Host an Oscar Party at Home!

The 92nd Academy Awards will be presented on Sunday, March 7, at 8:00 pm Eastern Time, 5:00 pm on the West Coast.  What better way to enjoy this grand event that to host a party?  It can be formal, informal, planned well in advance or impromtu.  Guests can arrive in evening gowns and tuxedos or just in jeans ready for great discussions about film!       

The Academy Awards were presented at a private event on May 16 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.  Two hundred seventy guests attended, paying $5.00 per ticket, to listen to lots of speeches ....and to watch Academy President present the awards.  There were no surpises here as to who would win...the winners were publicly announced three months earlier!  The next year a Los Angeles radio station produced a one hour special on the event...and history continues!  

Read more about the history of these Awards at  the Oscar website.

Now...on to the party!  

Great ideas at USA Today - How to Throw a Blockbuster Oscar Party.  I love the food ideas...Avatar Blue Cheese Polenta Fries, Up in the Air with Pasta and Shrimp, Crazy Heart Artichoke and Spinach Dip.  And the Oscar Bingo, which looks at great fun for all ages! 

Kim Vallee has wonderful ideas on her At Home with Kim Vallee Blog including Sugar Cookies in the shape of Oscar!

For suggestions on matching your menu to the Oscar nominees, see the Allrecipes site or an article in the San Jose Mercury News. 

Enjoy bringing some Hollywood glamour into your home!