Chocolate Truffles in New York
Esprit Events is offering chocolate truffle-rolling stations. Guests pick either a citrus chocolate or lemon cognac truffle-on-a-stick and then dip it in white or dark chocolate and roll it in their choice of toppings such as crushed pretzels, wasabi peas, potato chips, coconut, cocoa, or cinnamon. The station can also offer pre-rolled truffles.
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Cookies and Sweets in Houston
Putting a playful spin on the dessert of the moment, Petite Sweets can cater French macarons—$1.75 per piece—in creative, seasonal flavors like pumpkin pie, candy cane, and mint chocolate chip. Event trays can be customized by color, and the bakery also offers whoopie pies, cake pops, marshmallows, and mini cupcakes.
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Italian Food in Austin
To feed a crowd quickly, catering company 86 This has a line of bulk family-style meals, available from $40 for 12 to 14 people, that include dishes such as “messy Sicilian lasagna” delivered ready-to-eat and serve. The company also serves box lunches, trays, and plated meals.
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Current dining trends leave room to take the focus off traditional (and expensive) cuts of meat for the main course.
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Lunch on day one was served family-style and presented on a lazy Susan. Food options included assorted artisan rolls and pita triangles with hummus, olive tapenade, lemon thyme, and olive oil.
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On the second day, guests sat down to a "Napa-style picnic lunch." Snack options included baskets of rolls, pitchers of pink lemonade, and Mason jars filled with cookies.
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Luxe Modern Rentals' newest statement piece is the high-backed Mayfair banquette. Available in fuchsia, white, and black, the six-foot-tall, five-and-a-half-foot-wide banquette can anchor a room.
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