Your Turn to Host by Amber Mayfield Hewett (Hardcover)

""Dinner party culture is back on the menu for Gen Z creatives" says Forbes. Axios tells us "Millennials and Gen Zers are in their dinner party era," and Elle Decor has declared it's time to join the "Cult of Dinner Parties." But this new era of entertaining at home is less about achieving Martha Stewart levels of perfection and more about welcoming friends and family into our homes with ease and authenticity. And professional party planner Amber Mayfield Hewett is here to show us the way, using her people-centric approach to planning events with intention and flair. The book opens with a guide to making your home a destination for gathering, where Amber shows readers how to set themselves up for hosting casually, "effortlessly," and spontaneously any day of the week. From there, she outlines her step-by-step approach to planning celebrations, from setting an intention for the event to curating a guest list, determining a budget to creating a moodboard. Amber then invites us to seven of her own parties-a casual Juneteenth cookout, an afternoon "craft and crudite" gathering, a formal New Year's Eve soiree-and shares her expert tips and tricks (including sample playlists, thoughtful conversation starters, and ideas for sendoff gifts that will make your guests feel appreciated and cared for), as well as dozens of delicious, fuss-free recipes for the home cook. A truly comprehensive entertaining manual, the book also includes a treasure trove of resources, from a cheat sheet for figuring out how much food and drink you need to a pre-party cleaning checklist"--