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

Talk Less at Dinner

Food can have so many amazing dimensions. There are the aromas, of course. Tastes that come forward and tastes in the background. Flavor accents. Contrasts. Crunchy. Soft. Colors. Hot, cold, and in-between. Highs notes of spice and acid. Rich low notes. Herbal edges. Complementary ingredients. It’s all there, but it’s easy to miss if you’re caught up in conversation. As an experiment, talk less and try to pay closer attention when you’re having something particularly good.