Some Simple Food Rules For a Cocktail Party
Hosting a cocktail party is a fun way to spend time with your family and friends. Guests will like that fact of you serving some appetizers with the alcohol that you will be serving. When you are deciding what to serve you must think about how many people will be attending, this will give you a good idea of how much food you will be needing. For cocktail food, usually six bites every hour per person. However depending on the guests I would calculate a bit more then that.
Food that is great for your cocktail party would be mostly finger foods. No big clean ups, and they can be prepared before everything gets started.
Your guests would like to have a napkin or even a small paper plate will due. Your guests will have an opportunity to walk around and talk while they snack. And still not much clean up involved. More information about me.
Your appetizers should be in a small portion basically one bite size. Good ideas would be mini cheesecakes, sausage rolls, dipped strawberries in chocolate are all great cocktail party foods. Martinis go great with caviar or smokes salmon. Or make it really simple and offer cheese and wine.
You need to enjoy yourself so be sure that the cocktail party food that you choose is simple and will not require a lot of running back and forth from the kitchen. It will not be too entertaining if the host is nowhere to be found, it could in fact make some guests feel uncomfortable. So be certain that you choose something to serve that you are familiar with, something that you have made before. The last thing that you need to be doing is slave in the kitchen when there is a fabulous cocktail party going on right on the other side of kitchen door. More about me.
