"Pleasantest of all ties is the tie of host and guest." - Aeschylus, 500 B. C. It is the purpose of this book to help you in all seasons, on all occasions, to be at your best while entertaining. A good party doesn't just happen, not even for the hostess who is regarded as having an inborn flair for entertaining. The successful party is the result of careful planning of the food to be offered, as well as an awareness of just what makes an occasion memorable. So often in organizing our entertaining, we tend to forget why we're doing It at all. We're so busy wal our entertainig, We tena to for Suanlant il. purpose of entertainine - tha