After about 40 dinner parties in the past two years, a ten-person dinner party should be a very easy thing to do. But to allow myself to enjoy the party as much as our guests do, I need to do a lot of detailed planning. Good planning in advance also lets me maximize the quality of food I serve. Cold food needs to be cold and hot food needs to be hot when you serve them. My kitchen is just an average kitchen with a four burner stove and one oven. It would be impossible to make a roast chicken, baking bread and a dessert all at the same time. So for all these reasons, party planning is one of the most important parts of entertaining for me.

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Many of us heard or read the news about the first lady and hand full of school kids planted seeds for the White House Kitchen Garden last week.

In January, I was very excited to hear that their new White House chef Kass is interested in the kitchen garden. Soon after I have heard the first news that the First Lady is palnning to do so last month. And now I actually see the actual garden diagram.