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A Murder Mystery Holiday Party

A Murder Mystery Holiday Party Full-service Family-Style/4 hour event/17 guests  – Hors d’oeuvres –  Potstickers and spring rolls with sweet chili sauce Crispy scooped new potatoes topped with crème fraise,   caviar and fresh chives Shrimp and grits cakes – Salads – Mediterranean Couscous and lentil salad with tomatoes, feta, and mint Mixed Green Salad with

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Holiday Dinner & Farewell

Holiday Dinner & Farewell Full-service/4 hour event/14 guests           Very Merry Ornamenti Martini vodka -cherry & cranberry     sugared cranberries Christmas Kentucky Buck bourbon   ginger   cranberry   club soda –  Gathering together – Green Apple & Raspberry Brie Bites Winter Stuffed Mushrooms Assorted Dinner Rolls   whipped butter Pecan Crusted Beef Tenderloin creamy parmesan fondue Creamy

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Vegetarian Holiday Fare for 3 Days of Celebrating

Vegetarian Holiday Fare for 3 Days of Celebrating Prepare and deliver day 1- 8 guests for appetizers day 2 -13 guests for dinner day 3 -13 guests for Lunch –  Appetizers – Assortment of artisan & farmstead cheeses  Smoked salmon with fromage blanc, pickled shallot, capers, and gluten-free flatbread Crudité with roasted garlic white bean

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A Family Thanksgiving Feast

A Family Thanksgiving Feast Modified full-service/ family-style/8 guests Turkey Roulade with Cognac Sauce Sweet Potato and Ginger purée with butter and onions Oven Roasted Herbed Parsnips, Carrots and a few Potatoes  Lemon Roasted Green Beans with shallots, garlic and lemon zest  garnished with Marcona almonds $1750 included: Chef services- planning, groceries, cooking, table service; clean-up

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Food Fairy tends the bar and sweets for NYE

 Food Fairy tends the bar and sweets for NYE Full-service /6-hour event/18-20 guests Sparkling whiskey Easy Prosecco martini Champagne for the toast –  Sweet snacks – Sweet board with strawberries, apples, grapes, clementines, figs, chocolate-covered pretzels and other chocolate confections, edible flowers $1550 included: Chef services- planning, groceries (sweet snacks and garnish for cocktails); assembling

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A Winter Holiday Dinner Party

A Winter Holiday Dinner Party Prepare and leave /17 guests (1 vegetarian) –  Finger foods – Spanish-themed charcuterie board Crudite with sunflower seed pate  –  Dinner – Flank steak with chimichurri  Brown butter green beans  Twice baked potatoes  Garden salad  Crusty bread  –  Dessert – Birthday cake $2250 included: Chef and Sous Chef services- planning,

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Halloum & Tomato treat for party on platter served on skewers

Meet and Greet the Artist

Meet and Greet the Artist Prepare and deliver/1 hour event/50 guests Sweet Potato Dip, vegan with veggies White Bean and Artichoke Dip, Vegan          baguette                 GF crackers Anti-pasta Skewers variety of meats, cheese, olives, basil, tomatoes, pepperoncini – some vegetarian Mushroom, gruyère, & caramelized onion mini tarts Shrimp cocktail $1725 included: Head Chef and Sous

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Island Time Dinner Party

Island Time Dinner Party Full-service family style/ 3 hour event/ 8 – 10 guests Tropical gazpacho mango     cucumber      cilantro  Petite Jamaican patty spiced lentil   plantain    turmeric  2022 Francois Chidaine Touraine, Sauvignon Blanc, Loire, France Jicama ceviche  coconut crema    blood orange      red cabbage 2020 Faury Condrieu Le Mornieux, Viognier, Rhône, France Jerk!  Carrot or quail    pigeon

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Holiday cheese fondue by Food Fairy Chapel Hill

Literary Holiday Fare from Alison Walsh’s Cookbook

Literary Holiday Fare from Alison Walsh’s Cookbook Full-service buffet/2-hour event/120 guests – CHRISTMAS – A Christmas Carol: A Dickensian Christmastide Applesauce Onion and Sage Roasted Goose Chocolate Profiterole Christmas Puddings Duchess Potatoes – The Chronicles of Narnia: Food for the Long Winter – Diggory’s Apple Bites Turkey from Aslan’s Table Turkish Delight Mrs. Beaver’s Potatoes

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An intimate 50th Birthday Brunch Buffet

An Intimate 50th Birthday Brunch Buffet Prepare & Leave / 6 guests –  Assemble your own – Acai Bowls Acai purée, coconut water, bananas, blueberries, honey Toppings: Granola, coconut flakes, cacao nibs, berries, banana slices, almond butter, honey, lemon zest  Avocado toast Guglhupf bread and gluten-free Simple Kneads sourdough Toppings: Aleppo chili, pumpkin seeds, pickled shallot,

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Celebrate the Graduate Dinner

Celebrate the Graduate Dinner Prepare and leave/ 11 guests   Seafood charcuterie Poached salmon ~ Boozy potted shrimp ~ Smoked trout rillette   Assorted accouterments – Salad – Blueberry-arugula salad Lemon honey dressing and sweet almonds – Main – Pecan-crusted beef tenderloin Parmesan-blue cheese fondue Roasted baby potatoes Seared mushrooms Zesty summer squash Finishing touches Julia

