For the chef and cookbook author, seeing friends doesn’t have to be complicated. It just has to happen. These recipes can help. “We’ll often say — only half-joking — that Monday dinner is our religion ...

Hosting family dinners or friends’ gatherings gets easier with extending dining tables designed to adapt to the moment. From compact everyday setups to generously sized surfaces for celebrations, ...

DEAR ABBY: I enjoy hosting small dinner parties and like to keep the size of the group to 12, which fits comfortably around our dining room table. If we move furniture, we can add extra tables and ...