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| Introduction | |
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| January: Life Is a Banquet! | |
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| What Are You Waiting for, an Engraved Invitation? | |
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| The Watched Pot | |
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| Come as You Are | |
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| Make Yourself at Home! | |
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| Take All You Want, but Eat All You Take | |
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| February: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | |
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| It Depends on How You Look at It | |
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| "Be Mine"--Or, the Question of How Many Valentines to Send | |
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| May I See Your Invitation? | |
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| Spacious Accommodations | |
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| March: What's on the Menu? | |
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| Are You Ready to Order? | |
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| That's the Way the Cookie Crumbles | |
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| Trusting the God of Potluck | |
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| Next! | |
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| April: The Perfect Host | |
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| If You Want to Make God Laugh, Make Plans | |
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| It's an Open House | |
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| Getting Stuck with the Check | |
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| If You Can't Stand the Heat... | |
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| May: Please Come to the Table | |
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| Please, Wait to Be Seated! | |
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| I Call Dibs to Sitteth on the Right Hand | |
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| Your Piece of the Pie | |
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| The Cheese Stands Alone | |
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| Dining with an Empty Chair | |
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| June: Dinner Is Served | |
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| Table for One | |
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| Graduating from the Kiddie Table | |
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| We Ought to Plan Something | |
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| Save Room for Dessert | |
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| July: Mind Your Manners | |
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| When in the Course of Human Events | |
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| Don't Talk with Your Mouth Full! | |
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| Would You Do That at Home? | |
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| No, Thank You | |
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| Sending Regrets | |
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| August: May I Be Excused? | |
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| Go to Your Room! | |
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| Brown Bagging It | |
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| Sincerely Yours | |
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| Is This Seat Taken? | |
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| September: They Serve Who Also Wait | |
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| Just Justice | |
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| "Hello, My Name Is..." | |
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| September Songs | |
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| I'll Wash--You Dry | |
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| October: Would You Like a Doggy Bag? | |
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| Putting Food By | |
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| This Isn't What I Ordered | |
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| Connoisseurs of Fine Whines | |
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| The Crumbs That Fall From the Table | |
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| Trick or Treat? | |
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| November: We Gather Together | |
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| Give and Take | |
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| Just to Get Things Started | |
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| I'm Glad You Like It | |
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| It's an Old Family Recipe | |
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| December: 'Tis a Gift | |
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| The Chores of Angels | |
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| Feeling Listless? | |
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| Everything Under the Sun | |
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| You Are Welcome! | |
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| Acknowledgments | |