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Additional Articles/Posts by Coryanne Ettiene

  • How Do You Host an All-White, Stain-Free BBQ?
    Coryanne Ettiene is a kitchen living and entertaining expert who appears frequently on-air, in print, and across multiple social media channels sharing her love of kitchen living and entertaining in style. Each week Coryanne answers questions from The...

  • Celebrating Mother’s Day with Multiple Generations
    Coryanne Ettiene is a kitchen living and entertaining expert who appears frequently on-air, in print, and across multiple social media channels sharing her love of kitchen living and entertaining in style. Each week Coryanne answers questions from The...

  • How Do I Break the Ice Between Guests at a Supper Club?
    Coryanne Ettiene is a kitchen living and entertaining expert who appears frequently on-air, in print, and across multiple social media channels sharing her love of kitchen living and entertaining in style. Each week Coryanne answers questions from The...

  • Is There a Polite Way to Get My Guests to Leave Without Insulting Them?
    Coryanne Ettiene is a kitchen living and entertaining expert who appears frequently on-air, in print, and across multiple social media channels sharing her love of kitchen living and entertaining in style. Each week Coryanne answers questions from The...

  • If I Can’t Afford Champagne, Can I Serve Sparkling Wine?
    Coryanne Ettiene is a kitchen living and entertaining expert who appears frequently on-air, in print, and across multiple social media channels sharing her love of kitchen living and entertaining in style. Each week Coryanne answers questions from The...

  • Throw a Real Dinner Party in My Studio Apartment?
    Coryanne Ettiene is a kitchen living and entertaining expert who appears frequently on-air, in print, and across multiple social media channels sharing her love of kitchen living and entertaining in style. Each week Coryanne answers questions from The...

  • Can I Host a Spring Party Inside?
        Coryanne Ettiene is a kitchen living and entertaining expert who appears frequently on-air, in print, and across multiple social media channels sharing her love of kitchen living and entertaining in style. Each week Coryanne answers...

  • Can I Make Easter Brunch Kosher?
    Coryanne Ettiene is a kitchen living and entertaining expert who appears frequently on-air, in print, and across multiple social media channels sharing her love of kitchen living and entertaining in style. Each week, Coryanne answers questions from The...

  • A Romantic Valentine’s Day at Home
    Valentine’s Day, as much as many of us turn our nose up at it, is the perfect time to rekindle the romance in your relationship or ignite the flame in a new one. Skip the public outing this year and slip into something more comfortable and...

  • 7 Fresh Ideas for Family Night
    After the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, it's easy for the winter blues to quickly set in. Spring break is all too far away and it gets dark so early. I find that taking time to unwind and connect with those around you is the best way to...

  • 5 Party Ideas to Extend the Holiday Spirit
    After Santa has come and gone, and the presents have all been opened, there can be a bit of a letdown. Too much time with family can be draining, and the thought of taking down all the holiday decorations, from the lights outside to the tree, can be...

  • Have a Drama-Free Holiday
    While some of us look forward to bringing the family together around the table, the rest of us hail from families that could be the inspiration for the next great Hollywood film — the drama, arguments, and general poor manners. So what do you do...

  • What Event Planners Bring to the Party
    Time is always an issue when it comes to entertaining friends and family, especially around the holidays, as many find themselves burning the midnight oil in a mad rush to get everything together. Remember last year, when you said you were going to plan...

  • 10 Untraditional Thanksgiving Parties
    There is no doubt that it is stressful for one person to coordinate and execute all of the cooking on Thanksgiving Day and then appear lively and energetic when mingling amongst guests. But as it’s a holiday and a celebratory time, Thanksgiving...

  • 9 Dinner Party Problems — and How to Fix Them
    Many hosts know dinner party disasters all too well. Between cooking, tending the bar, and time spent fussing with the floral display and table, sometimes the wine-reduction sauce simmering away on the stovetop skips your mind — until the doorbell...

  • What’s Your Serving Style?
    When having friends over for dinner, it's the décor — candles, music, flowers — that sets the stage for the evening. Yet, how you serve the food also matters. Whether you’re looking to host a formal, sit-down meal during the...

  • Calculating How Much Alcohol You Need For a Party
    For most, attending a dinner party is more about enjoying the company of friends and family than the food or drink. Yet, as any good host knows, there is one way to guarantee the party will be successful — to have plenty of cocktails (and food) on...

  • Host the Perfect Themed Party
    Themed parties never go out of style. Whether you’re hosting an ‛80s throwback party for your teen’s 16th birthday or bringing out the Greased Lightning for you and your husband’s 30th anniversary party, there is something irresistible...

  • Make the Perfect Flower Arrangement
    Whether you are hosting a formal dinner party or having a few friends over for cocktails, setting a bouquet of fresh flowers on the table goes a long way when it comes to dressing up the room. It instantly makes a instant statement, fills the room with...

  • 7 Ways to Deal with Difficult Guests
    For some hosts, planning the perfect party means hours of preparation, laboring over the small details when setting the table, and putting together just the right guest list to ensure everything is a success. But what to do when conversation comes to a...

