Laurie & Santiago's Big Fat Geek Wedding Menu!

As you know by now, we are having a potluck reception. We'll keep updating this page as we find out what people are going to bring.

If you would like to contribute, but aren't sure what is needed, at this point we could use more bottles of soda (both diet and regular), more seltzer, and tea bags (black, green, herbal, caffeinated/decaffeinated all welcome).

What we know so far:

Appetizers/hors d'oeuvres

• Veggies and green dip (Persis)
• Cheese and crackers (Laura & Brian)
• Deviled eggs (Karyn)
• Nut snack thingy (Topper)
• Bread rounds with spreads [tapenade, chicken pate, something else] (Jenn K.)
• Hummus, salsa and chips (Ariel)
• Bread, and some cheese spread stuff (Regis)

Side dishes

• French lentil salad with feta (Johanna)
• Green salad and dressing (Rachel & Jacob)
• Pasta or rice salad (Jacquie)
• Curried lentils (Marc)
• Cold sesame noodles (Phi)
• Composed salad (Topper)
• Rice pilaf with currants and cinnamon (Jenn K.)
• Cuban black beans and rice (Robin)
• Louisiana red beans and rice, with and without sausage (Pilar)
• Challah bread and butter (Ann T.)
• Zalook [middle eastern eggplant dish] (John I.)
• Ginger-cabbage salad (Shariann)
• Blanched vegetables in mustard vinaigrette (Kriss)
• JB's fabulous steamed broccoli with garlic and olive oil (JB)

Main dishes

• Meatball stroganoff w/noodles (Donna)
• Vegetable pot pie (Derek)
• Something with meat (Ny)
• Salmon cheese casserole (Elizabeth H.)
• Mac and cheese (Chip)
• Maybe lasagna (Rich & Alex)
• Coconut chicken [dairy-free] (Jenn K.)
• Mushroom casserole (Jim)
• Meatless lasagna (Jacob S.)
• 2 (or 4) quiches, meatless [gluten-free] (Brandi)

Desserts

• Wedding cake! (Laurie & Santiago)
• Chocolate butter cake, chocolate mousse and cherry filling, and chocolate fudge icing
• Lemon sponge cake, fresh strawberry filling, and lemon buttercream icing
• Golden butter cake, raspberry jam filling, and almond buttercream icing
• Summertime (golden butter cake, lemon curd filling, vanilla buttercream icing)
• Black & White (alternating layers of chocolate cake and golden butter cake, alternating fillings of bittersweet fudge and vanilla buttercream)
• Cookies (Amelia, Ny)
• Brownies and chocolate-chip/oatmeal/cranberry cookies (Jenn K.)
• Dozen each gluten-free brownies & (hopefully) cookies (Jenn K.)
• Baklava (Crash)
• Two sugar-free cakes (Joan)
• Chocolate chip cookies [gluten-free], 2-3 dozen [Brandi]

Beverages

• 2 cases hard cider (Laurie & Santiago)
• Champagne & sparkling cider for toasting (Laurie & Santiago)
• Juice and soda (Clan Wex)
• 4 bottles of Coke
• 4 bottles of Diet Coke
• 4 bottles of ginger ale
• 4 bottles of seltzer
• 8 bottles of juice
• Case of wine (Rich & Alex)
• Maybe some wine (Regis)
• 3 bottles Spanish cava (Kimberly)
• 4 bottles of sparkling wine (Joan)
• 1 case mixed white wine (Kate & Jack)
• Soda (Ben)
• Coffee (Laurie & Santiago)
• 2 bottles cran-raspberry juice (Laurie & Santiago)
• 8 bottles of soda/seltzer (Paul)
• 3 bottles of red wine [rioja] (Kimberly)
• cream/half & half, sugar, Equal and Splenda (Beckie)
• Black, green, and herbal tea bags, and sugar-free lemonade mix (Stephanie)
• Maybe a few bottles of red wine, some quantity of ice (Elizabeth R.)
• 2 bottles of apple cider (Brandi)

Check back from time to time to see what else will be on the menu!