Ophelia wrote:
>
> I always serve food 'family style' and if I have a lot of people I
> will have for (example) dishes of green bean casserole dotted along
> the table. No need to be passing from one end to the other. That way
> too you don't need one huge dish of each and the various small dishes
> fit nicely on the table. Each set of dishes to serve 4 or 6
> diners. I hate buffets.

I bring serving dishes to the table and then like a proper host go
about serving people their first helping, after that they're on their
own.