An Old Town Affair
- 12:37 pm
- Written by: Stacey
We had the great pleasure of not only catering Maggie & Michael’s wedding in July but getting to know the fun couple! The ceremony took place at Old Presbyterian Meeting House and the reception was held at the George Washington Masonic Memorial.
Capital Bikeshare
- 11:16 am
- Written by: Susan Gage Caterers
In keeping with our progressive environmental initiatives, we are proud to announce that we are now encouraging our event staff to join Capital Bikeshare by subsidizing 50% of the annual bike share membership fee for our Susan Gage Caterers staff members and independent contractors.
Challenges and Solutions in using local produce in catering
- 12:42 pm
- Written by: Susan Gage Caterers
As caterers deeply vested in offering our clients the freshest, most local ingredients, we are often faced with the dilemma of seasonal availability of these ingredients. Event menus are crafted well before our events are scheduled to take place, up to a year in advance in some cases, and often without knowing which fruits, vegetables, or meat products will be in peak-season, peak-quality or available in the quantities required for our events.
Really Happy Chickens = Really Beautiful Eggs
- 12:04 pm
- Written by: Susan Gage Caterers
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We are now getting 30-40 dozen fresh local eggs a week from Fair Oaks Farms. I recently spoke with the farm owner Georgia about the important role the chickens play at her farm. Georgia currently has about 60 chickens at her farm in Aldie, Virginia and when she says they are free-range, they are really free-range since during the day they have complete run of the farm.
A Tom Sietsema Recommendation
- 11:28 am
- Written by: Susan Gage Caterers
We are honored to have Tom Sietsema, the food critic for The Washington Post recommend us and one of our fine fellow caterers Federal City in his weekly chat on the Washington Post’s Web-site: Tom Sietsema : It’s hard to review catering companies, in part because they specialize in custom-designed events. Every party comes with [...]