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Vera Wang on Weddings

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5 Ideas for Food and Drinks

The most seductive cocktail parties have three important ingredients: incredible hors d'oeuvres, imaginative drinks and fantastic music. Whether it's Beluga caviar or pigs-in-a-blanket, cold martinis or ice-cold beer, the presentation of food and drink should be as inventive as it is appetizing. As I often prefer finger food to big meals, cocktails to vintage champagne and serenades to disco, the cocktail hour is one of my favourite parts of the wedding celebration.

  • Adequate chairs and tables should be supplied for guests. Nothing is more frustrating than trying to negotiate food, drink and conversation with nowhere to sit.
  • There must be adequate bartenders and waiters, so guests need not wait in line.
  • Even during daytime, tiny lamps or scented candles lend ambiance and an air of sophistication to the tables.
  • Freshly cut flowers always provide fragrance and enormous visual beauty.
  • For elaborate buffets, replete with sushi bars, caviar bowls, ice sculptures and trays of hors d'oeuvres, the cocktail hour might be scheduled before the ceremony, so guests have an opportunity to recover before dinner.

    For a limited budget, a great cocktail party can be a wonderful alternative to a formal dinner. A wedding celebration should always be a fun gathering of friends that falls within affordable limits. The most successful celebrations are those that respect financial boundaries.

    Copyright 2001 by V.E.W. LTD. Reprinted with permission by Harper Collins Publishers Inc, New York, NY



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