  • Q&A with Nate Berkus Protégés Lauren Gold and Sasha Adler
    While I am spending my days enjoying the endless sunshine of summer and hosting casual gatherings with friends at home, I can’t help but get excited about entertaining more in the coming months. As my children play in the pool, I always seem to find...

  • 6 Subtle (and Not So Subtle) Ways to End the Night
    While being a fabulous host is something many at-home entertainers strive for, it can also mean that sometimes your parties can take on a life of their own, with crowds merrily enjoying your hospitality longer than you expect. Even if you’ve...

  • 10 Ways to be the Perfect Guest
    We’ve all seen celebrities behaving badly, but have you ever shown less than model behavior at a cocktail or dinner party? Accepting a dinner party invitation is the first step towards being a gracious guest, however model behavior goes well...

  • 5 Tips for the Reluctant Host or Hostess


  • 10 Worst Dinner Party Fouls
    Dining etiquette has changed little since the Victorian era when great attention was paid to teaching young men and women the proper manners for any social situation. Today, however, etiquette has taken a back seat to our hectic lives. While some people...

  • How to Deliver the Perfect Toast
    Adding a toast during a dinner with friends, at family celebrations, or to mark a special occasion is a great way to commemorate the festivities and those in attendance. Toasts are typically incorporated into special events like engagement parties,...

  • A Citrus-Inspired Engagement Party
    Hosting an engagement party in the early spring allows you to enjoy the buds and flowers emerging from the long winter and take advantage of the return to longer, light-filled days. It also provides you with an opportunity to serve a number of dishes...

  • A Rainbow-Themed Party
    Hosting a children’s St. Patrick’s Day party that is more creative than your typical green theme is easier than you think. Taking inspiration from the rainbow and the lucky pot of gold means this celebration is both fun for all ages and...

  • Singles Mingle Party
    Awaken your inner matchmaker and give Cupid a head start this Valentine’s Day by hosting a Singles Mingle party for a handful of your nearest and dearest single friends. Embrace the love theme by making it “red-hot” with food, drinks and...

  • Valentine’s Day Aphrodisiac Foods
    If aphrodisiacs were good enough for the Gods, then they are good enough for us modern mortals. Let’s face it; exhausting days fueled by caffeine and technology hardly make for ideal foreplay. This Valentine’s Day, kick-start your senses with...

  • Tips for Hosting Game Night
    When entertaining at home, the evening does not always have to be arranged around the dinner table. Some of my most enjoyable gatherings have been hosted at the coffee table. While there are many ways to casually host guests in your own home, the timeless...

  • A White Elephant Re-Gifting Party
    The gift giving season always finds you with a few gifts that would have been better left at the shop or in the craft drawer they came from. As you are not alone in your quest to put these unwanted gifts to use, why not invite a few friends over to...

  • The Progressive Dinner Party
    The holidays tend to leave many of us vowing to stay indoors until spring, hibernating under the umbrella of party burnout.  However with a little help from your friends, you can continue to entertain all winter long with a party style that allows...

  • Entertaining Journals: The Hostess Diary
    Guest books and hostess diaries swing in and out of fashion. As a child, I watched my grandmother use one – regardless of their popularity – and have yet to see her host a dinner party that was not a complete success. I learned from her the...

  • Entertaining Journals: The Guest Book
    Call me a traditionalist, but I adore reading guest books and leaving guest comments. However, the tradition of having a guest book in your home disappeared with the milkman. Traditionally, the timeless guest book is a catalogue of your guests’...

  • Homemade Hostess Gifts
    The trouble with bringing wine to a dinner party is that more and more people are becoming wine savvy, leaving that last minute bottle you picked up on the way to the party pushed to the back of the pantry—not to mention that your host has most...

  • How to be a Gracious Guest
    The holidays are the perfect time for gathering with friends and family, and for most of us, we spend the season bouncing between the role of host and guest. The art of being a fabulous host is well rehearsed, however, being a gracious guest often...

  • Five White Cocktails for Stain-Free Entertaining
    When stocking a family-friendly bar for Thanksgiving, it is important to offer non-alcoholic cocktails for those too young, or who choose not to imbibe. Offering clear "clean" cocktails also eliminates any worry about spills and stains. Here...

  • Stocking the Bar: Family-Friendly Drinks
    Hours of menu planning frequently go into delivering the perfect Thanksgiving dinner: the gracious host never overlooks the vegetarian guest, or the favored guest who simply adores roasted beets. However, this thoughtful planning is seldom performed when...

  • Helpful Tips in Engaging Conversation
    One of the most dreaded elements of family gatherings falling into an awkward conversation, or the painful gaps of silence. Engaging your guests in pleasant conversation is a skill every host and hostess should master. The complexity of large family...

  • Tips for Mastering the Seating Plan
    Large family gatherings always create a buzz of excitement from the volume of conversation that floats around the table and carries around the house. However, for a great many of us, this comes from clever positioning of both your guests and the table...