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You have put a lot of thought, planning, energy, and hard work into creating a good time for your friends.

I have a few secrets that work for me to make sure things run smoothly.

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7 Rules for Easy Entertaining Never let cocktails go on for

too long

A half hour is enough, and sometimes I will stretch it to forty-five minutes; if it's a dinner for more than a hundred, maybe an hour.

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Never wait for people who are late.

It's rude to everyone else who got there on time. If you're more than a half hour late from the time you were invited, call to let your host know. When the food's ready, we eat.

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Don't serve a lot of food before dinner

Keep it light-nuts, crudités with hummus, and pea pâté will fill the bill.

If you are having a cocktail party, you need a lot of different food, so no one leaves hungry.

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If you are seating a party, don't worry about past history

I put people where I want to. I like to mix it up. If it doesn't work, it doesn't work. You never know. Sometimes the best things come out of the worst situations.

Do not tolerate seat changing

My attitude is, if you are not enjoying yourself here, go someplace else.

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Don't plate food.

It's old-fashioned. I like people to serve themselves from passed platters or a buffet. That way they can eat what they want, and there is not a lot of wasted food.

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I love desserts and serve lots of them.

I serve a variety of desserts, especially cookies and dark chocolate. I think it's fun, and they look great after a good meal. If people are on diets, they can just pass.

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I hope this advice has put entertaining in perspective and helped to take the terror out of having people over. Simple food served casually makes entertaining a joy rather than a trial.

The easy-to-make recipes in Simple Pleasures will give you ideas for affordable, healthy, delicious food, which will make everyone want more!

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Serves 4 -- Total time: 45 minutes

3 cups amaranth1 medium onion3 tablespoons olive oil, divided2 zucchini1 small eggplant (you want to end up with 1-1/2 cups after its is cooked)1 garlic clove4 large blossoms per serving1 tablespoon finely chopped parsley

1. Bring 3 cups of water to a boil and add amaranth. Simmer and cook until water is absorbed, approximately 20 to 25 minutes.2. Quarter the onion and cook in 1 tablespoon olive oil for 30 minutes over medium heat until caramelized.3. Dice zucchini and sauté in 1 tablespoon olive oil until soft, approximately 5 to 7 minutes.4. Dice eggplant and garlic and sauté in 1 tablespoon olive oil for 10 minutes.5. Mix the cooked vegetables with the amaranth and add parsley. Fill the squash blossoms with the mixture. Serve at room temperature.

Recipe: Zucchini Blossoms Stuffed with Amaranth

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Cornelia Guest is an activist, philanthropist, and businesswoman. In 2009, she founded Cornelia Guest Events and Cornelia Guest Cookies, catering charity and entertainment events with healthy, delicious vegan food. She is launching her own line of animal-friendly handbags, wallets, and dog accessories made with a vegan alternative to leather. She lives in New York.

A book as practical as it is beautiful, Cornelia Guest’s Simple Pleasures will show you how to incorporate affordable, cruelty-free eating into your daily life and to serve that luscious, wholesome food to friends. Each seasonal section contains recipes for beverages, soups, salads, pastas, side dishes, main courses, and an abundance of desserts that everyone will love. It is filled with advice on how to set a lively and original table, bring nature inside, and stay calm in the face of entertaining disasters.

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