I'm hosting my first dinner party for some new friends. I want to impress them but I'm secretly terrified of messing it up. Any foolproof yet impressive dish suggestions?

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Strongly recommend something like beef bourguignon or coq au vin. Make it the day before and reheat so it’s easy. Same applies to a nice veloute (eg celeraic soup with apple, goat cheese and fennel pollen and chives is nice, pretty and easy)

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Mediterranean food is pretty easy. Chicken shawarma, yellow rice, fresh salad, hummus couple fixings. People can do a byo bowl or pita kind of thing. It requires a few elements forsure but none of it is wild.

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Look at great dump and forget recipes in slow cookers, it’s easy and there are a lot of great ones. You will have time to make some good appetizers in the oven or stove top if you have the entree cooking in the slow cooker.

If they are meat eaters, a standing rib roast is astoundingly easy. Check out Serious Eats for good recipes/instructions and ideas for sides. I would suggest potatoes roasted in duck fat, and roasted asparagus. A nice salad to accompany.

A large roasted fish like bronzini (1 large will generously serve 2) is likewise impressive, with appropriate sides.

Keep dessert simple and prepared ahead of time.

Get the whole thing catered and pretend you made it all. Fool proof 😂

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