Each week we round up our favorite posts and recipes from our friends at The Kitchn.

This week, the Kitchn rounds up ideas, tips, and resources for how to throw a dinner party.

Also on the Kitchn:

• New Year's Appetizer: Spicy Preserves and Soft Cheese: Spicy homemade preserves, soft cheese, and crackers makes for a great combination of spicy, sweet, creamy, salty, and crunchy.
• What's the Difference? 15 Confusing Foods & Ingredients: Yellow, white, and red onions; crumpets and English muffins; gelato and ice cream; these differences and more, explained.
• Can You Recommend A Beginner Cookbook for Teenagers?: Kitchn readers come up with cookbook suggestions for tween boys (9-13).
• 25 Tools & Gadgets We Tried (and Mostly Loved) This Year: Ice cream makers, juicers, baking tools, and more gadgets approved for your kitchen.