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Sep 2023
21m 56s

How to host the perfect dinner party

Financial Times
About this episode

This week, Lilah is talking to the FT's food and drink editor, Harriet Fitch Little, about how to host the perfect dinner party. And by "perfect" Harriet means one that you as the host will actually enjoy! Harriet shares practical tips and tricks for putting together a spread and an ambiance, but most importantly she wants you to be yourself – even if that means foregoing homemade everything.

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We love hearing from you. You can email us at ftweekendpodcast@ft.com. We’re on Twitter @ftweekendpod, and Lilah is on Instagram and Twitter @lilahrap.

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Links:

– Tim Hayward on ‘no effort dinner parties’: https://on.ft.com/3rfKiHU 

– ‘Who’d invite their boss to dinner?’ by Anjili Raval: https://on.ft.com/46mwf1S 

– Harriet’s dinner music recommendation is A Piano and A Microphone by Prince

– From the magazine’s wine special, Jancis Robinson answers 121 of your questions about wine: https://on.ft.com/3EMh5Y8 ,  

The FT Magazine’s dinner party special is out this weekend. It features hosting tips and recipes from Bao founder Erchen Chang. 

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Special FT subscription offers for Weekend listeners, from 50% off a digital subscription to a $1/£1/€1 trial, are here: http://ft.com/weekendpodcast.

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Original music by Metaphor Music. Mixing and sound design by Breen Turner and Sam Giovinco


Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com


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