Down Home Weddings

It's Thursday and that means an article discussion of what was written in yesterday's New York Times Food Section. There's a lot to pick through.I'll take these two days to write about them. the first that caught my eye was about weddings and serving down home food. this is a big trend right now because of the recession.


What is a down home wedding? It's one with good simple food instead of lavish presentations of sushi stations and chocolate fountains. Instead of filet mignon and lobster, it's fish tacos and roasted chicken. It's a cupcake tree instead of a towering wedding cake. Guests are recommended to eat with their fingers and flit from table to table. Anything else would be considered too ostentatious. Surprisingly enough it costs the same as a regular sit down dinner, according to wedding planners. Yet this is what American wants right now. The era of ostentatious is well over with thanks to the recession and hard times.

Anyone can have this type of wedding and for a lot less. Rent a hall or use a backyard. Elk's halls were always the best places to turn to for inexpensive weddings. The next step is having family and friends cook for you. Here you can decide on what you like and don't like. Also let the cooks and bakers know that their contributions are their wedding gift to you. Shop in bulk at your local BJ's or Costco's. Even neater have some home grown veggies and fruits thrown in. if you feel it's too much then have your supermarket step in with sandwiches, fruit and veggie platters as well as the cakes. it will cost but not as much as if you went to a catering hall.

This is the time to scale down thing;s in one's life. This includes weddings. Having a down home style wedding with favorite foods cooked by loved ones is a lot more memorable and fun than one held in a lavish hall with ostentatious foods. There's nothing like an old fashioned reception for some celebrating.