✅ Check for Allergies

• Ask your guests if they have any dietary restrictions before you plan your menu. Hospital visits are a real dinner party buzzkill.

✅ Don't say you're going to hand-make pasta on a day with 17 meetings

• Be realistic about what you can do and delegate as needed.

✅ Plates are important

• Washing silverware and dishes between courses sucks. If you don't have enough, ask a friend to bring extra

✅ Your mom was right, clean as you go

• The tidier you cook, the less you'll have to clean at the end of the night.

✅ Take out the trash

• Especially if it's full or smells, c'mon.