![Flavorpill Lunch Break](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2016/03/img_228.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
As guests left the event, they were given somewhat traditional bagged lunches containing a peanut butter and jelly sandwich from the Jam Stand, a banana, and a Kind bar.
![An Elegant Event Idea](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2016/03/fourseasonschicago_1.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
Elegance remains a popular aesthetic for weddings, baby showers, and other personal celebrations. For example, an elderflower champagne cocktail with an edible flower garnish in crystal coupe glasses, accompanied by a large crystal punch bowl on a vintage gold bar cart, was presented at the Toast the Trends event hosted by the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago and bridal company Elaya Vaughn by Kate Pankoke in September.
![Fried chicken](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2017/01/dgb_8.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
At the Watermill Center’s benefit in 2015, Great Performances created dishes that would allow guests to easily roam—all self-serve options designed to be hand-held and didn't even necessarily require plates. Among them was fried chicken served in waffle cones.
![S'mores](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2017/01/engage14_bg_tammy_swales_dessertparty_8_3.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
S’mores got their start as sticky, gooey, handheld campfire treats, but events have reinvented them in many ways friendlier to guests, such as this example of a lollipop version at the Engage!14 Wedding Summit dessert party.
![Spaghetti and meatballs](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2017/01/img_306.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
Rather than the traditional bowl of splash-prone red sauce, New York’s Elegant Affairs offered a neater take on spaghetti and meatballs, using mess-free form topped with a micro meatball and marinara and sprinkled with parmesan.
![Paella](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2017/01/e21305bb_1108_marygiuliani_154_rough_a.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
Mary Giuliani Catering and Events in New York created a catering option of one-bite paella with shrimp and chorizo with sips of sangria, a take on the hearty rice dish.