Come Dine with Me ... Why More and More of Us Are Getting Friends Round to Show Off Our Cooking and Table Talk Come Dine with Me Inject New Vigour Into the Need to Keep Up with the Joneses, Helen Turner Examines Whether the Once Unfashionable Dinner Party Is Enjoying a Resurgence

Western Mail › April 22, 2010

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JUST think of the advantages. No embarrassing confrontations while sending back poorly cooked food, no grudgingly paid bill and tip for a meal you could have done better yourself.

No waiting for the waiter to catch your eye for another glass of wine and no feeling rushed to eat up and get out as the queue for tables at the restaurant door grows ever longer.

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Come Dine with Me ... Why More and More of Us Are Getting Friends Round to Show Off Our Cooking and Table Talk Come Dine with Me Inject New Vigour Into the Need to Keep Up with the Joneses, Helen Turner Examines Whether the Once Unfashionable Dinner Party Is Enjoying a Resurgence

Well, it seems many have already weighed up the benefits and decided that eating in knocks the spots off the run-of-the-mill restaurant experience.

Getting friends round for a meal is now the most popular way of entertaining at home, ahead of inviting people over to watch a film.

Hair salon owner Donna Ali, 36, from Cowbridge, is definitely included in the 53% of adults in a recent survey who prefer spending quality time with friends and fa...

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