I love having people over. I detest the undue stress I place on myself when I have fair warning that guests are coming. I actually thrive with the unexpected variety, because no excuses shall be made: yes people, this is how we live…well, sort of. I do pull some last minute trickery, and I’m going to let you in on my secrets. But then I thought that perhaps I am missing a few great tricks, too! I put the question about last minute house guests to our facebook fans on the Pantry Paratus page…and wow–they’ve got some great advice I’m going to try next time.