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Celebration event catered by personal chef Food Fairy in Chapel Hill

Surf n Turf with Wine Pairings

Surf n Turf with Wine Pairings Full Service/3-hour event/9-guests Wine wind-down Prosciutto-wrapped cantaloupe. Rosé champagne or pinot grigio –  Salad –   Tomato and peach caprese with burrata        –  Dinner – Brown butter NC shrimp Roasted garlic Picanha  Chimichurri  Pistachio pesto purple potatoes Herb-marinated roasted summer squash  Pinot grigio, Malbec rosé, Beaujolais –  Dessert

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A Greek Family-style 40th Birthday Dinner

A Greek Family-Style 40th Birthday Dinner Full-Service family style/3½ – hour event/30 guests –  Hors d’oeuvres – Spanakopita Tartlets  Keftedes with Whipped Tzatziki  Roasted Halloumi & Cherry Tomato Kebabs (GF)       –  Dinner – For the table:  Crusty, herb-infused-oil drizzled, toasted bread Marinated olives (GF) Spiced tomato baklava  Figs with burrata (GF) Big Greek salad:

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A Springtime Birthday Dinner

Nathan’s birthday dinner   Prepare and leave/8 guests Oysters on the half shell Shrimp cocktail  Arugula salad  Pear, walnut, chèvre, honey balsamic “Smorgasbord” Chef’s selection of meats  Duck fat fingerlings, garlicky asparagus,  Blistered green beans, braised mushrooms $825 included: Chef services- planning, groceries, cooking, clean-up during and after prep. Tax on chef services and groceries.

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Dinner party a la Francais

Dinner Party a la Francaise Prepare and leave/18guests Unsweet tea Pellegrino –  Appetizers – Sunflower seed Pate  French cheese and crackers / baguette       –  Dinner – Camargue Red Rice Farcis (with feta and figs)French Style Carrot Salad (with oranges and fennel)Broiled Hearts of Romaine w/TapenadeHerbs de Provence Roasted Chicken Thighs & Breasts –  Dessert

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A Bountiful Buffet Retirement Party

A Bountiful Buffet Retirement Party Full-service buffet/3 ½ hour event/75 guests Sunflower Seed Pate –vegan pickled veggies, pretzel bread, apples, rye crisps Cheese Board – vegetarian st. andre  cambozola  pecorino, Spring Butter Board –vegetarian pistachio, rosemary & pink peppercorn assorted breads & veggies Baby Spinach Salad with Dates & Almonds –vegan Savory Cantaloupe & Prosciutto

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Halloum & Tomato treat for party on platter served on skewers

Tasty bites for a Political Fundraiser

Tasty bites for a Political Fundraiser Prepare and leave/ 50 guests –  Savory – Za’atar grilled halloumi, roasted cherry tomato, basil (an updated version of a caprese)  Herbed goat cheese gougères (filled puff pastry) Truffled bacon deviled eggs Panko and parm stuffed mushroom caps  Spanakopita palmiers (palm leaf shape) Lemon whipped feta with pita chips &

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Small plate/Tapas Birthday Dinner

Small plate/Tapas Birthday Dinner Party Full-service buffet/3-hour event/12 guests       –  Dinner – Crab and shrimp bisque Fried green tomatoes  “Shrimp and grits”  Baltimore crab cake sliders  Truffled bacon deviled eggs  Tenderloin toast  Cheesesteak empanadas with homemade whiz  Fully loaded potato bites  “Tuna poke” skewers (avocado, ponzu aioli, fried garlic) Pork Belly Risotto – Salad

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Spring Birthday Party

Dad’s 80th Birthday Dinner

Dad’s 80th birthday dinner   Full-service/5 Adults and 2 young children –  Appetizers – Shrimp cocktail, oysters ½ shell, chilled lobster tail, crab and avocado salad  sunflower seed pâté       –  Salad – Winter citrus and chicories salad, citrus dijon vinaigrette       –  Dinner – Trout with lemon caper sauce  Blistered green beans with shallots and

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A Mostly Vegan Wedding

A Mostly Vegan Wedding Full Service/4-hour event/10 guests –  Appetizers – Veggies with 2 dips – Whipped feta and vegan green goddess Prosciutto-wrapped dates with hot honey Smoked almonds, marinated olives with Manchego Citrus marinated olives Bruschetta Chickpeas and greens Potatoes bravas – Salad – Asparagus salad with avocado dressing       –  Dinner – Spanish

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Spring Birthday Party

A Mostly Vegan Surprise Birthday Party

A Mostly Vegan Surprise Birthday Party Full Service/4-hour event/10 guests –  Appetizers – Veggies with 2 dips – Whipped feta and vegan green goddess Prosciutto-wrapped dates with hot honey Smoked almonds, marinated olives with Manchego Citrus marinated olives Bruschetta Chickpeas and greens Potatoes bravas – Salad – Asparagus salad with avocado dressing       –  Dinner

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