by julescatering | Mar 27, 2012 | Entertaining, Events, Good Works, Menus, Parties, Products, Service
Our March 20 post highlighting the wonders of edible spoons triggered memories of a Jules-catered cocktail party for 100 guests from 12 countries last October. Jules, as a longtime supporter of Our Bodies, Ourselves (originally called the Boston Women’s Health Book...
by julescatering | Mar 20, 2012 | Entertaining, Food In Literature, Our Favorite Things, Parties, Products
Runcible spoons…edible spoons. The first is pure nonsense, the second pure genius! First, the nonsense: From the age of 16, Victorian poet-artist-illustrator Edward Lear (the 21st child of 22 children!) was drawing “for his bread and cheese.” A few...
by julescatering | Mar 17, 2012 | Food History, Food In Literature, Holidays, Our Favorite Things, Products, Team
Why ‘corned’ beef? For thousands of years people have cured and preserved beef by covering it with salt the size of kernels of corn, and the name corned beef refers back to a time when the word ‘corn; was applied to anything granular. The Irish...
by julescatering | Feb 20, 2012 | Cookbooks, Food History, Our Favorite Things, Recipes, Travel
While George Washington described his manner of living as “plain,” and noted that those who expect more than “a glass of wine and a bit of mutton may be disappointed”–and while Abraham Lincoln’s bodyguard reported that the President...
by julescatering | Feb 14, 2012 | Menus, Products, Team
The King of Hearts We stopped by Jules Catering’s busy kitchen one morning just before Valentine’s Day to pay tribute to ‘Wilmar, King of Hearts’ (more commonly known as ‘Assistant Pastry Chef Wilmar Aristizabal), who has been with Jules...
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