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Top Picks for Entertaining Products

Here are the top picks for items to help you with entertaining, as selected by your guide. These picks will be updated on a regular basis.
Pink Entertaining Products for Breast Cancer Awareness
Entertain for a cause when you use these pink breast cancer awareness products, that both raise awareness with their color, and contribute funds to breast cancer research.
Books for Springtime Parties
Book picks for springtime parties and entertaining.
Gift Cookbooks for Your Favorite Hostess
My favorite cookbooks for your favorite host or hostess.
Best Cookbooks for Summer
Your Guide's top picks for the best cookbooks to have in your summer entertaining library.
Tea Pots and Other Tea Party Accessories
Hosting a tea party has become a very popular way to entertain. If you know someone who enjoys hosting tea parties, here are my favorite gift picks for this hostess.
Thanksgiving Table and Kitchen Essentials
When Thanksgiving arrives, here are all the table and kitchen accessories you'll need for easy and elegant entertaining.
Thanksgiving Centerpieces
Set the stage for autumn's bountiful Thanksgiving dinner with one of these beautiful centerpieces. Here are my picks for the top Thanksgiving centerpieces this year.
Top 10 Favorite Specialty Products
With so many specialty foods to sample at the 2002 Fancy Food Show in New York City, I couldn't possibly try them all. However, for you my dear readers, I did my best! These are my favorite specialty foods among the dozens of nibbles I enjoyed at that trade show. I recommend using these to make your life simpler and tastier the next time you entertain.
Condiment, Salt and Pepper Servers
Let your guests add their favorite spices and sauces to their meals when you provide these useful and stylish condiment dispensers and salt and pepper shakers.
Corn-on-the-Cob Necessities
It's summertime and who doesn't love corn-on-the-cob? But it can be a little messy to prepare and eat unless you have the right tools. Not to worry - I've found the most helpful accessories for solving your corn-on-the-cob problems.
Summertime Entertaining Accessories
It's time to clean up the patio furniture and get ready for summertime entertaining. Here are my picks for the most stylish, useful and necessary items for this coming season.
Gifts for Grads
Help your favorite grad start his or her entertaining life with style. She's moving out on her own for the first time, and feels a little unsure. These items will give her the confidence to put those invitations in the mail.
Luxury Gifts for Mom
Is your mom the woman who has everything? Then expand your imagination and think about what the mom who enjoys entertaining would really like if cost was not a consideration. After all, mom deserves the best for all the hard work she put into raising you.
Gifts for Dads
If your Dad enjoys being the host with the most, the center of attention, the king of the grill, here are my top picks for gifts that he will most appreciate.
The Top Nine Picks for Fondue Sets
Before you head out shopping for a new fondue set, here are my favorite choices among the models currently on the market.
Top 10 Gifts for Your Favorite Hostess
There are lots of fun accessories you can buy for your table, but some may seem too frivolous to buy for yourself. That's why these items would make great gift buys for the favorite hostess in your life. She may not splurge on them herself, but she'd love to pull them out the next time she entertains.
Top 7 Books for Entertaining Advice
These are the books I turn to when I'm looking for help with planning a party, selecting a theme, or knowing the right etiquette to follow under different social occasions.
Top 9 Cookbooks for Entertaining
When planning a menu for entertaining, most people choose recipes that are more interesting than they'd cook after a long day of work. Here are my favorite cookbooks when I plan a meal for guests.
Top 10 Hostess Gifts for Under $30
Show your hostess gratitude for her hospitality with one of my top 10 picks for hostess gifts.
Top 7 Christmas Centerpieces
Set the stage for a festive, holiday gathering with any one of these seasonal centerpieces.

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