corporate and social holiday events

The holiday season is always a busy one for all of us, caterers especially.
Shopping for gifts, sending cards and messages, baking and cooking for family and friends.

This holiday season the events produced and catered 

by CuisinEtc Catering + Special Events NYC 

ran the gamut from intimate house parties 

to festive cookies and hot apple cider for 250 

attended by Mayor Mike Bloomberg, 

a variety of Chanukah latkes and hot chocolate,  

and culminating in an elaborate holiday event 

for a favorite corporate client 

with a bevy of delicious beverages, 

hors d'oeuvres, an amazing variety of  

buffet items spanning a 40 foot conference table 

and fun passed desserts, 

including Kaluha eggnog.  

Enjoy the pictures and menu items posted below.

boozy brownies
delicious fudgy brownies with pipette shots
of Godiva Chocolate Liqueur, Caramel Liqueur
and Virgin Irish Creme

Blue potato latkes with indian spiced chutney

traditional Chanukah latkes

Individual Shrimp Cocktails in Sake Cups
CuisinEtc Catering + Special Events

Greek Salad Bytes
CuisinEtc Catering + Special Events NYC

Grilled Shrimp with Blueberry Gastrique Pipette

Lobster Mac + Cheese
a much requested favorite of
CuisinEtc Catering + Special Events NYC Clients

petit rosemary lamb chops

with dual dipping sauces

festive house party Christmas Day

loved the variety of rosemary wreaths
the design team at
CuisinEtc Catering + Special Events NYC
produced for this years
New York City Metro Area holiday parties

zucchini rollups amid
the rosemary wreath

can we offer you a warm
organic roasted tomato
soup sip shot glass
with hanging cheddar star?

 a trio of hot creamy dips were served 

with house made savory biscotti

The team at CuisinEtc is known for our

attention to detail with beautiful displays

lovely signage, delicious food and decor.

pear balsamic gorgonzola
spinach salad in mini cosmo glasses

 Guests enjoyed the filet mignon 

+ mustard glazed loin of pork

accompanied by horseradish crema, 

caramelized onion marmalade + 

housemade sage apple mustard

offered with petit artisan rolls

holiday carving station

fabulous desserts including
cuisinEtc's signature Boozy Brownie  Bytes
with Godiva chocolate liqueur pipettes

Fun, Feastive and Edible Holiday Decor

Our culinary team was looking for holiday sweet treat inspirations and ran across these ideas.  Easy to execute with maximum impact and minimum fuss.

  www.foodiggity.com  
recipe http://bit.ly/v4Z8J8

Santa's Hat

Ingredients:

Brownies

Fresh Strawberries

Marscapone Buttercream

Basically make a pan of your favorite brownie recipe 

- use a cutter to make circles.

Make Mascarpone Buttercream (recipe here: http://bit.ly/v4Z8J8) 

Pipe ring of mascarpone buttercream, 

Top with strawberry that you have cut the stem off of 

and pipe a dollop on top of the strawberry "hat" to finish.  

Rudi 

the Red Nosed

Reindeer Pop

Not sure where the CuisinEtc culinary team found this one but it seems to be a chocolate covered marshmallow with pretzel ears and red hot candy nose - you can get candy eyes in a candy supply store but if not a white candy with black food coloring should do the trick.

Sweet and Salty
Around the holidays you often find speciality shaped pretzels - this holiday treat is a riff on the buckeye cookie....made with tree shaped and bell shaped pretzels sandwiching a peanut butter filling and dipped in chocolate.

photo:  http://bit.ly/tq7o3j

Use your favorite buckeye cookie recipe (smooth peanut butter, sugar, butter creamed together) and this no bake recipe could become a new family favorite.











Oh Hannukah Oh Hannukah

source:  the Shiksa in the Kitchen
http://bit.ly/s1TOBl

A great miracle happened here...

How cute are these edible dreidels
Materials:

Marshmallows
Chocolate kisses
Nutella Hazelnut Spread
Pretzel Sticks
Sprinkles
Cake Decorating Gel






Festive and Healthy

source:  www.gingerandgarlic.blogspot.com

materials:
..1 medium styrofoam cone (available at craft stores such as Michaels)
..toothpicks
..2-3 holiday shaped cookie cutters like gingerbread men, stars or bells,
..fresh fruit, - she used green + black seedless grapes, strawberries, kiwis, dried cranberries and cantaloupe melon.
..cilantro or parsley garnish

Edible SnowFlakes
They say no two snowflakes are exactly the same...
Here's a different take on the snowflake that our own
cuisinEtc culinary team
came up with for holiday events.

edible snowflake by cuisinEtc catering and special events nyc

Materials
fresh mozzarella balls - cherry sized
blue cheese stuffed olives
bamboo knotted skewers
bamboo tear drop mini plates

edible tablescape cuisinetc catering and special events nyc
mozzarella + olive snowflakes, rosemary tree, fruit + veg garnishes

Fragrant Edible Wreath

Make a wreath out of fresh rosemary sprigs
garnish with assorted olives, marinated peppadew peppers, 
fresh mozzarella balls and baby cornichon pickles.


Happy Holidays from all of us 
at CuisinEtc Catering and Special Events.
May your holidays be filled 
with love, fun, friends, food and family.




P.S.  Call us for your next special event.  


We love to make your party a delicious one, 
where you too get to be a guest !!!

hurray for Red White and Blues

Happy to be back in our home away from home, Northern California
catering and helping to produce another great summer event,  the CKA Ranch Red White and Blues Holiday weekend bash  in Willits, California, a great spot in Mendocino County, just up the road a stretch from Sonoma and Napa.

the menu which runs the gambit from traditional
- bbq ribs,
    15 hour pit smoked brisket,
             buttermilk fried chicken,
                    burgers and franks on the grill

to the exotic - tandoori chicken,
                                      lamb burgers,
                                            handmade puposas,
                                                lobster mash,

                                                 brussel sprout salad

blue cheese slaw,

deep fried stuffed olives,
(three kinds - stuffed with blue cheese,
stuffed with garlic and herb cured)

freshly shucked oyster shooters
shucked by sheriff Todd and served with vodka and hot sauce
....they went down a cool treat on a hot day...

cajun fish tacos, grilled local wild caught salmon with sweet pea sauce,
pistachio rogue river blue cheese risotto balls (ultra yum),

thai chili spiked strawberry pop tarts, nutella and summer bing cherry poptarts, and house made meyer lemon curd

silvermoon mango mimosa and pomegranite martini minis,

and lavender lemoncello lemonade to name a few.