Hello World! Welcome Friends! Embrace the long, warm summer days as the perfect time to gather with friends and family and feast on a menu curated specifically for the outdoors while trying to get the high score in cornhole. Of course, you want your outdoor party not only to be satisfying for the stomach but also to land at the top of “What I Did This Summer” list for all your guests.
Planning and creativity are your indispensable tools for creating a memorable time that is both a joy to attend and also has you as host doing as little heavy lifting as possible while everything is in full swing. Regardless of the menu you plan to serve, there are some elements to an outdoor gathering that can make yours shine above the rest. Let’s take a look at four of them that will get you going towards the best shindig you’ve ever had.
1. How the Food is Presented Can Be as Important as Selecting Your Menu
It can also have a huge impact on you as the host, who ideally will have been able to prepare and plate as much of the food in advance, to lessen the hands-on cooking and serving during the event itself. Get yourself well-stocked with heirloom quality and extremely functional platters, serving trays, and boards from Weston Table. With a collection of these versatile and beautiful pieces, you put yourself in a position to craft a large part of your overall menu in advance, and plan specifically how they will be served to your guests. Seriously, take sticky notes and tag each tray with the items it will hold and do a test lay out on the table you plan to use. This will allow you to curate the variety and volume of crudité, charcuterie, salads, appetizers, entrées to prepare in advance of the event. Anything that can help you wrangle in your shopping list as much in advance as possible is a welcome tool for any host. Additionally, stunning serving trays give you the freedom to present elegantly large amounts of treats without having to worry about serving each individual guest. Create a landscape of platters and boards that compliment and contrast each other just as the flavors they carry do, then enjoy your guests as they enjoy journeying through it.
2. Great Parties Don’t Happen in Silence – You Need a Music Playlist
It is an element as important as utensils and condiments. Harness the power of music to create a mood and carry your guests forward with tunes that are evocative of a time, a place and a feeling that you want your party to embody. You can certainly go through your own library and make the exact playlist that matches your tastes and your intentions. There are also numerous ways to leverage available apps, putting in song parameters and provenance to let the algorithm do the work for you.
Now it’s time to broadcast your party soundtrack. With a few of these wonderful SoundLink Revolve+ II Bluetooth® speakers from Bose, you’ll give your playlist the bandwidth it deserves. They give you full, rich music in 360 degrees that reaches to all corners of your party. And if things move around a bit over the course of the event, this speaker even has a handle to easily reposition it wherever the sound needs to be. Let the good times rock and roll.
3. A Lot of What Comes Off the Grill at Events Would Be Difficult to Tag as Memorable
Let’s go beyond the practice of feeding people to engaging them in an activity that produces delicious results. Have you thought of creating an oyster-shucking station at your party to offer your guests a succulent and even decadent option while inviting them to have a hand at freeing the briny bivalves themselves? Perfect for an outdoor setting, your shucking station can be pulled together with a simple assortment of oyster knives, protective gloves or cloths, and lots and lots of ice.
Not to forget the star of the show. While there are amazing oyster farms up and down both coasts, ordering your oysters from Hama Hama ensures the amazing quality of this fifth-generation family business that has been perfecting its product for a century. Not only will your oysterphile guests have a blast being part of the process, you’ll probably be introducing many folks to this delicacy that they’ve never had the opportunity to try. Talk about memorable!
4. Plan Ahead
Continuing what we started in number one with platters, serving trays, and boards, let’s make your event memorable in advance by doing the majority of cooking ahead of time. No rushing around while everyone is trying to enjoy themselves. Have platters of prepared food ready to be introduced to the table at a moment’s notice. Getting the meal going ahead of time will not only make sure no one goes hungry, since you’ve had time to plan your menu and quantities, it takes the stress off the host having to be a short-order cook for each and every guest. Desserts are certainly best made ahead of time. Many people make a meal out of just the appetizers, so getting a bunch of them done in advance will make sure your outdoor event has the flavors and variety to make it memorable. And who would forget a cheesecake that you can have before your meal! Try this recipe for Baby Swiss Cheesecake that takes a savory spin on the concept, can be made ahead of time, and will be a certain crowd pleaser. Maybe make two!
Hopefully you feel armed with some great ideas to make your outdoor event one that will make for cherished memories. Giving special attention to these aspects of your party will surely keep things lively, tasty, and fun. You’ll love selecting from among Weston Tables wide collection of platters, serving trays, and boards for your special day though they’ll last you for years to come. Your music will sound amazing with your Bose speakers and keep your guests energized and happy the whole time. Shucking a bunch of Hama Hama oysters will not only be a fantastic topic of conversation but a sweet and briny treat to give your guests. And finally, treat yourself and enjoy your own party because you’ve prepared in advance enough delicious tastes like the Baby Swiss Cheesecake appetizer to carry you through to closing time. Wishing you and your guests a joyous and, of course, memorable, party!
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