Don O'Neill cooks, and his husband Pascal Guillermie does the tablescaping for their dinner parties in Co Kerry. At-home dinner parties are back in fashion, but gone are the days of ceremonial white table linen and stuffy seating plans. Al HigginsAl Higgins hosts regular dinner parties with his wife Amy in their house in Stoneybatter in Dublin. I spent about €230 on produce for a recent dinner party, and there’s the time involved travelling around buying everything.”But the 39-year-old enjoys the whole ritual. “In wintertime, boeuf bourguignon is my go-to dinner party dish,” says Kerry-based Don O’Neill, who with his husband Pascal loves to entertain.

Source: The Irish Times December 07, 2025 16:31 UTC