To make sure this doesn't happen to you at your next party, plan a menu that can be almost completely cooked in advance and simply re-heated when your guests arrive. Have no more than two recipes, and one is even better, that need last minute preparation. Then you can knock-out your guests with your personality and not with your kitchen perspiration.
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