If you are missing any one of these basics, I recommend a trek to your local restaurant supply store, which makes for a great action adventure. (Check the Yellow Pages.) These stores are usually much less expensive than kitchen or department stores, and they offer everything you need, in many sizes and increments. The fear of cooking for twelve will dissipate when you see the industrial-sized equipment they sell to feed hundreds in one sitting. When purchasing pots, pans, mixing bowls, etc., select those that are attractive enough (in an industrial sort of way) to serve from. It's not necessarily a matter of money -- sone just look ugly while others are more presentable. The presentable choice will come in handy when you find that you've used up all your serving vessels during the course of a large party.

the "facilities"

I consider a bathroom to be clean if there are no wet towels on the floor and the shower faucet is not dripping. However, in order for your guests to pamper themselves in the "manor" in which they have grown accustomed, there are a few common-sense supplies that you should have:

the basics

the adventure club