Send a Dinner Invitation

In old New Orleans a dinner was an occasion, and an occasion demands an invitation. Compose your menu from the book’s receipts — soup through dessert — and send your guest the link. They will open it and find the invitation laid on the table, every dish linked to its receipt.

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