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Halloween is a Friday this year. For our business clients this year, the perfect way to shake the uncertain economy blues is to have a Halloween Luncheon. Chef Ruben has a goulish luncheon menu below. We always have some scary ideas for hors d’oeuvres and desserts.

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Halloween Corporate Luncheon

Witches Brew Chorizo Chili

Crispy Bat Wings - Crispy pieces of southern fried chicken wings

Sleepy Hollow Salad - Mandarin orange slices, kalamata olives, fennel and watercress with ghostly vinaigrette

Pumpkin and Portablella Mushroom Ravioli - Large fresh pasta ravioli with pumpkin or portabella mushroom filling

Spider Web Pumpkin Cheesecake

Holiday Feasts Delivered

Our Chef Ruben is creating delightful, artistic menus for holiday dinners to be delivered to your home the morning of or the day before Thanksgiving and Christmas. The meals will be carefully packaged with reheating instructions to make your family feast enjoyable for everyone. The following menus are available, and we can always customize. Black Forest Ham may be substituted for the Turkey at the same price, or a Beef Rib Roast for $2.00 more per person

Holiday Feast #1 - For 8 people, $250, For 12 people, $370

Appetizer : oyster with shelled crab gratin OR jumbo prawns wrapped in proscuitti

Salad: Shaved Fennel, tossed baby greens, European cucumbers, roma tomatoes, aged balsamic vinegar dressing

Soup: Cream of roasted corn chowder

Entrée: Roast young Tom Turkey with choice of oyster or cornbread stuffing, sweet potato soufflé, and choice of roasted asparagus or brussel sprouts with cheese sauce and ground hazelnuts.

Desserts: Assorted elegant mini desserts and cakes

Holiday Feast #2 – For 8 people. $325, For 12 people, $475

Appetizer: Dungeness crab cakes with mango chutney

Salad: Baby Spinach, goat cheese, roasted peppers, and pine nuts with berry vinagarette.

Soup: Butternut and sweet squash bisque

Entrée: Roasted young Tom turkey with roasted apples and cranberries, fingerling potatoes with fresh herbs, served with seasonal fresh vegetables seasoned with chive oil.

Dessert: Choice of two – pumpkin pie, bourbon pecan pie, or glazed pear torte

Holiday Feast #3 – For 8 people. $450, For 12 people, $675

Appetizer: Grilled mahi mahi served with mango relish and pepper beurre blanc, garnished with crab claws

Soup: Lobster Bisque

Salad: Mescalun greens with apricots, hearts of palm, grape tomatoes and sweet onions OR wild mushroom and goat cheese salad with baby greens and herb vinaigrette

Entrée: Sage crusted turkey served with Italian breadcrumb dressing, baked acorn squash stuffed with honey yams, and a ragout of mushrooms and asparagus

Dessert: Choice of two - Passion fruit cheesecake, pumpkin pie with rum whipped cream topping, or Raspberry torte

BOOK YOUR CHRISTMAS PARTY SOON!
Whether it is at our facility or in your home, we want our annual customers to get first priority. Call Sara at (888)98-CATER to receive a Holiday menu via email. Please take a look at our holiday menu and give us a call so we can discuss customizing a menu for your event. All we need to put you on our calendar is the date and a $500 deposit.

Tips from the Party Planner

How should the table look for the family Thanksgiving meal?

The formality of the Thanksgiving meal varies from family to family. Ours is a business of formal dining so you can take all or part of my advices

Stemware
Each place should be set with all the glasses that will be used during dinner (except dessert-wine glasses, which may be brought out when the dessert is served). The water glass belongs to the right of the plate, just above the knife. Wineglasses should be set to the right of the water glasses in the order in which they will be used.

China
The only pieces of china that should be part of a table setting are the bread plate and a charger, if desired. A charger (or service plate) is a purely decorative oversize plate used to add texture, color, or pattern to the table. Chargers may be made of china, pewter, brass -- even straw or papier-mache. Food is never served directly on a charger, but a first-course soup bowl or salad plate can be set on top of it. The charger should be cleared along with the bowl or plate.

Silverware
A proper silverware setting follows one simple rule, no matter how formal or relaxed the event: Set the silverware on the table in the order it will be used, from the outside in. The fork for the first course is the one farthest to the left; to the right of the plate, the knife for the first course is the farthest to the right. Any spoons needed before dessert (say, a soupspoon), should be placed to the right of the knives. Dessert utensils should always be placed horizontally above the plate, or they can be brought in later, with the dessert course.

Formal Table Setting
Although a harmonious table maintains a uniform level of formality, creating a mix-and-match table from your collections of china, glassware, and silverware is appropriate on many occasions -- and has the benefit of providing you with a unique table setting for each event. Just keep in mind that something should tie the elements together: If you combine dishes and flatware from different periods and styles, make sure that they share similar proportion or complementary lines.

Dessert Table Setting
 When dessert is served, all wineglasses (except dessert-wine glasses), bread plates, and salt and pepper shakers should be cleared from the table. Dessert flatware can either be set above the dinner plate or charger at the initial table setting, or it can be carried in on a tray at dessert time, along with coffee cups and saucers. Water glasses remain on the table for the duration of the meal.

The truth about food
In 1853, a 1 pound can of lobster cost a nickel! Some lobsters can live to be more than 100 years old. 99.9% of all lobsters do live past a month old. Lobsters are the least expensive the months of September and October.

Quotes

"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." - J. R. R. Tolkien

"The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found." - Calvin Trillin

 
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