Thursday, November 19, 2026

🍷 Entertaining

Invite Sooner, Cook Less

The single difference between French and Anglo hosting is frequency. Smaller, simpler, more often, with a lower bar for what counts as a reason. The meal is not the achievement.

Invite someone for a weeknight dinner in the next fortnight and serve one dish, bread and cheese. Then do it again a fortnight later.

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Our Recommendation

Nothing further. The constraint on hosting is almost never equipment, and buying something is the most common way of postponing it.

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