How to Throw a Dinner Party Without Really Trying

How to Throw a Dinner Party Without Really Trying
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Crystal Shi
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Don’t call it entertaining.

Alison Roman—cook, food writer, and dinner party guru—has a bone to pick with that word. Too often it “implies there’s a show, something performative at best and inauthentic at worst,” she writes in her forthcoming cookbook, “Nothing Fancy.” There’s a kind of pressure to be perfect built into the idea.

Crystal Shi
Crystal Shi
Home and Food Editor
Crystal Shi is the home and food editor for The Epoch Times. She is a journalist based in New York City.
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