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While we still haven’t finalized the menu, we have chosen a caterer and have a general idea of what will be served at our reception. Since Italian food is somewhat of a specialty where we’re from (and a favorite among both of our families), we knew from the beginning that we’d be serving it at our wedding.
Here’s a sneak peek at our menu! (I will be making the descriptions sound prettier after it’s finalized… if anyone has suggestions on wording, I’d love to hear them!)
Appetizer (if we have one) served during cocktail hour:
Salad (plated):
Main course (served buffet style):
Homemade pasta bar which includes
Sauces
Meats
Dessert:
My stomach is growling already. I’m excited to be serving something that is not usually categorized as “wedding food”. I’ve been to a lot of weddings, and none of them have ever served Italian food!
What do you think of our menu? Are you serving something out of the norm at your reception?
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I think your menu sounds delicious! I wish I would have taken that route!
One of my favorite weddings in terms of the food they offered had both a pasta bar (you got a choice of type of pasta, sauce, add ins, etc., and they made it on the spot) and a pierogi bar with all the fixings, for all the Poles in attendence!
Yum! Our RD is Italian cuisine, and I’m so happy about that because it’s my fave! For the wedding, our food is will be a fusion — French and American.
Check out epicurious.com for wording suggestions…though it should be super easy to make your already tasty menu sound as delicious as I’m sure it will be!
We’re doing Italian for our reception, too! Well, Italian/Montana harvest fusion, anyway. I love gnocchi SO much! Your menu looks great!
My fiance and I are also having Italian at our wedding!! He’s part Italian and I LOVE Italian food… 
I’m so excited!!
Yum!
My first friend who got married served Italian food. Better yet, it was family style!
I thought it was FANTASTIC. Some of my friends didn’t like the family style approach, but weddings are about family, right? Why not?
I still remember passing around the platter of italian sausage–and the wedding was eight years ago. 
Best Wishes!
Yummy! That all sounds so good. Not typical wedding food, but it sounds better IMO!
{wipes drool off mouse…}
That made me so hungry! I want Italian. Now.
Yummy! We’re having lasagna and pizzelles at our wedding.
That all looks delicious, but I must admit I’m a little sad you aren’t having my favorite UP food—pasties!
We are having Italian for rehearsal… Hawaiian for reception! SO good!
@Cole B: I’ve been thinking of how I can add in pasties somehow. My latest thought has been mini pasties served as a late night snack? We shall see. BTW, I am so impressed that you actually know what pasties are! Here’s the true test… how do you pronounce the word pasty?
That sounds sooo delicious. I have a serious weakness for Italian food.
That sounds great! But just so you know, salad is supposed to be served at the end of Italian meals, not at the beginning!
I love your menu (I love Italian food). A theme, some fabulous sauces, GNOCCHI, ribbons of pasta! It looks absolutely delicious and something everyone would like! I’m hungry!!!
Hungry. Feed now! I love your menu. Italian is so yummy and always brings about a family feel to me!
Yum! Everything sounds so good! I’ve never been to a wedding with Italian food, but this is what we almost did, but our small budget lead us elsewhere.
Nom nom nom, does that look tast-tee! We’re serving something out of the norm (for two non Chinese ppl) for our RD - Chinese
Mmmmm.. That does look good!
We’re serving vegan soul food “ribs”, mac ‘n cheez, cornbread, greens… And of course, wedding cobbler for dessert. Don’t know if we take the cake on out there wedding food… RD is going to be Transylvanian, just because who eats transylvanian food??
mmmm gnocchi. Everything sounds great! Pasties would be awesome!
This post made me soooo hungry, Love Italian food and I think it’s cool that you are breaking away from the chicken, beef, or fish limitations of most weddings.
Your menu sounds amazing! I love Italian food, I feel like many people shy away from it for weddings because of red sauce, but if I didnt have catering as a art of my venue, I would definitely consider italian!
Your menu sounds yummy! We are doing an Italian station at our wedding. It will have antipasto, pizza, and pasta with three sauce options. We’re also serving ravioli as our vegetarian option. My FI is Italian, so I wanted to make sure we had food that represented him.
OMG I had dinner and I’m stuffed but what I wouldn’t give to go at that yummy spread! OOOOoooOooH YUMMY!!!
Excellent choice Miss M!
@Miss Mascara: I really hope you get this, I didn’t think to check back, maybe I’ll pm you. Pasties are pronounced pah-sties (not like the nipple covers-ick!) AND my favorite are @ Lehto’s just west of the Mackinac Bridge on 2
AND I LOVE LOVE LOVE the idea of little pasties, I have Lehto’s recipe if you need one
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Age and Occupation: 25, Biomedical Engineer
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Process Engineer
Engagement Date: July 27, 2008
Wedding Date: September 2009
Venue: Catholic ceremony, reception at local armory
About Me: A lover of Mr. Mascara, crafting, baking, Gossip Girl, diet soda, and all things wedding. A Yooper girl somehow displaced in the Chicago suburbs, planning a wedding from a distance, and counting down the days until I marry my best friend.
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