Parties & Holidays
Your guide to entertaining. Including tips, advice and ideas for entertaining guests at your next cocktail or holiday party.
Hosting a Cocktail Party
Cocktail parties are a classic event that can be as simple or as complex as you desire. Whether you're hosting personal friends in a casual setting or business associates in a more elegant affair, cocktail parties are a fantastic, fun event perfect for showing off you entertaining talents and social mingling.
Cocktail parties are a classic event that can be as simple or as complex as you desire. Whether you're hosting personal friends in a casual setting or business associates in a more elegant affair, cocktail parties are a fantastic, fun event perfect for showing off you entertaining talents and social mingling.
Host a Spirits Tasting Party
Wine tastings are very common and tasting parties are becoming just as common. Why not host a spirits tasting party using a selection of brandys, gins, rums, tequilas, vodkas or whiskeys? It's a fun event for an intimate setting that lets guests explore the difference between brands of the same liquor.
Wine tastings are very common and tasting parties are becoming just as common. Why not host a spirits tasting party using a selection of brandys, gins, rums, tequilas, vodkas or whiskeys? It's a fun event for an intimate setting that lets guests explore the difference between brands of the same liquor.
Holiday and Seasonal Drink Index
Every season and holiday has different flavors that we associate with it and there is a cocktail for almost every occasion. This directory of drinks will help you find the perfect drinks for whatever season it is.
Every season and holiday has different flavors that we associate with it and there is a cocktail for almost every occasion. This directory of drinks will help you find the perfect drinks for whatever season it is.
Creating a Great Drink Menu
When you're hosting a cocktail party and don't have the ability or desire to stock an entire bar you can create a designated drink menu instead. It's easy, convenient and can be designed to meet the theme or nature of any event.
When you're hosting a cocktail party and don't have the ability or desire to stock an entire bar you can create a designated drink menu instead. It's easy, convenient and can be designed to meet the theme or nature of any event.
Spirited Gift Baskets for the Cocktail Lover
Give the gift of spirits by creating your own gift basket filled with the ingredients to make your favorite cocktails.
Give the gift of spirits by creating your own gift basket filled with the ingredients to make your favorite cocktails.
Book Review: What To Drink With What You Eat
What To Drink With What You Eat is a great food and beverage pairing guide that pulls advice from experts and places it in an exhaustive, easy to read book.
What To Drink With What You Eat is a great food and beverage pairing guide that pulls advice from experts and places it in an exhaustive, easy to read book.
New Year's Resolutions for the Cocktail Minded Individual
Ten easy to keep New Year's Resolutions for the cocktail connoisseur to consider on New Year's Eve.
Ten easy to keep New Year's Resolutions for the cocktail connoisseur to consider on New Year's Eve.
Throw a Successful Super Bowl Party
Plan ahead, have everything prepared and allow your guests to serve themselves for a Super Bowl Party that allows you to sit back and enjoy the game.
Plan ahead, have everything prepared and allow your guests to serve themselves for a Super Bowl Party that allows you to sit back and enjoy the game.
Super Bowl XLII Cocktail Menus
Leading up to Super Bowl XLII, there are four teams left. Plan your football party with drinks that represent your favorite team as the football championship plays on.
Leading up to Super Bowl XLII, there are four teams left. Plan your football party with drinks that represent your favorite team as the football championship plays on.
Superbowl XLI Cocktail Menu
Chicago Bears vs. Indianapolis Colts. Plan your Super Bowl party with drinks that represent your favorite team on Super Bowl Sunday.
Chicago Bears vs. Indianapolis Colts. Plan your Super Bowl party with drinks that represent your favorite team on Super Bowl Sunday.
Hollywood Cocktails
Cocktails often made an appearance in the early cinema and many of the early Hollywood legends have drinks named for them. Relive these moments with some great cocktails and unforgettable lines in classic films.
Cocktails often made an appearance in the early cinema and many of the early Hollywood legends have drinks named for them. Relive these moments with some great cocktails and unforgettable lines in classic films.
Cocktails for Cinco de Mayo
Once a year on the fifth day of May, Mexican heritage is celebrated throughout Mexico and the United States. Here are a few Mexican-inspired cocktails that are perfect for this springtime holiday.
Once a year on the fifth day of May, Mexican heritage is celebrated throughout Mexico and the United States. Here are a few Mexican-inspired cocktails that are perfect for this springtime holiday.
Valentine's Day Cocktails
Valentine’s Day is an opportunity to impress, enchant and spoil your lover. If you are planning a dinner for two at home, this is a great time to show off your cocktail skills and your extra effort will not go unnoticed, scoring you extra brownie points.
