snacks

On the balcony, Wicker Park was represented by snacks such as Brussels sprout salads served in fruit cartons; there was also a "Hipster Dawgs" station serving artisan lamb sausage with smoked tomato jam, caramelized onion, and pickle relish.

The museum's lower level was built out to reflect the Bronzeville neighborhood. Entertainment included a blues performance from Wayne Baker Brooks, and snacks included peach and cherry "pie fries" that combined strips of crust with jars of fruity toppings.

Patina assumed catering duties for the Recording Academy’s massive “Grammy Celebration,” the official after-party for the Grammy awards in Los Angeles in February. At the Candy Land-inspired event, the caterer’s dessert station offered sweets like blue chocolate popcorn, Pop Rocks shooters, and liquid chocolate s’mores—plus cotton candy trees, where guests could pluck their treats right from the branches.

Susan Gage Caterers prepared a watermelon radish and citrus salad as the first course for the Atlantic Media Welcome Dinner on Friday night at the home of C.E.O. David Bradley. The menu also included seared sea bass with a bell pepper coulis, ginger basmati rice with pistachios, and julienne snow peas.

Time and People set up an adult lemonade stand serving specialty versions of favorite springtime cocktails at their joint Friday-night party at the St. Regis hotel. The names of the cocktails had a political theme: the tequila-based "Primary Punch" and a vodka-based drink called the "Delegate."

At The New Yorker's cocktail party, passed hors d'oeuvres from the W Washington D.C. included spicy ginger tuna with avocado, served on trays featuring former covers of the magazine.

Design Cuisine Caterers served a mix of savory and sweet brunch foods at the annual Garden Brunch on Saturday afternoon hosted by Tammy Haddad, Sally and Mark Ein, BizBash's David Adler, and others. Breakfast items included chilaquiles breakfast mugs of tortilla, pulled chicken, refried beans, monterey jack cheese, salsa, and sliced jalapeño.

Garden Brunch guests could choose from three types of tomato juice and a variety of vodkas and garnishes at a make-your-own Bloody Mary bar, sponsored by the Distilled Spirits Council.

A dessert buffet included treats such as white chocolate rocky road squares (pictured), peanut butter-and-jelly sandwich cookies, packaged brownies from Dog Tag Bakery, and banana tartlets.

Occasions Caterers served comfort foods at CNN's Political Hangover brunch. Mini chicken and waffles, biscuits and gravy, and sliders lined Pop Art-inspired buffet stations from Design Foundry.

Occasions staffers dressed like hot dog vendors wandered throug the party at Long View Gallery with mini hot dogs and traditional toppings of relish, mustard, and ketchup.

Occasions also catered MSNBC's after-party at the United States Institute of Peace. There were multiple flights of food for the buffets as well as fixed and roaming specialty stations. One of the roaming stations featured traditional and sweet potato french fries with a variety of toppings including chili, cheddar cheese, parmesan cheese, truffle oil, onion, and cheese curds.

There was also a fixed fries station serving guests to better accommodate the demand.

A chef created caricature pancakes of presidential candidates, as well as President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, at a specialty station. An overhead camera gave guests a view of the action.

The first wave of savory passed hors d'oeuvres included asparagus and gruyere beignets.

Occasions also passed espresso-crusted smoked beef carpaccio served on individual forks with a spicy herb salad as part of the early menu.

Around midnight, Occasions switched the menu from dinner to breakfast foods, serving mini huevos rancheros (pictured), french toast trios, and steak-and-egg burritos with havarti cheese.

The final wave of the menu began around 1 a.m. with dessert options including a trio of floats: root beer, egg cream, and Boston cooler.