Category: Dinner Party

When you see the word “elegant” referring to holiday meals, you may imagine a slam to the budget and a lot of extra work. I expect to stretch my budget a lot (it’s only once a year, I tell myself), but not so much as to work. I’m never looking for a lot of extra work, so for me, an elegant holiday meal simply means, in the words of Emeril Lagasse, “kicking it up a notch.” For my favorite holiday meals, I use a proper tablecloth instead of placemats and cloth napkins instead of paper.