Serving Platter: Salt Slabs

Short rib tacos with shredded cabbage, tomato, and chipotle crema served on a slab of pink salt, from Michael Stuart (347.689.9822, mscnyc.com) in New York
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Hors d’Oeuvre: Breakfast Bites

Buttermilk chocolate chip pancakes with maple syrup, jumbo blueberries, strawberry fragments, and powdered sugar, from Esprit Events Kosher Catering (212.207.3888, espritevents.com) in New York
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Many of the events during the Republican National Convention will be receptions, where networking is the focus and the food needs to be portable. One of the items Good Food Catering Company will serve is a Caprese skewer on a pipette of extra-virgin olive oil.
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Rustic potato pancakes with homemade apple chutney and pickled red cabbage fennel slaw, by Naturally Delicious Caterers & Events in Brooklyn
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Medjool dates stuffed with marcona almonds and blue cheese wrapped in bacon, by M.B.C. Michelle Bernstein Catering in Miami
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Pull-apart pork sticky buns with slow-cooked pork confit and brown sugar spice glaze rolled up in sweet dough, by PS 7 in Washington
Photo: Carrie Nosal

Schaffer’s Genuine Foods created an edible garden for a YouTube event at the Museum of Flying in Santa Monica. The “earth” was made from chopped black olives, breadcrumbs, and puffed wild rice.
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Grilled corn on the cob with assorted toppings; roasted potato salad on chive sticks; watermelon cubes with feta and spinach; spinach salad with chopped eggs and microgreens in bacon cups; “hot dog” and “hamburger” macarons; and apple pie parfaits, by Windows Catering Company in Washington
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