your own retro-themed menu. You may already have one or two family recipes just waiting for such a […]
Miss Party knows that few hostesses are preparing food just for Thanksgiving dinner. Often, lunch or heavy snacks are needed on Thursday for family who arrive early or if house guests are staying overnight, a nice breakfast may be necessary on Friday morning. For that matter, many hostesses do multiple meals over the course of […]
Fiesta Salsa Picada is so good your guests will be lucky if there’s still some around by the time the party starts! It’s a fresh tasting, medium heat, Salsa Picada (chopped) recipe you make the day before serving to let the flavors blend together. It is an uncooked Salsa so it’s a little different (all […]
This is a continuation of “Spanish Tapas, Part 1 – This is eating, with style!”. If you’d like to serve tapas-style at your next casual dinner party, read on! It’s an easy, casual, sociable way of eating over a long period of time. Enjoy! A few typical tapas: platter of artfully arranged, paper-thin slices of […]
Miss Party LOVED the tapas-style of bar grazing in beautiful and exciting Espana! It was so fun and sociable! Each ‘little plate’ is a taste of something new and different! With Spain, and Barcelona in particular, such a hot travel destination these days, it’s fun to bring a relevant, but perhaps different, way of entertaining […]
Five Cup Salad is a perfect warm weather side salad! It’s full of tropical flavors and is ridiculously quick and easy to make the day before serving. At Miss Party’s house, it makes an appearance on every holiday brunch or dinner menu, year in and year out, just as it did throughout her childhood. Below […]
Miss Party wants to share a ‘thaw, heat and eat’ hors d’oeuvre idea that’s probably in your neighborhood grocery store or ‘Whole Foods’ right now. Miss Party uses these fully-cooked, frozen pizzas to make delicious, quick hors d’oeuvres for casual entertaining. She serves them along with a bowl of high-quality dipping oil (to dip the […]
Miss Party still has the recent 54th GRAMMY AWARDS on her mind which led her to wax nostalgic about growing up in Beverly Hills in the 70s. One of her favorite things to do was walk up town from Beverly Hills High School with a few friends to the NATE ‘N AL Delicatessen to get […]
‘Smoked Bacon-Wrapped Stuffed Dates’ are delicious one or two bite hors d’oeuvres which are a combination of sweet, salty and, depending on the stuffing you choose, an additional crunchy, creamy, savory or fruity flavor. They are SO easy to make you can quickly put together a tray full for a large group. Do several of […]
In the city of Istanbul, Turkey, spices, dried fruits and nuts of all sorts imaginable are sold by the barrel in dozens of stalls throughout the Egyptian Spice Market! The Turkish dried apricot is the perfect size for a delicious, slightly sweet and savory one-bite hors d’oeuvre. A yummy cream cheese and chutney filling topped […]
The flavors of pineapple and coconut together are synonymous with the Hawaiian and Caribbean Islands. You taste them in all sorts of food and drink, morning, noon and night. They just work perfectly together! Here is a fantastic summer fruit quick bread recipe that is easy to put together and delicious as an addition to […]
A ‘scent’sational party starts with the party invitation and extends to the party! Miss Party still prefers snail mail to email. There is just something one can’t compare to the feeling of receiving a party invitation in the mail. It stops us in our tracks of a private moment in our ordinary day and piques […]
This “Halloween Themes” post stands alone, but is actually a continuation of “Halloween Themes, Part 1, 2 and 3 – Wicked fun!” If you are interested in something more scary than what you see below, there are lots of awesomely spooky themes to be found there. Don’t be afraid to check them out, they won’t […]
Halloween at Miss Party’s home is anything but typical! There’s a passion for drama in her humble abode and Halloween just seems to satisfy like no other. She only does scary and spooky, never gory or gross. Miss Party has done many, many Halloween themes over the years, but the “Wicked Gypsies!” theme and invitation […]
As Miss Party walks you through ways to cut or remove costs, let’s keep in mind that: a) most of your guests will attend your Graduate’s party regardless of what they perceive you will provide because they want to support him or her and the family; b) you know how little you spent, but your […]
This ‘Truly Unruly Cards’ centerpiece is so fun for a touch of whimsy on a Mad Tea Party table, or in a smaller version, perfect for a welcome table at an “Alice in Wonderland” themed party! Miss Party wanted the card sculpture to somewhat imitate the John Tenniel illustration from “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” of […]
