When ordering food for a buffet meal at an event, it can be tricky to get the guarantee right. There are many factors involved outside of a simple number of people. Are the attendees men or women? Older or younger? Is the meal breakfast or dinner? What day of the week is it? What timeContinue reading “Portion Distortion”
Category Archives: food & beverage
Frohe Weihnachten
I happened to be fortunate enough to vacation in Vienna, Austria, three weeks before Christmas. I have been to Europe before, but not during Christmastime. Vienna is famous for their Christmas markets like Holland (Amsterdam) is famous for their tulips. They pop up in almost every town and are of varying sizes and complexities; drawingContinue reading “Frohe Weihnachten”
Let’s Have Brunch
How many of you enjoy a good Sunday brunch? How did we end up with Sunday Brunch? Why Sunday? Why not Tuesday Brunch? Believe it or not, there is a whole history on how Sunday brunch came to be. As I was doing some research on brunch I came across the most helpful and informativeContinue reading “Let’s Have Brunch”
Equestrian Events
Where I live, we occasionally run into a unique event that takes over the roads, most large parking lots, and this one property in particular. My guess is that the economic impact on the town is pretty good considering everyone dines out, buys feed, restocks the groceries in their trailers, and probably takes a fewContinue reading “Equestrian Events”
An Arena-Sized Event
Earlier I wrote about the challenges faced when planning an event at a remote outdoor location (see my blog “Outstanding In A Field“). We had to provide our own… everything; water, toilets, food, shade, equipment, stage, electricity, transportation, you name it. I expected to have to do this when attempting to hold an event inContinue reading “An Arena-Sized Event”