> wrote:

> Goomba38 >

>>How much food do you prepare and how many do you set the table for if
>>you have no idea who's coming and for how long?

>Lots of people who do open houses serve their food buffet style.

I don't think Goomba's question had to do with whether it's
possible to serve a buffet (which it obviously is), but what to
do if one is holding a sit-down dinner but not all the invited guests
are promising to show up, or to show up at the desired time.

Steve