Valentine’s Day is an opportunity to impress, enchant and spoil your lover. If you are planning a dinner for two at home, this is a great time to show off your cocktail skills and your extra effort will not go unnoticed, scoring you extra brownie points.
A Guide to Celebrating St. Patrick's Day
St. Patrick's Day is one of the biggest celebrations of the year. Irish and non-Irish people around the world don the green, chase the leprechauns and party all day long. Here are a few suggestions to help you plan your green day.
St. Patrick's Day is one of the biggest celebrations of the year. Irish and non-Irish people around the world don the green, chase the leprechauns and party all day long. Here are a few suggestions to help you plan your green day.
Mother's Day Martinis
Treat mom with a great drink this Mother's Day, here are a few cocktails that will pamper her exactly as she deserves.
Treat mom with a great drink this Mother's Day, here are a few cocktails that will pamper her exactly as she deserves.
Father's Day Cocktails
Father's Day is a special occasion and it is a great excuse to make your father a special drink. This list includes some of the most popular "manly drinks."
Father's Day is a special occasion and it is a great excuse to make your father a special drink. This list includes some of the most popular "manly drinks."
Wonderful Wedding Cocktails
Your wedding day is a momentous time of your life and it's only appropriate to celebrate with a few great drinks. Here are a few cocktails you may want to serve at your engagement party, bridal shower, bachelor party or wedding reception .
Your wedding day is a momentous time of your life and it's only appropriate to celebrate with a few great drinks. Here are a few cocktails you may want to serve at your engagement party, bridal shower, bachelor party or wedding reception .
Host an Olympic Party
Unfortunately all of us cannot be in Torino, Italy for the 2006 Olympic Winter Olympic Games, but we can still have fun and enjoy the Olympic spirit right here at home.
Unfortunately all of us cannot be in Torino, Italy for the 2006 Olympic Winter Olympic Games, but we can still have fun and enjoy the Olympic spirit right here at home.
Haunting Halloween Cocktails
These haunting drinks are great ghastly additions to the Halloween theme: some are black as night while others have mysterious creatures hiding in the depths, all are a lot of fun.
These haunting drinks are great ghastly additions to the Halloween theme: some are black as night while others have mysterious creatures hiding in the depths, all are a lot of fun.
Happy Holiday Cocktails
The holidays are a favorite time of year for many people. As a part of these festivities there are some wonderful drinks that you can serve that fit the holiday theme perfectly.
The holidays are a favorite time of year for many people. As a part of these festivities there are some wonderful drinks that you can serve that fit the holiday theme perfectly.
Drink Markers to Fit Any Party Theme
Drink markers are an easy and fun way to add a little character to any occasion. These small characters hang from the rim of a glass and also help distinguish one person's drink from anothers.
Drink markers are an easy and fun way to add a little character to any occasion. These small characters hang from the rim of a glass and also help distinguish one person's drink from anothers.
Bizz Buzz Drinking Game
How to play Bizz Buzz, a drinking word game.
How to play Bizz Buzz, a drinking word game.
Hosting a Cocktail Party
The cocktail party is as fashionable as it has ever been. Donna Pilato, About's Entertaining Guide, has a few suggestions for hosting your own cocktail party.
The cocktail party is as fashionable as it has ever been. Donna Pilato, About's Entertaining Guide, has a few suggestions for hosting your own cocktail party.
Cocktails & Grilling
The natural marinating power of alcohol and the wonderful flavors of your favorite cocktails make grilling with them a great idea.
The natural marinating power of alcohol and the wonderful flavors of your favorite cocktails make grilling with them a great idea.
Big Game Cocktails
Football fans celebrate their teams in unusual ways and some have even created new cocktails using the football theme. Find cocktail recipes for your Super Bowl Party including a Blitz, a Punt, an Interception and even a Quarterback Sack that have been collected from fans' playbooks.
Football fans celebrate their teams in unusual ways and some have even created new cocktails using the football theme. Find cocktail recipes for your Super Bowl Party including a Blitz, a Punt, an Interception and even a Quarterback Sack that have been collected from fans' playbooks.
Cocktail Party How To's
Learn to decode the language of cocktail party invites. Then, stock your bar to be the perfect host!
Learn to decode the language of cocktail party invites. Then, stock your bar to be the perfect host!
Preparing for a Chic Cocktail Party
Creating an atmosphere of elegance is part of the fun of hosting a cocktail party.
Creating an atmosphere of elegance is part of the fun of hosting a cocktail party.
Cocktails on the Cheap
If the thought of hosting a cocktail party leaves you needing a drink, then it's time you discovered these low cost, low fuss alternatives.
If the thought of hosting a cocktail party leaves you needing a drink, then it's time you discovered these low cost, low fuss alternatives.