Joanna Weddings Cuisine Thursday - French Cuisine Rehearsal Luncheon

Le Jardin du Thé Menu

French Cuisine for The Bridal Luncheon or an Afternoon Rehearsal Luncheon

Here is a look at just some of what we have planned coming your way this spring 2011 on one of our Wedding Brasserie Menus.

Bon Appetite!

Pâté de Canard

Duck Pate with pistachio nuts, cornichons and mustard

Assorted French Cheeses

Cranberry compote, tea infused honey and warm baguettes

Blinis de Saumon Fumé

Tea Smoked salmon and crème fraiche and oestra caviar

Grilled Rosemary Prawns

Green peppercorns & blood orange vinaigrette

Salade Nicoise

Salad Le Jardin

Mixed baby lettuces tossed with candied walnuts and black fig vinaigrette

Un Mambo à Paris

Grilled ham and Cheese with a sliced avocado, vine tomato and spicy goat cheese

Croque Monsieur

White bread with layers of Gruyere cheese, ham and béchamel, topped with melted Gruyere

Quiche aux Legume

Spring vegetable tart with baby greens raspberry vinaigrette

Oeufs poachés aux asperges

Poached eggs with grilled asparagus on rye toasts and shaved parmesan

Tea Smoked Salmon Salad

Baby mache lettuce tossed with vine tomatoes, caramelized fennel and mustard vinaigrette

Sandwich au Merguez

Spicy lamb sausage with harissa and grilled onions


Beverages
Coffee (French Roast)
Espresso (Vienna)
Cappuccino

Café au Lait

Hot Cocoa
Tea (Marriage Freres Paris)
Ice Tea
Lemonade
Champagne
Wines
Beers
 

Look for more Wedding Springtime Menus next week!

Avec Joie!
Joanna

Tous Les Jours....

Natural Paris - Beauty on the Streets

Yes, I have have been away for awhile. Now, as I ready by posts for next week's journaling please take a look at some real Paris beauties. More events next week.

Here's to Good Planning,

Joanna

Bonne Idees: The Art of Party Festivity

What sets the tone – when it’s time to party? Playing good music. You must have: Background music playing the minute, I mean the minute a guest steps through the door and don’t forget the sound of popping champagne corks. Think festive, festive! Make sure your guests are served quickly. Waiters should circulate a room with trays filled with cocktails (perhaps your Signature Wedding Day Cocktail), champagne, or wine or sparking water or hors d’oeuvres. Also, instruct your waiters not to miss those guests waiting in the receiving line (Note: the receiving line is the best opportunity to greet each guest individually and thank him or her for coming to your wedding. And if you're having more than 50 guests, it's considered proper etiquette. The line also guarantees your guests a minute of face-to-face time with you, a chance to hug, kiss, and congratulate you both. If you rely instead on the more casual greet-them-as-you-see-them approach, you may spend the whole party in a tailspin, ducking out of conversations to say hello to people you haven't greeted yet, and inevitably you'll end up missing someone)

What about humor, adding some laughs to your weddng? Here are some great ways to add a little fun to a wedding day. Something I personally found to enliven the kid in every guest is the funny bendable plastic tube that glows in the dark.  At an outdoor reception I attended everyone was dancing in the dark with these crazy things wrapped around their heads – what a sight, everyone was having a blast.

Other great ways culled from real weddings that I have experienced and that add humor and fun to a wedding day are:

Hand out sparklers for a dazzling send off at the end of the evening. Or, place a tiny swag bag filled with childhood candy favorites and silly toys and noisemakers at each guests place setting.

Rent a pop corn vending machine for guests to serve themselves as they wait in the receiving line.

Or have you thought about games - How about scheduling a treasure hunt, a croquet match?  More about these later. 

Here's to Good Planning!

Joanna