The Progressive Dinner Party

January, 1965

We don't know if the original editors of The Oxford English Dictionary ever attended a progressive dinner; but their very first definition of the word progressive is close to target---"characterized by stepping, walking, or otherwise moving onward." For those who may not have yet caught up with this kaleidoscopic form of culinary sport, it's a party in which the hosting chores are divided up---everybody may meet at one house for the hors d'oeuvres and cocktails, travel to another for t...