All across the country tonight people will be dressing up, going out and getting down in bars or at parties. There is no reason that the destination can’t be your house. Getting together a party full of frivolity doesn’t have to involve weeks of planning. Using the following menu, a great Halloween hoedown is simple. The trick to entertaining is having all of the food as pre-made as possible so the host isn’t stuck in the kitchen while the guests are in the other room. Having hors d’oeuvres and entrees made the night before or ready to cook the night of the party will greatly reduce the time the cook/host has to spend in the kitchen. Even if this means simply purchasing pre-made dips and pre-cut vegetable/fruit trays and spending a little more money, time is money, as the saying goes. For a Halloween bash at a different location, such as the office, having foods that are cooked in a container that can be easily picked up and taken away is helpful.