Dinner invite? Gift ideas that will delight the host

It's only polite when you're invited to dinner to ask whether you can bring something. Here's a list of hostess gift ideas that stand out from the usual bottle of wine or bunch of flowers.

Need a hostess gift when invited to dinner? The Times' S. Irene Virbila has a few ideas

When you've been invited to dinner, it's polite to ask if you should bring something. Here are some ideas: cookies, unusual oils, vanilla beans, even a fun spoon. When I spent some months in Venice, Italy, years ago, my friend Paolo would show up at dinner parties with prosciutto. I'm not talking about a paper packet of sliced ham but a whole prosciutto di San Daniele, the famous ham from Friuli ...

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