Sunday, August 29, 2010

Rosh Hashanah


The High Holidays bring us together.
We celebrate with family and friends.
We remember good times.
We observe our honored traditions.
And we eat.

At Catering by Michael's, our scrumptious foods and world-class service help to make your holidays a true celebration.

Friday, May 7, 2010

HORS D’OEUVRES


With the current economic climate in the Catering and Hospitality Industry, many hotels have turned to outsourcing hors d’oeuvres, desserts and other various items for catered events to cut back on kitchen labor costs. This provides Catering by Michaels a unique opportunity to expand our business. As Catering by Michaels employs a full kitchen staff, we have the capability to produce large quantities of food on short notice. We offer a large variety of buttlered-style and buffet hors d’oeuvres and desserts that we are already producing for our own events, therefore, the additional man power required to increase the volume of production for potential wholesale clients is quite minimal. With a large fleet of drivers, we also possess the ability to deliver to our wholesale clients the day of, everything packaged for convenient assembly, or pre-assembled (depending on product) for ease and convenience. Everything would be freshly made from scratch, and guaranteed to the standard of perfection that has afforded us all of our culinary accolades. As the dynamics of the Catering world have shifted greatly with the current economic recession, to remain relevant, we must always be evaluating the market place; our client’s ever changing needs and expanding our customer base. With that in consideration, we are hoping capitalize on the labor cut backs many hotels are experiencing and grow an entirely new wholesale client base.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

TAILGATES


Tailgate is an American English word denoting the door or 'gate' at the back of a wagon, pickup truck, SUV or other similar type of vehicle that is hinged at the bottom and can be opened for the convenience in loading cargo into the rear of the vehicle. (Wikipedia)

Ever since we have been traveling, we have be “TAILGATING”, eating out of the back end of our personal mode of transportation. However, when we mention a “Tailgate Party”, it conjures up visions of sporting event parking lots and mini Weber grills. Guys and gals of all ages festooned in the colors of their favored team. Who hasn’t seen the purple and white painted faces of NU fans?

Tailgating has matured. They don’t always have to be at a sporting event. You can tailgate in your own backyard, concert lawn or beach to celebrate a friendship, birthday, graduation, engagement or even a wedding - from the simple picnic basket filled with homemade sandwiches and salads served on paper plates with lemonade and beer to linen covered tables with silver candelabra. The grill man serving up anything from hot dogs and burgers to steaks, grilled fish and kebobs. These wonderful entrees are accompanied by a wide variety of side dishes. Of course there is always lemonade and beer, but now we add our favorite Pinot Grigio and Cabernet Sauvignon.

The paper plates and plastic cutlery have paved the way for more upscale and “green” plastic, bamboo or china plates, often eaten with stainless or silver plated utensils. Let’s not forget that cloth napkins have their place in the setting as well!

Whether you are at the first game of the season or at home celebrating a milestone in life, you can tailgate for a fun, flavorful and memorable event.