Article: Fat chance of feast for all friends

Whether it's Atkins or the cabbage soup, it seems everyone is on a diet. But, asks Morag McKinnon, what happens when all those diets come to dinner

THROWING a dinner party has never been an easy task. The preparation, getting the timing just right so the food isn't charred, making sure everyone's glass is suitably topped up and that the perfect ambience is created are just some of the hurdles facing a good hostess.

However, there was a time when at least one thing was fairly straightforward - the dietary requirements of guests.

The only consideration may have been whether or not your guests were vegetarian, and if so then a secondary meal had to be thought up. And, of course, there was ...

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