Special Events

FOOD SAFETY: SAFE AT THE PLATE

BY LISA HURLEY

IT'S a dream when partygoers take home wonderful memories of your event. It's a nightmare when they take home a foodborne illness. An estimated 76 million...

ORGANIC CATERING HAS EVENTS SEEING GREEN

BY CHRISTINE LANDRY

ORGANIC food has left behind its hippie associations and moved into upscale supermarkets and acclaimed restaurants. And although its progress at catered...

FOOD FOR FETES: THE PRICING IS RIGHT FOR COST-CONSCIOUS CATERING

BY CHRISTINE LANDRY

CALORIES aren't the only numbers counted when developing menus sometimes fancy meals flash dollar signs as well. But extravagance doesn't have to come...

L.A. TO REVIEW MANDATORY VACCINATIONS; IS YOUR FOOD SAFE?

Next week the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will consider whether to require all foodservice workers to get a hepatitis A vaccination....

FOOD FOR FETES: WEDDING PLANNERS SAY, LET THEM EAT CAKE!

BY CHRISTINE LANDRY

OF the many traditions associated with weddings, cake is one of the sweetest. Still, wedding cake has seen some competition the last few years from its...

PUCK MOVES TO ORGANIC, 'HUMANE' CATERING

Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck announced Thursday that he will serve food that avoids cruelty to animals in his culinary empire of 43 catering venues, 14 fine-dining restaurants and 80-plus cafes....

L.A. WEIGHS MANDATORY VACCINATIONS FOR FOODSERVICE

In light of recent infection threats for guests including a Wolfgang Puck catering employee stricken with hepatitis A, Los Angeles County public health officials agreed yesterday to determine the feasibility of requiring vaccinations against the virus for all foodservice workers....

CATERER SAM ORLANDO'S FAMILY RECIPE

BY ALEXANDRA GUDMUNDSSON

As we begin our 25th year publishing Special Events Magazine, each month we salute event professionals who have reached career milestones. SINCE manning...

FOOD FOR FETES: FOOD IMITATING ART

BY CHRISTINE LANDRY

ELGIN Woodman, chef de cuisine of A Joy Wallace Catering Production and Design Team in Miami, claims, I'm not an artist. I just think the actual ingredients...