Typically, banquet caterers will offer a simple pricing guideline based on staffing, equipment, and menu requirements of the event, with plenty of room for creativity.
It has been said that cocktail parties were birthed as a result of prohibition in the 1920’s when people turned from bars to in home entertaining and drinking gin straight from the bathtub.
Think of your favorite recipe for salsa. Three common ingredients now are suspects in the salmonella poisonings that have become the nation's largest foodborne outbreak in at least a decade.
Well this
week's tip is going to be with Shiitake mushrooms.
Have you ever wanted to get the host/hostess something special during the holiday season? Every year you probably bring over the usual bottle of wine, but this year why not bring something a little more personal? Foryourparty.com offers a variety of personalized goodies that any host would appreciate, from napkins to stir sticks.
Prices from $40 and up at foryourparty.com
Some wines are worth the wait, but if you can't live without the money or the wine, you're better off drinking something else