FDA Warns Against Serving Certain Raw Gulf Oysters

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Saturday warned foodservice operators and retailers to refrain from selling oysters harvested between Feb. 24 and March 17 from the Mississippi Sound portion of the Gulf of Mexico. ...

Wolfgang Puck Catering, Bolthouse Vox Join Forces

Wolfgang Puck Catering and Bolthouse Vox Events, both based in Los Angeles, announced last week they are partnering to offer a "one-stop destination" for special event production and catering. ...

Specialty Fruit Purees Available for Caterers

The Perfect Puree of Napa Valley offers new flavors in its line of fruit purees. ...

Food Concession Equipment Offered: Snow Cone, Cotton Candy Machines

Chicago-based C. Cretors & Co. has introduced a new line of concession equipment....

Double, Triple Serving Bowls Offered

The line of double and triple ceramic serving bowls from American Metalcraft, based in Melrose Park, Ill., offers attractive food presentations for all day parts. ...

Food for Fetes: Romantic Menus for Wedding Receptions

By Christine Landry

Food can set a mood. Fried chicken says one thing, caviar, another. But what does a salad with flower petals, a tower of strawberries or a heart-accented...

Asparagus Recipe Cards Offered for Caterers

California asparagus growers are highlighting asparagus season--from March through June--with a series of new recipe cards for foodservice operations....

Parties on Pace for Oscars, Mardi Gras

Two huge party occasions--the Academy Awards in Los Angeles and Mardi Gras in New Orleans--hit this week, and event professionals on both ends of the U.S. say business has been at least steady....

Peanut Problems Don't Dog Caterers, but Food Worries Persist

The recall of scores of peanut products linked to a Georgia processing plant contaminated with salmonella has had little direct impact on event caterers, but has once again raised consumer skittishness about food safety....

Event Professionals Deliver Events on Tight Budgets

By Lisa Hurley

Show me the money is no longer the host's call, as the sour economy makes lavish events obsolete. Today, save me the money is the event professional's...