Here’s the deal:
Hosting can be simple. Throw some food on a plate and let your guests go to town. Meeting over a meal is a lovely way to connect, and it doesn’t need to be fancy.

But sometimes we can’t help ourselves. It starts with a thrifted platter and escalates to hand-painted place cards.
The pretension scale is our method of tracking how extreme we’ve gotten (aka overcomplicated). We do the extra bits because it’s fun for us, not to add pressure to gatherings.

May you be encouraged to take your own favorite things to the extreme. There’s always room at our table for your enthusiasm, dinner or otherwise.