An Oscars Night Dinner Party With Old-School Hollywood Elegance
Photo by Charles Masters, food styling by Chelsea Zimmer1/22Crudités Vegetables with Remoulade Sauce
A platter of elegant crudités is a classic steakhouse appetizer. Update it a bit by including not-so-classic veggies in the mix, like fennel.
Photo by Craig Cutler2/22Poached Shrimp with Lemon-Horseradish Dipping Sauce
Shrimp cocktail never goes out of style.
Christina Holmes3/22Bill Heck's Old Fashioned
This cocktail is a fruitier, spritzy, almost punchlike take on the usual Old Fashioned.
Andrew Hetherington4/22Broiled Oysters with Garlic Breadcrumbs
If you're really going all-out, you're going to want to serve these oysters.
Photo by Romulo Yanes5/22Black-Tie Martinis
Black tie events are better with martinis, especially these pepper-spiked Black-Tie Martinis.
Charles Masters, food styling by Michelle Gatton, prop styling by Brian Heiser6/22Grilled Iceberg Wedges with Buttermilk-Basil Dressing
Give the steakhouse wedge salad a double hit of smokiness by grilling the lettuce and adding bacon.
Photo by Tara Donne7/22Porterhouse Steak with Herbed Butter
Make your own herb butter and you can really gild the porterhouse lily.
Christina Holmes8/22Skillet Hash Browns
Everybody loves hash browns, and they're a perfect companion to steak.
William Abranowicz9/22Roasted Domino Potatoes
The way thinly sliced potatoes stick together when roasted with butter in domino piles is kind of magical.
Jonathon Kambouris10/22Parker House Rolls
You're going to want more than one of these buttery, flakey dinner rolls.
Photo by Getty Images11/22Grilled Shrimp Cocktail
A quick brine and a quick flash on the grill takes shrimp cocktail to a whole new level.
Photo by Paul Grimes12/22Boston Lettuce Wedges with Zinfandel Vinaigrette and Stilton
This is not your grandmother's wedge salad.
photo by Romulo Yanes13/22Pan-Seared Rib-Eye Steak with Béarnaise (Entrecôte Béarnaise)
Tricked out with shoestring fries, this is a time-honored rendition of steak frites.
Gentl & Hyers14/22Dilly Rolls
When dining in true steakhouse style, you can never have enough dinner rolls.
David Japy15/22Asparagus with Mussel Beurre Blanc
It doesn't get more classic than asparagus with beurre blanc.
Michael Graydon & Nikole Herriott16/22Extra-Buttery Mashed Spuds
Every taste of these smooth and buttery spuds aims straight for the brain's pleasure center.
Christina Holmes17/22Creamed Swiss Chard with Lemony Breadcrumbs
Forget creamed spinach: make this instead.
photo by Antonis Achilleos18/22Twice-Cooked French Fries
Yes, you can make restaurant-quality French fries at home.
Anita Calero19/22Baked Hawaiian Islands
Classic baked Alaska is turned on its head with these individual desserts made with coconut, pineapple, passion fruit, and a rum-soaked sorbet.

Patricia Heal21/22Chocolate Raspberry Layer Cake
If you want to pull out all the stops for dessert, make this cake. And serve it with champagne, because why not?
Photo by Romulo Yanes22/22Caramelized Banana Splits with Hot Chocolate Sauce
With its warm, gooey goodness, this dessert will bring bananas Foster to mind.

Sheela Prakash

Sheela Prakash

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