Food Rules of Your Cocktail Party
Hosting a cocktail party is a fun way to spend time with your family and friends. Guests will like that fact of you serving some appetizers with the alcohol that you will be serving. As you are thinking about what to serve you should also think about how many people so you can have an idea on how much food you will need. As a rule of thumb, estimate six bites per person for every hour. This can be similar to party favors sometimes. But it would be better if you calculate a bit more then that, depending on the guests.
Food that is great for your cocktail party would be mostly finger foods. They can be prepared prior to the cocktail party and they require little clean up. It is a wise choice to have some napkins or paper plates also. Your guests will have an opportunity to walk around and talk while they snack. Little clean up will be involved.
Your appetizers should be in a small portion basically one bite size. Sausage rolls, mini cheesecakes, chocolate dipped strawberries are all awesome ideas for cocktail party food. Martinis go great with caviar or smokes salmon. Or make it really simple and offer cheese and wine.
Whatever the cocktail party food of choice you need to be sure that you enjoy yourself at your cocktail party as well. It will not be too entertaining if the host is nowhere to be found, it could in fact make some guests feel uncomfortable. Make sure that you have chosen a food that you are familiar with, and a food that can be made ahead of time, like snacks sometimes. The last thing that you need to be doing is slave in the kitchen when there is a fabulous cocktail party going on right on the other side of kitchen door.