By PETER CALLAHAN, Peter Callahan Catering Many couples don’t realize how many ways there are to put their own personal stamp on their wedding dinner. It can actually be overwhelming for some brides and grooms. But the best way to approach the menu planning is by thinking of your guests. Most guests enjoy being served [...]
Food and beverage, as well as how it is presented, is among the most crucial aspects of your wedding day and can have a powerful impact on how your guests experience the event. Wedding Planner extraordinaire, Harriette Rose Katz of New York’s Gourmet Advisory, shares her tips on planning the perfect wedding menu to help [...]
Cranberries are generally harvested from September through November, just in time for holiday weddings and family celebrations. My absolute favorite kind of cranberry juice is fresh-pressed, not the store-bought concentrated versions. Trust me, once you have fresh-pressed cranberry juice you just can’t go back to concentrate. It’s like going from fresh squeezed orange juice to [...]
As a special treat, my mother used to make breakfast for dinner for my sisters and me when we were kids. I absolutely loved it because the concept on its own was so unexpected – pancakes, French toast or scrambled eggs for dinner? I like to keep this sense of surprise when I serve breakfast [...]
The wedding reception is more than just having a fabulous wedding cake and serving a four course meal! If you plan on having a late-night reception, why not surprise your guests with a late-night snack! Treat your wedding guests to favorites like mini burgers and French fries, shrimp cocktail, mac-n-cheese balls, scallops, and crab cakes…all [...]
Some of my most creative food ideas are woven around cocktails. Every wedding needs an excellent variety of beverages, alcoholic and non-alcoholic. At the minimum, full-service cocktail bars should be readily available adequately stocked (not to mention staffed) and waiters should be ready with trays of sparkling water as guests arrive. Adding a signature cocktail [...]
“Apparently, the caterer Peter Callahan was the first to make tiny hamburgers, maybe in the entire world. Or at least that’s what Martha Stewart claims in the introduction to Mr. Callahan’s new cookbook and she should know, right?” – Marshall Heyman in The Wall Street Journal As a caterer and a food designer [...]
