Food and Drink Ideas For The Festive Season
By Tony Hill
It probably hasn”t escaped your knowledge that the festive season is slowly creeping upon us. The supermarkets are slowly starting to fill their shelves with gold chocolate coins, Christmas Tree decorations, fancy nuts and mince pies – it won”t be long before the Coca Cola advert is aired on TV – then we will all know that Christmas truly has arrived.
I don”t know about you, but when I throw a festive party I really want to make sure it sparkles and go all out to ensure that it becomes a night you won”t forget!
This article focuses on food and drink as there are so many different options – hot food, cold food, sit-down meal or a buffet…which do you go for??
Well why not do a mixture of hot and cold style buffet food – and I”m not talking mini scotch eggs and cocktail sausages. For the starter you could make a fancy prawn cocktail served in fancy cocktail glasses to make it look extra sophisticated! Then a big bowel of lightly spiced potato wedges, a big bowel of hearty chilli and some cheesy nachos – your guests can then help themselves to whatever they fancy.
In true Christmas style finish of your meal with a selection of specially-picked cheeses, a handful or crackers and why not match the wine to taste. As is customary with every festive season you could then bring out the platter of mince pies to finish of the meal, with some naughty After Eights…
In terms of drink there is lots to choose from – wine, beer, sprits, cocktails, mulled wine…the list goes on!
Cocktails are a good idea for parties – you can easily make up a few jugs, they taste nice and in many cases they can look really good too. Obviously Mulled Wine is a popular choice at Christmas, but it”s not necessarily the best choice for parties – it doesn”t go down as well as some other drinks – but it should definitely be an option.
Wine is always a safe choice and you could go all out to match it to your cheese selection if you wanted to be really sophisticated!
Another option could be to go for a fancy Champagne – a nice pink Champagne would be good for the girlies – Christian Audigier do wine and Champagne in fancy bottles that are covered in ”tatoo”-style covers” – they would certainly make a statement!
Whatever you decide to go for – just remember you can never have too much sparkle!
About The Author
Tony Hill is an online marketer and researcher who is currently researching Christian Audigier Rose and Christian Audigier Wine