Christmas Party!

PLEASE NOTE TIME CHANGE!!!
WHEN: Saturday, December 8, 2012 at 3:45 p.m. until 9 p.m.
WHERE: Casa Rebecca. Address will be e-mailed to guests.
RSVP:  Leave a comment here or on Facebook if you’re coming.

Menu so far

• Rebecca: English cucumber tea sandwiches; prosciutto & antipasto plate; punch; cocktails; tea
• Corrie: Tea cakes and cookies; spinach & feta phyllo pastries
• Bryanna: Scones
• Kirk: Vegetables & olives; champagne
• Karen: Cheese & accoutrements
• Marianne: Baked brie in puff pastry; Riesling wine
• Shelley: End-All chocolate rolled cookies; beer
• Shirley: Quiche bites; either sausage rolls or a baked dessert
• Rachel: Spanish tortilla
• Meredith: Assorted petit fours
• Kathleen: Pellegrino; mineral water; fruit
• Annie: Cheddar, Chutney & Chives; another savory app

WE NEED:

• 4 bottles Champagne or Prosecco
• Honey
• Savory hors doeuvres

The menu and program will be updated here as plans progress.

So the party this year will be a luxurious British-style tea… a little afternoon tea meets high tea. I think Jane Austen would approve! A variety of wonderful teas will be served with tea-friendly fare, desserts and wine.I’ll provide the tea and cucumber sandwiches – along with some wheat/gluten free bites… some cheese and fruit…You bring bite-sized finger food appetizers or petit fours/teacakes/etc. that complement tea. For the imbibers: Please bring a bottle or a half-bottle of your favorite inexpensive wine so we can have a wine tasting! If you drink wine, bring some, if you don’t, don’t.Address will be emailed to members closer to the event. The directions are very simple. I’ll give my phone number, too.I will have champagne cocktail “punch” and a non alcoholic sicilian blood orange, raspberries, satsuma, etc punch, n/a sparkling cider. I will have diff tea pots of hot water for a large variety of black, flavored, green, white, red, herbal, fruit teas – your choice. Tea cups. Sugar. Cream. Milk. Coconut milk creamer for those like me who have cholesterol issues or don’t eat dairy! Lemon for those who take their tea with lemon! Looking for items to complement TEA and WINE.Will have tea trays and tiers for small tea sized items like a tea house for afternoon tea.Looking for finger food, easy to heat, no crock pots, nothing to cook when you get here type food. Obviously heating up is fine but please don’t bring frozen uncooked things. Huge items.LOOKING FOR: Afternoon tea fare. Some savory high tea BITES.Looking for julienne thin sliced raw veggies for veggies crudités. Carrots, zucchini, red peppers, etcFruit salad or some fruit for the cheese plate. ? Any tea cakes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes please!?!!! If a baker or two wanted to make pretty little tea cakes/mini cup cakes that would be wonderful. Tea fare items you dream up!!! What are YOU thinking??!! Please give me an idea so I can plan accordingly when I organize the kitchen. Lemon curd? Or strawberry jam!!! (bonne maman) Clotted cream or a fresh whipped cream for scones! Cookies for tea? Hors dourves or mini tapas — !!!!!!!!! finger food, easy to eat, bite sized mini apps (SAVORY) meat, fish, veggie, dairy whatever … Roasted veggies?! Mini meat/protein bites?