One-Loaf Dinner Party

How to host an unforgettable gathering with a single loaf of bread

Team 26961: Nataliya Korobchuk, Santiago Matalonga, Laurie Moore, Iryna Piotrowska, Olga Shynkarenko

The morning of your dinner party, make one very large loaf of bread.Make bread

In the Ukraine, it is tradition to welcome guests with a large loaf of bread when they arrive at your home.

Welcome guests with bread

Serve bread as an appetizer

Pan amb tomate (Spain)Bruschetta (Italy)

Cut slices from your loaf of bread, toast the bread, and add toppings from your favorite cuisine.

Who's up for a catch? How about some dodgeball? Your guests will work up an appetite and get to play with their food at the same time.

Play a game with your bread

Decorate the table with breadBread is beautiful! Use part of a loaf as a candle-holder centerpiece.

Decorate your table with bread

Use bread as serving piecesMake napkin-holders, tear pieces of crust to make spoons, or use slices as napkins.

Ladle hearty soup into chunks of bread for a delicious dinner.

Serve bread as your main course

After dinner, you and your guests can share leftovers with your feathered friends.

Feed bread crumbs to birds

You will never be bored if you have a loaf of bread :)