The document presents Cornelia Guest's 7 rules for easy entertaining which include keeping cocktails brief, not waiting for late guests, serving light appetizers before dinner, mixing up seating arrangements without worrying about past history, having guests serve themselves from buffets, and serving a variety of desserts. The rules are meant to make entertaining a joy rather than a trial by keeping it simple and casual.

1. CORNELIA GUEST’S SIMPLE PLEASURES
HEALTHY SEASONAL COOKING & EASY ENTERTAINING
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2. CORNELIA GUEST’S SIMPLE PLEASURES
7 Rules for Easy Entertaining
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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3. CORNELIA GUEST’S SIMPLE PLEASURES
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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7 Rules for Easy Entertaining
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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7 Rules for Easy Entertaining
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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7 Rules for Easy Entertaining
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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7. CORNELIA GUEST’S SIMPLE PLEASURES
7 Rules for Easy Entertaining
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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8. CORNELIA GUEST’S SIMPLE PLEASURES
7 Rules for Easy Entertaining
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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7 Rules for Easy Entertaining
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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Recipe: Zucchini Blossoms Stuffed with Amaranth
Serves 4 -- Total time: 45 minutes
3 cups amaranth
1 medium onion
3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
2 zucchini
1 small eggplant (you want to end up with 1-1/2 cups after its is cooked)
1 garlic clove
4 large blossoms per serving
1 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.
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HEALTHY SEASONAL COOKING & EASY ENTERTAINING
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.
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.
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HEALTHY SEASONAL COOKING & EASY ENTERTAINING
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