Let’s start picking some recipes to create your Italian dinner party menu. If you see something ... serve antipasto ...

I’m surprised to be peddling an old-school stew for an early-spring party, but recently ... just set my world right. The menu exuded confidence. No cheese plate, appetizer or dessert.

This style is the choice of recipe developer and writer Caroline Chambers, who ordered two sets for a dinner party a few years back but quickly adapted them as the everyday plates for her family ...