Entertaining
Invitations
As has been said, the dinner takes first rank among general entertainments and usually involves more or less formality. Invitations are…
Proper Arrangement of Table
For a Luncheon • Courtesy, after all-that is, true courtesy-is a matter of the heart, and is not dependent upon a knowledge of social…
Outline Menu for Full Course Dinner
SHELLFISH ("Appetizer")-on ice with lemon-light oyster crackers. CLEAR SOUP-in soup plates, half full-thick slices of bread or roll folded…
Radishes, Olives, Salted Nuts
All of these menus are more or less elaborate. They may be made much more simple by omitting the appetizers and desserts. For a dessert at…
Hints on Serving
The table should have its centerpiece of growing ferns or flowers, and two or four candlesticks with wax candles and pretty shades. No…
The Informal Dinner
The informal dinner, to which only a few guests are invited, is served almost like the formal dinner; but where there is only one waitress…
Afternoon Tea
The serving of afternoon tea with its dainty accompaniment of sandwiches or cake is coming into ever greater popularity, whether at an…
The Evening Collation
Evening refreshments may be of infinite variety-from the very simple to the most elaborate without regard to appetite or digestion. The…
Buffet Supper for an Evening Company
Oyster Patties Olives Rolled Chicken Sandwiches Maple Mousse Fancy Cakes Bonbons Coffee Chocolate •
Appetizers (Through the hall there walk d)
And through the hall there walkéd to and fro, A jolly yeoman, master of the same, whose name was Appetite. -Spenser's Faerie Queene.
Appetizers (PPETIZERS which are served)
PPETIZERS, which are served at the beginning of a meal, are invitations to the feast, as it were, because their piquant flavors or high…
Lobster Cocktail
Cut the lobster into small pieces; mix well with tomato catsup, lemon juice and salt. Serve in cocktail glasses.
Clam Cocktail
Follow either of the recipes for oyster cocktails, using little neck clams.
Grape-Fruit Cocktail
Cut the grape-fruit into halves, crosswise, and scoop out the pulp, rejecting the white inner skin as well as the seeds. Clean the shells…
Mixed Fruit Cocktails
Cut into small pieces as many different kinds of fruit as you have in the house; sweeten to taste and set on the ice to chill. At serving…
Raspberry Cocktail
Mash a pint of ripe, red currants; strain them through cheesecloth; pour the juice over a pint of red raspberries and set on the ice to…
Strawberry Cocktail
Slice five or six large strawberries into each glass and squeeze over them the juice of an orange. At serving time add a heaping teaspoon…
Pineapple and Banana Cocktail
Take equal parts of banana and fresh or canned pineapple; cut into small cubes and cover with lemon or pineapple juice. Serve in glasses or…
Peach Cocktail
Fill the glasses with sliced peaches; cover with orange or lemon juice; sweeten to taste; add a little shaved ice and serve. Apricot and…
Ambrosia
Fill the glasses with alternate layers of sliced orange and cocoa nut; cover with powdered sugar and place a maraschino cherry on the top…
Caviar Canapés
6 squares toast 6 teaspoons Russian caviar 1 teaspoon chopped parsley 1 teaspoon chopped onion 1 hard-boiled egg Cut the bread about…
Anchovy Canapés
Cut the bread as for caviar canapés and spread with anchovy paste. Chop separately the yolks and whites of hard-boiled eggs and cover the…
Cheese Canapés
1 cup grated cheese 1 teaspoon salt Dash of red pepper 6 slices buttered bread Cut the bread into circles, diamonds or squares, butter them…
Ham Canapés
1/2 cup minced ham 2 tablespoons butter 1 teaspoon chopped parsley 6 slices buttered bread Mix the ham, butter and parsley to a smooth…
Angels on Horseback
(Anges à Cheval) Oysters Sliced bacon Lemon Cayenne pepper Fried bread or toast On each oyster pour a few drops of lemon, add a grain of…
Soups (Too many cooks spoil)
Too many cooks spoil the broth-because they put no stock in it. -Fables of a Rolling-Pin.