Holidays
Catering Client: Goodwill NY/NJ
Event: Nonprofit Fundraiser for 80 guests
In 2019, I got to work with the Goodwill store located in the Flatiron neighborhood on an Ugly Sweater holiday fundraiser. Guests were able to browse the store for ugly sweaters, snack on cheese, and grab a spiked hot chocolate from the bar.
When GHD Partners came to me about their holiday party and 20-year retrospective, I treated it like a design brief. I took a look at their red branding and thought about all the crimson foods that I could serve. Cherries, maroon olives, dried plums, roasted red peppers, and tomato jam!
Besides fruits and vegetables, I was interested in finding cheese in a fiery hue. Not many exist, so my team spent some time hand-shaping chèvre and dusting it with our own mix of paprika, garlic, and onion. The result was a spicy and lemony paste, warm enough to stave off the winter chill but mild so you could keep eating it all night with baguette.
| Menu | |
| WINE SERVICE Famille Perrin Reserve Cotes du Rhone Rouge Famille Perrin Fils Reserve Cotes du Rhone Blanc Perrier ANTIPASTO Gaeta and alfonso olives Marinated peppers Tomato jam | CHEESE DISPLAY Feta Brie Triple creme Handmade paprika chevre 5 Spoke tumbleweed Roque smokey blue Ewephoria Gruyere |
Wine service for up to 40 people is now available! Inquire about your upcoming event.
You've got just enough time to ship holiday gifts to their destinations before it's too late! I'm usually terrible with gifts, but I'm so organized this year that I wanted to share some inspiration, tactics and deals.
If you're a heavy Amazon shopper like I am, you can actually funnel a percentage of your purchases to a nonprofit of your choice! Head to Amazon Smile, pick your nonprofit and shop as normal ! The nonprofit I support is The Tank, a curated multi-disciplinary space for emerging artists in New York City.
"C O V E T" is a mixed bag of things that I want from across the web. Clothes, shoes, ridiculous gold plated silverware? You can get to know me better by the things that I put in here. I have no plans to buy these things any time soon, but maybe it will give you ideas of what to get loved ones this season. If you want to show off what you want for Christmas in a cool way, try making a Flipboard magazine about it.
Canopy curates fun, design-y stuff from Amazon on their website and iOS app. You can create collections of items for wish lists or recommendations. I have mine organized by how soon I can buy them, ranging from "Soon" to "Later On" (perhaps not practical at this moment in my life!). I also have a list called "Good Ol' Standbys" for the items that I own already and highly recommend. Some are cheap, but be warned some larger items like stand mixers and immersion circulators can be expensive.
Part wish list, part things that I have around the house. Hope it helps!
I'll be posting more deals as I find them! Feel free to tweet them to me @Randwiches.
