Food Station Suggestions

Food stations are a fun way to get your guests to mingle. Generally food stations offer a single type of food like seafood or a particular cultural theme like Asian. Choose several to give your guests a variety of tastes and perhaps the chance to try something new!

Fire and Ice Seafood

Iced shrimp with cocktail sauce
Iced Chesapeake oysters and little neck clams
Steamed mussels with lemongrass, coconut milk & chilies
Sautéed garlic shrimp tossed with angel hair pasta
Pan-seared cocktail crab cakes with jalapeno with crushed corn and thyme cream

Asian Noodle Bar

A selection of three hot noodles served from woks in brightly colored Chinese take-out cartons with chopsticks
Teriyaki beef noodles with scallions
Thai chicken satay noodles with peanuts and coriander
Chinese vegetable noodles with eggplant, pepper and onion

Yo! Philadelphia

Miniature Philadelphia cheesesteaks with sautéed onions, mustard and ketchup
Miniature Italian hoagies
Pepperoni calzone
Caesar salad with creamy parmesan dressing
Soft pretzels with yellow mustard

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Entertaining Tip

BY STEVE POSES

Patience as a Skill

Some things can be rushed. You can chop faster or slower. But if an onion needs to be finely chopped, you need to keep on chopping until you get there. If meat should be marinated for three hours, two hours is not enough. Roasting turkey at 450° to finish more quickly will result in a different product than roasting it at 375°. A pot of water will boil just as quickly whether you watch it or not. So remember: Patience is a virtue in cooking.