Libby,

Do you ever have that moment of panic when you have been invited to a friend’s for dinner or to a colleague's for a barbecue and you offer to bring something and they say “YES!” and then you forget about it until the day of and you think “SHIT! I said I would bring something!” and you’ve got like 2 hours ‘till you need to be there?

Well, if so, then I offer some important tips: