Here are features filed under Parties and entertaining:

• An Easy Summer Menu For an easy summer menu try this CrockPot shredded barbecue and salad. You can make both up ahead of time, then serve with vegetables, dip and lemonade for a great backyard meal!

• Classic Cocktail Party Wines Friends, family and the holidays -- what better excuse to have a cocktail party complete with finger-food and great tasting wine. It's simple! Just set out a variety of great tasting fruity reds and whites, like Sauvignon Blanc, Zinfandel or Shiraz (Syrah), and have your guests serve themselves.

• Creating a Fairytale Tea Party Little girls love hosting tea parties. They set small tables with tiny cups and saucers, slide their stuffed animals into chairs, and offer them their fill of make-believe tea and crumpets. What better way to appeal to your child’s sense of fantasy, than to help her host a "real" tea party.

• Diabetic Birthday and Holiday Celebrations Most celebrations include festive, sugary foods like cakes, cookies, and candies. While these treats are tempting, they can pose a health threat to diabetics. So what's the best way to celebrate with those on a restricted diet? Brenda Hyde offers suggestions.

• Enchanting Tea Parties There's nothing more enchanting for a child than an afternoon tea party. Whether it's tea with the Queen of Hearts and the Mad Hatter or a tea party on the ceiling, it's a great theme for girls and boys, too, if you adjust the party for the individuals.

• Entertaining the Healthy Foods Way! The very word "entertaining" can be hugely intimidating, conjuring up images of lavish spreads, immaculately appointed homes and other visions of magazine living. It's time for a reality check!

• Festive Party Punches There is something festive about a bowl of punch served in dainty glasses from an old fashioned punch bowl. Whether you are visiting with family on Christmas Eve, throwing a traditional New Year's Eve bash or gathering for a special birthday, try one of these festive punch recipes!

• Halloween Fun for Grown-ups Why should kids have all the fun on Halloween? Whip up your own petrifying party -- for the adults. Take one haunted house, add ghoulish guests and stir in the following ingredients to yield hours of eerie enjoyment. Writer Sandra Lee, author of "Semi-Homemade Cooking," shares her ideas!

• Holiday Rolls and Pinwheels Don't know what to bring to your holiday party? Try these delicious and quick-to-make rolls and pinwheels!

• How Do You Like Your Deviled Eggs? Smooth or chunky? No, we're not asking about your favorite peanut butter, but rather your preferred style of deviled eggs. We have a variety of styles to suit everyone's tastes!