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Hosting a holiday meal—Thanksgiving especially—is almost inescapably hectic. On top of orchestrating a multi-course feast for friends and family who hold comically strong feelings about every dish (see: canned vs. homemade cranberry sauce), you also need to keep a house full of guests entertained as you tend to the bird, gravy, and fixings—all while shooing everyone out of the kitchen.
After all the effort you put into the meal, you should get to slow down and enjoy it, too. To find out how, exactly, one can stay calm in the eye of a feast’s storm, I asked a few experts who spend their professional lives hosting and catering events. Here’s how they set themselves up for success and minimal stress while entertaining.
