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Planning A Vegan or Rastafarian Reception
| by Rosetta on 08/31/2003 04:31 PM |
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What to serve when the menu calls for no meat, fish, shellfish or poultry. How to have a wedding cake when there can be no eggs, milk or refined sugar!
Choosing A Vegetarian Caterer
Once that issue is resolved, next comes the choice of a caterer. It will be easy to find a caterer to accommodate a vegetarian event, but it may require a bit more of an effort to find one who can suggest a varied and interesting menu. Vegetarian cuisine has come into its own and there is no reason to have to settle for pasta primavera or stirfried veggies. Even if the decision is to have a completely vegetarian wedding, there are many delicious ways to cater the affair as an elegant sit-down dinner or as a more casual buffet. If the choice is to hire a caterer, there is no reason not to make it a cooperative effort. In any event, talk, talk, and keep talking. Sit down with the caterer, make suggestions and even provide him or her with recipes.
Ovolacto vegetarians might do well to look for a caterer who does kosher receptions, since the laws of kashruth prohibit meat and dairy in the same meal, a kosher caterer probably has experience with meatless meals. Just remember that no matter what anyone says, it is absolutely possible to have a delicious, innovative vegetarian event. There are also several alternatives to hiring a caterer to create the menu. Booking a vegetarian restaurant to cater and host the wedding reception is one option. If the restaurant is one at which the couple has eaten often, they can be relatively sure of the quality of the food.
It's probably a good idea to limit the numbers of exotic ethnic dishes in order to accommodate the palates of guests. If the restaurant will be catering off-site, it is important to make sure they have experience catering for large parties outside of the restaurant.
There is also, of course, the do-it-yourself alternative. Although this may save money, it's an ambitious, time-consuming and labor-intensive choice. If that's the chosen route, the couple will begin by selecting a menu, collecting recipes, and recruiting helpers to do the cooking and serving. As the wedding day approaches, the food will need to be purchased and as much of the food as possible prepared ahead of time. Last minute cooking assignments will need to be delegated so the couple can enjoy their wedding and be host and hostess to their guests.
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