My House Doesn’t Measure Up
September 28, 2009
My house doesn’t measure up, and I bet yours doesn’t either. Whose place looks like a magazine spread? Who has the cooking skills of a world-famous chef? Which of us can just invite as many friends as we’d like without noticing the effect on our food budget?
If I had a nickel for everyone who told me about their inadequacies as a host/hostess/cook I would be wealthy indeed.
Luckily, our friends are forgiving. That is why they are our friends. They are delighted to be invited; they come prepared to have a good time. Don’t you wish that you could get invited to more parties at people’s homes?
When you are the host, if you don’t want to do all the cooking, get some prepared foods, or make the invitation pot luck. Or make some of the food yourself, and ask your friends to contribute a favorite dish.
Clean your house the day before, but once you’ve done as much as you can do, don’t stress. Just open the door with a big smile on your face. That’s the one ingredient you can’t do without.
Mealtimes Matter Video
from Miriam Weinstein
About Miriam
Miriam Weinstein is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. As a journalist, she has won several awards from the New England Press Association. Her work has appeared in Boston Magazine, the Boston Globe magazine, Hope, and ParentSource. A former staff member for North Shore Weeklies and freelancer for Essex County Newspapers, she writes restaurant reviews and food columns as well as features on a wide variety of subjects. She lives in Gloucester, Massachusetts, with her husband and has two grown children.
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