The wonderful world of weddings. You book the event and promise the "perfect wedding". The birds will sing, the flowers will bloom & the rainbow will shine in all it's glorious colors. Well at least we can dream can't we? So the night comes and...

Here's some of the Banquet Manager's favorite comments from readers in the month of October.  Thanks for adding your voice to this blog and keep them coming. On "New York Bar Serves Up Wine in Baby Bottles" Manker said: "Gives new meaning to "bottle...

It bears noting that restaurant people are not necessarily “people” people. Some are in it solely for the food, or for the money, and would rather be in the kitchen, or in the backroom counting cash, than out here dealing with all your nonsense....

On rude waitstaff, belligerent maître d’s, scowling chefs, cranky banquet managers and the people who love them. By Peter Jon Lindberg, Travel+Leisure The stereotype of the surly Parisian maître d’ may be losing currency nowadays, but for the...

I wonder if my chef can do better than these scary foods...probably not! Octopus Salad Watermelon Brain Scary Gingerbread Man Cupcake Eyeballs Killer Pop Tart Fingers-in-a-Blanket Mashed Potato Ghosts Killer Rat Cake Cold Cut Skeleton...