Meal Ideas: Oscar® Night Party

By: MAELSTROM, Allrecipes Community Member

"A classy but fun spread we use for our Oscar night parties. Most can be prepared a bit earlier to help avoid a crunch just before guests arrive."

More About MAELSTROM

Favorite things to cook: "Cooking I can do, but it's not as much fun to me as baking. Ever since I was young I've enjoyed making cakes, cookies, and the like. Might just be the sweet tooth."

Family cooking traditions: "We were a classic farm family, much in the way of meat and starches; sauces were met with suspicion. I've been working to build my pallet, but I'm afraid I will never be 'gormet.'"

Cooking tragedies: "Well, there was the dubious 'lets play with food dye' stage that ended up with some aesthetically unfortunate results. My greatest triumph/disaster was probably when my older sister bullied me into making her and her friend pancakes when we were young. I added cat food and managed to convince them they were roasted nuts (till they were finished eating of course). She's still a little bitter about that one."

MAELSTROM's Cook's Profile

This home cook living in Seattle was raised on a farm on Vashon Island, Wash., so between gardening, canning, and raising stock, he was pretty much food self-sufficient.

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Bad Day: "Contrary to the name, this gives classic champagne a fun little twist."

Bad Day

Preparation/Serving Suggestions

"Classing things up a bit helps add to the atmosphere. Even something as simple as getting a few packs of the plastic champagne flutes from a party store can add to the ambiance."

Oscar Voting Ballots: "These can be printed off the Internet; a quick search on Google will usually yield a number of results. Have your guest fill out ballots before the show starts and have a nice wine basket for a prize."