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Washington Business Journal hosted the lunch at Dock 5 Union Market in Washington on April 30. Ridgewells handled catering, and presented inventive menu items including a chilled cucumber soup that guests poured from milk bottles into chilled bowls that held edible flowers.
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Health-conscious guests will be happy to pop a few of New York-based Elegant Affairs’ gluten-free lemon-scented hummus and zucchini roulades into their mouths while lounging poolside.
Photo: Courtesy of Elegant Affairs Catering & Event Design
A warm-weather take on the food-and-drink pairings trend: one-bite paella skewers served with red and white sangria, by KG Fare Catering & Events in New York.
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Chicago’s Truffleberry Market reports recently receiving requests to create finger-friendly versions of classic desserts. The catering company's banana split cones feature strawberry mousse in a mini waffle cone dipped in dark chocolate and topped with fresh strawberries, banana chips, and shaved hazelnuts.
Photo: Courtesy of Truffleberry Market
From Elegant Affairs’ clean eating menu, cilantro lime-infused crab salad cucumber cups make for a light, refreshing hors d’oeuvre.
Photo: Courtesy of Elegant Affairs Catering & Event Design
This summer, Ainsworth Park in New York will offer its take on sweet tea, made with Belvedere Lemon Tea vodka, Aperol, lemon juice, simple syrup, and iced tea, served in a summer-appropriate Mason jar.
Photo: Courtesy of Ainsworth Park
To preview its new summer menu of regional American barbecue flavors, Burger King tapped Peter Callahan to style bite-size versions of the new burgers for a tasting party at the Glasshouses in New York on May 16. The mini sandwich options included barbecue chicken salad, pulled pork, and a Carolina BBQ Whopper.
Photo: Aydin Arjomand Photography
For an upscale camp-themed affair, try KG Fare Catering & Events' mess-free take on s'mores, displayed on clothespins.
Photo: KG Fare Catering & Events
A perfect passed hors d’oeuvre for a beachside bash: Trufflebery Market’s Fish on Chips, with key lime zest and Sriracha aioli.
Photo: Courtesy of Truffleberry Market
Keep guests alert at a late-night bash with this boozy take on iced coffee: mix one part AviĂłn Espresso, one part espresso, and one part soda water, then garnish with espresso beans.
Photo: Courtesy of AviĂłn
For a recent meeting, the Wyndham Grand Orlando Resort Bonnet Creek put together stations themed around local fare from the various areas of Florida. The north Florida station included May Port shrimp and scallop ceviche marinated in Florida citrus.
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The south Florida station at the Wyndham Grand Orlando Resort Bonnet Creek meeting included spiny lobster-and-blue-crab cocktails.
Photo: Wyndham Grand Orlando Resort Bonnet Creek
Runway to Hope Spring Fashion Soirée
The gala was held at Rosen Shingle Creek on May 16. Pastry chefs at the venue created a fitting dessert for a fashion show—milk chocolate shoes filled with fresh fruit and macarons.
Photo: Nielsens Photography & Design
Ritzy Bee Events used craft paper and chalk to label the passed appetizers for a rehearsal dinner at the Decatur House in Washington so guests wouldn’t be left guessing.
Photo: Kate Headley Photography
For a donut-themed bridal shower put together by blogger Elsie Larson, a giant chalkboard filled with descriptive doodles served as the backdrop of the food spread.
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For an upscale dinner party, FĂŞte presented a clambake menu in a formal, modern setting by having waiters serve custom Plexiglas trays filled with seafood.
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For a vodka shot bar at a birthday party designed by Kristi Amoroso Special Events, the bottles were displayed in a sculptural arrangement of textured ice spheres.
Photo: Nick Brown Photography
