title: Dinner Party Cookbook: Menus, Recipes, and Decorating Ideas for 21 Theme Parties
author: Karen Lancaster Brown
description: Karen Lancaster Brown has a degree in home economics and is the author of two other cook-books: Meals Like Mom Used to Make and Kids Are Cookin. She also wrote The Joy of Sisters. Karen lives in Dallas, Texas, and loves to entertain.
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  **The Housewife Assassin’s**
  
  
  **_Hostage Hosting Tips_**
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  _A Novel_
  
  
    
  
  
  **Josie Brown**
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  © 2014 Josie Brown. All rights reserved.
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  **Published by Signal Press**
  
  
  San Francisco, CA 94123
  
  
  [info@SignalEditorial.com](mailto:info@SignalEditorial.com)
  
  
  v120414AMZ
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **Table of Contents**
  
  
    
  
  
  [Chapter 1 The Best Way to Prep for a Party!](part0002.html)
  
  
  [Chapter 2 Choosing a Theme for Your Party](part0003.html)
  
  
  [Chapter 3 Three Tips for Trimming Your Guest List](part0004.html)
  
  
  [Chapter 4 Make Your Silverware Gleam Again!](part0005.html)
  
  
  [Chapter 5 How to Choose a Venue](part0006.html)
  
  
  [Chapter 6 Entertaining on a Budget](part0007.html)
  
  
  [Chapter 7 How to Stuff a Wild Canapé](part0008.html)
  
  
  [Chapter 8 Should You Use Cater Waiters?](part0009.html)
  
  
  [Chapter 9 Creative Decorations](part0010.html)
  
  
  [Chapter 10 Tot Party No-No’s](part0011.html)
  
  
  [Chapter 11 Last Minute Cancellations](part0012.html)
  
  
  [Chapter 12