Here are the fool-proof plans for planning casual meals and formal sit-down dinners. Get the tips to serve supper with style for effortless entertaining.

3 ways to serve supper with style

a:2:{s:4:"time";d:1413980555;s:6:"author";i:615852;}

dinner party

Home Decor

Photo by Roberto Caruso; Food styling by David Grenier; Prop styling by Julia Black

Impress family and friends with this incredible herbed roulade paired with a roasted beet and clementine salad

a:2:{s:4:"time";d:1687430100;s:6:"author";i:877694;}

recipe

Thanksgiving recipes

I’ve always been anti-buffet — that is, until recently, when I stayed at an all-inclusive hotel for March Break. It was buffet morning, noon and night.

food

Living

Take our holiday nutrition quiz to learn about your best buffet-table bets, from which fatty appetizers to steer clear of to which sugary bevies to pass up

calories

Health

Monda Rosenberg; Photographs by James Tse

Follow busy mom and Cordon Bleu–trained cook Ann Gallery's make-ahead menu for a night-before Christmas feast that everyone (even the host!) will enjoy

buffet

3 ways to serve supper with style

A harvest party menu for a Thanksgiving buffet

Buffet maniac: Staying healthy when it's all-you-can-eat

Test your calorie IQ

Christmas Eve buffet