My Favorite Reception Food Trends for 2011

Still trying to figure out what scrumptious dishes to serve at your wedding reception? Well, Event Solutions Magazine has come up with the suggested catering trends for 2011, recommended by experts in the hospitality industry. Here are a few of my favorites.

• Pies for entrees and dessert - Are cupcakes really on their way out? I hope not, but a deep dish apple pie sounds very appetizing.  And speaking of Chicken Pot-Pie as an entree, yummy for the tummy.
• Smaller Food - Two-bite hot dogs, tacos, burritos, are not necessarily new but they are becoming more mainstream, especially for active receptions where guests are moving about, greeting and dancing. In New Orleans, they have done mini po-boys and muffalatas for years, and they are always a big hit.
• Old Italian Dishes -Familiar dishes like spaghetti, lasagna and other regional Italian ingredients.
• Down-home Southern cooking - Grits will become an all-purpose starch. Well, down south it always has been. I remember fish and grits every Friday for dinner, and they predict that shrimp and grits could be the next popular dish.

Are you seeing the possibility of a trend here? Looks like warm thoughts of family, familiar traditions and celebrations of old may be a strong planning theme this year. What wedding planning themes or trends are you considering for 2011?


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