Hotbox nation -- Are you prep? or fiesta? sidebar : prep facts -- A party is born -- Fiesta at the palace -- The telephone chef and the glorious guys -- Into the void sidebar : sheetpan magic -- The category killer sidebar : glass facts -- Changing of the guard -- Impress your guests -- No milk! (butter and cream ok) -- Raising the bar sidebar : bathtub pasta salad -- Elegant, overwrought, insane : the weddings sidebar : weddings by the numbers -- Piercing the veil.