Ina Garten, the host of the Food Network's Barefoot Contessa, still remembers a disastrous party she threw when she was 21. She'd invited 20 guests, with the intention of making an individual omelet ...

I am told my antique claw-foot round oak table is out of style. Oak furniture, according to the chrome and glass people, is passe. Yet my circular table, 60 inches in diameter, still maintains a ...