Cheese/Appetizers

Recent Answers

2012-02-07 Cooking for Parties - My wedding reception meal plan:

Fried plantains would be a nice slightly sweet counterpoint to the other dishes. Make sure they are ripe so they will be sweet or dust them lightly with powdered sugar. I wouldn't serve mashed potaoes

2012-01-22 Cooking for Parties - Wedding reception:

You are making WAAAAAYYYY  too much food and you are going to have a ton of wasted food and leftovers. You don't need 4 different meats, and you don't need a refrigerated truck for a wedding this small

2011-12-28 Cooking for Parties - Pasta Buffet for 150:

You are in way over your head. There's no way that 5 people will be able to produce pasta at the rate you will need it.  A restaurant with a staff of 25 could not keep up with 150 wanting food at the same

2011-12-12 Cooking for Parties - lasagna or baked ziti:

That's cool. I get a lot of requests from people who are catering something for money.  For some unknown reason, people think that because they can cook a few good things they can cater and write to me

2011-12-11 Cooking for Parties - storing cooked food:

Tomatoes are acid and eat through aluminum pans quickly.  You can reheat them, but they will be falling apart tender and somewhat mushy. Refrigerate them in the plastic containers and reheat them in the