
Part of being a great host is your presence: Choose a complicated dish to cook for yourguests and you'll spend more time sweating in the kitchen than cocktailing in the livingroom. What that in mind, it is essential to get to grips with a dish that allows you to besocial as you cook. Try your hand at fondue, a nostalgic method of cooking from the‘70s that enables you and your guests to drip bread into a melted pot of cheeseusing long-stemmed forks. It hails from Switzerland, but Swiss cheese can be substitutedfor more modern takes on the retro recipe such as chocolate and fruit or meat and hotoil. From past experience, I've found that fondue works best for a socialgathering of four -- any more and it becomes awkward and crowded. And unless you want yourentire dinner to become a throwback to a time gone by, make just one course fondue.Finally, don’t use your fondue fork for eating off, it will be piping hot and you'llhave no tongue left to talk to guests with.This article is sponsored in part by Clear Men Scalp Therapy. Continue Reading
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