A client recently had a cool idea for a fall dinner party: putting several tables together to make one long table outdoors, with a appetizer food station, an outdoor cooking area, and servers serving the main course.
We love this idea and it can be tailored to your needs. You could do all three things or choose only one.
The long table outdoors is the unifier. If the only tables you can get to make one long table don't match or are unattractive, cover them with overlapping tablecloths in the same color or design (make sure that the tablecloths drop nearly or all the way to the ground or you'll see mismatched, maybe unattrative, table legs).
You could have this long table and a self-serve finger foods station and have people serve themselves and sit at the long table. Or you can have servers serve the guests finger foods from the station at the long table.
Or you can have an outdoor cooking area where guests serve themselves and sit at the long table, or are served at the long table. If you do this, serve interesting food, more so than standard BBQ items...Foods like paella or grilled Spanish sausages, interesting kebabs (Middle Eastern or Russian or other Slavic or Greek), Florentine steak sprinkled with lemon juice, satay or fish skewers...
Go casual or more formal, adults only or with kids, any way you put it together, an outdoor dinner party is cool and fun.
Here is a list of web resources on dinner parties:
www.divinedinnerparty.com
www.food.com/recipes/dinner-party
www.delish.com/entertaining-ideas/parties/dinner-parties/
www.adinnerparty.net
www.celebrations.com/dinnerparties
Warmly,
Kristina
Fandango Catering and Events
(713) 522-0077
www.fandango-catering.com
Fall is the perfect time of year for an outdoor dinner party because it is cool and there are less bugs than summertime. One long table brings everyone together. It is even better with some entertainment, delicious food and fine wine.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the links! There are good ideas.
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