
It is a vehicle for the sauces.Įasily, the difficult part of hosting was making it all look Pinterest-worthy.

It requires so much time, it is so expensive, it takes up the entire oven, and the payoff is, at best, just fine. Turkey will never have a place in my home. I know it’s Thanksgiving, but there will be no turkey. The core components of dinner parties I see online are usually some kind of shareable spread, next to a floral arrangement and decor like menus and candles.

Some of the keywords I searched for were “dinner table inspo,” “aesthetic dinner menu card,” “rustic dinner party aesthetic,” “dinner party core” and “rustic appetizer spread.” I figured something more rustic would be more forgiving on my artistic abilities if I made a mistake, I could write it off as part of the intended aesthetic. Here is the Pinterest board I created prior to doing anything else, because I’m a horrifyingly online person who needs “inspo” to cook a goddamn dinner.
