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In a medium sized heavy bowl set on a Towel whisk the egg Yolk with the Gaillac hot Pepper a Pinch of Salt and z Teaspoons Lemon juice. Using a whisk or hand mixer begin stirring or beating in the Oil drop by drop. When 2 to 3 Tablespoons of Oil have been incorporated whisk in the remaining Oil in a very thin Stream. After adding i cup of Oil whisk in i Teaspoon Lemon juice to thin the sauce and make stirring easier. When the Oil is added gradually stir in Tomato paste. Add Salt Pepper Cayenne and More Lemon juice if desired. The sauce can be made two Days ahead and kept covered in the refrigerator. Serve at room temperature. To prepare the Saffron vegetable soup Cut the potatoes Lengthwise into quarters if they Are round it using Long Oval potatoes Cut them Lengthwise in halt. Cut the potato quarters or halves in Al Inch slices. In a medium Volze Saucepan warm the Oil Over Low heal add the onion and Cook stirring often about 15 minutes or until soft but not blown. Add garlic and Cook stirring for 30 seconds. Add the potatoes and Atli. Add the water and season to taste with Salt and Pepper. Wrap the thyme Bay Leal and fennel seed in a piece of cheesecloth and tie tightly to form a bouquet Garni. Add to the soup bring to a simmer crumble in Saffron end stir. Bring to a boil reduce heat to Low cover and Cook Tor 10 minutes. Stir in peas and Zucchini cover and Cook 25 to 30 minutes or until vegetables Are tender. Discard bouquet Gami. Taste soup and adjust seasoning. Toast the bread and spread a Little Rouille sauce on 4 to a slices. Serve separately pass remaining Toast and sauce separately. Toast spread with Rouille can be hosted in the soup or eaten separately. Makes 4 to 6 Servings. The dinner party bows quietly to casual alternatives by Rischall new York times Andrea Grove who lives in West Orange. N.j., la adding a dining room to her Home and redoing her Kitchen so thai she can have dinner parties More comfortably. That makes her something of an anomaly among her friends who rarely entertain guests at dinner. Most people i know have fumed heir ovens into planters said Grover. Who lectures on i Mian food and culture at new York University s school or continuing education. When her friends want to socialize she said they go to restaurants or have a Small party catered while some americans still entertain grandly the formal dinner party seems to be in decline in the United states even some people who persist in having dinner parties admit they rarely Gat invited to any. There Are a number of reasons. With Success in the work place the yardstick used to measure both men and women there is less status to be gained from being a skillful nest or hostess. And because so Many people find themselves chronically snort of Lima the thought at preparing and serving a meal is overwhelming. The urge to  remains however and some researchers believe americans Heve More desire then Ever to be at Home with family end friends. Twenty years ago Enle raining meant major dinner parties said Philip Lamport who owns an advertising and Market research company in Belleville n j. Now we re seeing Many More cocktail  entertaining lavishly or entertaining no Al All both seam to be acceptable social statements today. Judith Langer a Market researcher in new York conducted a nationwide study in 1967, interviewing about 1 so people in focus groups and an additional 15 people in their Homes. She found that people now View entertaining As an option lather than an obligation. It s become much More acceptable to make up your Awn mind. A 1st of social pressure is Oft in life. There Are lower rules even though we re in relatively conservative  of course Many women never liked to Cook and no longer feel they Heve a Sabina Roth the marketing director for Undt & sprungli inc. In Greenwich conn., the american subsidiary of the Swiss chocolate company said neither she nor her friends have dinner parties i Don l have the time. I m basically at work All the Lime and it s just As convenient to go to Testa Eanls. If i do have people Over we order  Ann Slote a 67-year-old retired special education teacher who divides her time Between Tucson ariz., and slam food conn., said sit Down parties for 12 were once a Central part of me. It was the Way we functioned socially she said. Tho social movement that started in the 19603 treed not Only her children s generation but also her own from such expectations. She no longer finds the idea of formal dinner parties appealing nor it seems do her children. My daughters had an Opportunity to inherit Sterling Silver a malware she said and neither wanted  some people of course still give real dinner parties Lor them the inherent ritual May be even More meaningful than in the past. The dinner party becomes an Opportunity to make the big statement said George Rosenbaum the president of Leo j. Shapiro & associates a Chicago Survey research firm. People Are spending More per dinner and Are More emotionally invested dinner parties can be a Way to show of i a Home or cooking skins to bring friends together in a less hectic environment than Hal of a restaurant or to mix strangers in a combustion chamber that May yield something unexpected Lawrence j. While a Board member of the Federal Home loan Bank Board frequently entertains at his Washington apartment. I get a Little bit of a charge out of the people who Are surprised that this adult male knows How to Cook he said. Elaine Heffner an educator and therapist in new York said she and her husband Richard have been on a restaurant Binge but they plan to Start giving dinner parties again because they provide a forum Lor bringing strangers together. We did t use them to repay social obligations she explained "11 really was an attempt to create interesting talk some people who give dinner parties believe the classic Model is coming Back in style. I think dinner parties have become increasingly formal in the lest year and a  said Winter j. Horlon of log Angeles a prediction coordinator for television commercials. Horton sends written invitations and uses place cards and Tine linens. I think it s a return to our parents values alter our Hipple Trippie Days said Morton 32. Some people Loo have simply grown weary of restaurants. While some people Are giving dinner parties an even larger group is unlikely to have the Money or time it lakes to create such forma events. To avoid that Strain they Are simply changing ins definition of what passes for suitable entertaining. Brunch Al Home seems More common in the United states than it once was As do meals that involve some Kail of shared cooking. There is also More limited entertaining which Stid gives friends a sense of personal hospitality. We take people out to dinner and then we come Home for dessert and Coffee and talk Lor a couple of hours said Philip Crosby an author and management consultant who lives in Winter Park. Fla. 22.1988 the stabs and stripes Page 15