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GAME PLAN: GAME NIGHT

Saturday Night

4 Weeks Before

  • Invite guests
  • Think about Menu
  • Decide logistics such as where to set up bar, buffet, etc.

 

3 Weeks Before

 

2 Weeks Before

  • Review menu
  • Book support staff if needed
  • Organize all dishes and glasses and serving platters
  • Buy all beverages including alcohol
  • Make Salted Caramel Sauce

 

1 Week Before

  • Finalize menu and confirm guest list
  • Buy and store ice

 

Monday

  • Set-up table, dishes, glasses, silverware, serving platters and utensils

 

Tuesday

  • Do all grocery shopping except lamb, fish and shrimp
  • Wash all vegetables.

 

Wednesday

 

Thursday

 

Friday

 

Saturday

 

MORNING:

  • Buy shrimp and tilapia
  • Take all prepared food out of refrigerator to come to room temperature

 

AFTERNOON:

 

 

June 29, 2015

BABY SHOWER – GAME PLAN

Saturday Afternoon

4 Weeks Before

  • Invite guests
  • Think about menu
  • Think about Baby Shower games / activities
  • Decide logistics such as where to set up bar, buffet and design or art station

3 Weeks Before

2 Weeks Before

  • Review menu
  • Book support staff if needed
  • Organize all dishes and glasses and serving platters
  • Buy all beverages including alcohol

1 Week Before

  • Finalize menu and confirm guest list
  • Buy and store ice

Monday

  • Set-up table, dishes, glasses, silverware, serving platters and utensils

Tuesday

  • Do all grocery shopping except chicken and shrimp.
  • Wash all vegetables.

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday 

Saturday

February 18, 2015

January 5, 2015
At Home with Friends

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New Year’s Day Brunch Party: The Food

When I was a kid, my parents always had a New Year’s Day brunch. The menu featured lots of Jewish deli food, bagels and cream cheese and lox (which we now call “smoked salmon”), corned beef, pastrami, potato salad, cole slaw, other cold cuts, lots of pastries and of course my mother’s blintz souffle. It […]

MOROCCAN FEAST

GAME PLAN

 

5 Weeks Before

4 Weeks Before

  • Think about menu (see blog entry under Create the Menu)
  • If necessary, order the special spices

3 Weeks Before

2 Weeks Before

  • Review menu
  • Book serving staff if needed

1 Week Before

Monday

  • Set up table, dishes, glasses, silverware
  • Get out serving platters with serving utensils

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Morning:

Afternoon:

Sunday

  • Relax and eat any leftover fruit with yoghurt and cake!

October 10, 2014

SUMMER SOLSTICE

GAME PLAN

4 Weeks Before

3 Weeks Before

2 Weeks Before

  • Review the menu
  • Make master list of household items, food, beverages, serving supplies, everything you will need

1 Week Before

Tuesday

  • Clean house
  • Make a detailed shopping list (food prep, house prep)

Wednesday

Thursday

  • Set table, arrange flowers
  • Set up bar if indoors. Otherwise, wait until Saturday.
  • Decide on playlist

Friday *

Saturday

A NOTE: *Many of these can also be done on Saturday. The more you do on Friday, the less stress you will have on Saturday.

July 4, 2014

June 11, 2014
At Home with Friends

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Create the Menu

When you’re creating a menu, there are several things to consider beyond just the food itself. You have to think about preparing the food. Do you have adequate pots, pans, sheet trays, and whatever else the recipe calls for.  If you want to prepare food in advance, do you have adequate freezer space for storage? […]

MEXICAN FIESTA

GAME PLAN

4 Weeks Before

3 Weeks Before

  • Invite the guests

2 Weeks Before

  • Finalize the menu
  • Make the MASTER LIST of household items, food, beverages, serving supplies, everything you will need

1 Week Before

Tuesday

  • Clean the house
  • Finalize the menu
  • Make a detailed SHOPPING LIST (food prep, house prep)

Wednesday

  • Do the shopping
  • Set up the bar
  • Puree the chipotles for the Chipotle Sauce

Thursday

  • Set up the table, dining or buffet
  • Arrange the flowers
  • Bake the Cayenne Mexican Brownies and store at room temperature, tightly covered
  • Resist the TEMPTATION TO TASTE!

Friday

Saturday

June 4, 2014