Dinner Party Recipes

Find the best dinner party recipes to impress your guests while entertaining. From summer soirées to backyard birthday parties and BBQs, these appetizers, main dishes and dessert ideas make for the perfect menu.
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23 New Year’s Day Dinner Ideas
Start 2025 with 23 New Year's Day dinner recipes that are fancy enough to impress yet easy enough for lazy hosts (especially those who went to bed way past 12). Read on for a food editor's favorite New Year's day meal ideas for the occasion, including original PureWow recipes.
The 15 Best Ina Garten Side Dish Recipes
Who better to glean some epic side dish knowledge from than (our favorite) superstar chef, Ina Garten. Here, 15 of the best Ina Garten side dish recipes.
The 25 Best Party Appetizers
You were invited to a potluck-style dinner. Yay! Now, the hard part: What should you make? Here, you’ll find the 25 best appetizers to bring to a party. They’re easy to make ahead, easier to transport and require minimal fuss upon arrival.
Ina Garten’s Baked Spinach and Zucchini Recipe
Baked spinach and zucchini are anything but a snooze-fest when Ina Garten gets her hands on them. Why? The Barefoot Contessa adds basmati rice and two different types of cheese. Genius.
Rose Water & Coconut Macaroons Recipe
The rose water & coconut macaroons from Paola Velez’s new cookbook, “Bodega Bakes,” are floral, impressive and a total breeze to prepare. (Read: They only need six ingredients.) Read on for the full recipe.
Collard Greens Empanadas Recipe
The collard greens empanadas from Marisel Salazar’s new cookbook, “Latin-ish,” put a portable twist on a classic holiday side dish. Read on for the easy recipe, which stars homemade sazón and empanada dough.
41 Elegant Prosecco Cocktails
Here, you'll find 41 elegant, easy Prosecco cocktail recipes that are delicious and totally gorgeous, because nothing turns a gathering into a celebration more than a sparkling cocktail. These holiday drinks are guest-ready and simple enough for newbies to tackle.
The 8 Best Ina Garten Appetizer Recipes
Before you start mapping out holiday menus, take a beat...our hero Ina Garten has a plethora of crowd-pleasing finger foods to choose from. Here, 8 of the best Ina Garten appetizer recipes.
Bourbon Biscoff Brownies Recipe
The bourbon Biscoff brownies from Zoë François’s new cookbook, “Zoe Bakes,” are sophisticated and simple. Read on for the boozy, Insta-worthy recipe, which includes homemade bourbon buttercream.
75 Easy New Year’s Eve Appetizers
Here are 75 New Year's Eve appetizers that are festive, filling, low-stress and guaranteed to soak up all that Champagne. These easy NYE appetizer ideas range from dips to baked Brie to salad, so there's something for everyone at the party.
28 Old-School Jewish Recipes
You may not make these old-school Jewish recipes *exactly* like Bubbe did, but I think you'll be pretty close. Read on for 28 tasty ideas, traditional and modern alike, that are perfect for Hanukkah, Passover and every day in between.
68 Easy Finger Food Appetizers
Here, 68 easy finger foods and party appetizer recipes your entire guest list will adore. Take my advice and trade the standard crudités platters and chip dips for something a little more exciting.
70 Big-Batch Recipes for a Crowd
Whether it's a birthday celebration, dinner party or any old weeknight, these 70 big-batch recipes and easy meals for large groups come together in no time. Many of these dinners for a crowd are make-ahead meals, or can be frozen for future busy evenings.
15 Traditional Chinese New Year Foods
I rounded up some of the most essential traditional Chinese New Year foods to celebrate the year of the snake in 2025. Here are 15 Lunar New Year foods to prepare, each dish with its own symbolic importance.