Most people do a blog before a cookbook, but I’ve never done anything the conventional way—so why start now. I realized how many ideas and recipes I forgot in my first book, Leslie’s Party Diaries, and that led to this—the first post on my blog, or as I prefer to call it, the mini magazine. That sounds prettier to me.

I will follow the basic format of my book. Each week I will post something different—it might be a recipe, party tip, entertaining idea, or whatever I’m excited about at the time.

I would love to hear from you too, so feel free to ask a question or make a comment. So here we go! Welcome to Dear Party Diary, the mini magazine.