Wedding catering: Cocktail hour food

Go to any dinner party and you can expect a fairly prescriptive turn of events: a drink or cocktail to greet you shortly after you arrive, followed by genial conversation and some nibbles: cheese, crackers, perhaps olives or nuts, and then dinner.

Special events and wedding receptions are big - very big - dinner parties, and they follow a similar script. The cocktail hour, which may or may not involve cocktails, and may or may not be an hour long, is a period of time used to transition guests from the ceremony to the reception. An advantage is that it occupies hungry guests with food and drink while the bride, groom and bridal party can take post-nuptial photos.

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