"On a warm September afternoon graduates of one of New York City's best restaurants in the 1980s, the Quilted Giraffe, gathered at the New Paltz home of its owner and chef, Barry Wine, to cater his wedding to Elizabeth Wadsworth .... There was no detail too small to merit the groom's attention .... Nothing had been forgotten. "More than 300 of the restaurant's signature beggar's purses filled with caviar were snapped up after the ceremony and washed down with cold sake. The hot-smoked salmon, scalloped potatoes, and pecan squares once graced the restaurant's menu." "The dinner was catered by ex-Giraffer Loren Michelle and her partner [chef Gregg Stegeman] at Brooklyn's Naturally Delicious." Barry and Betsy's wedding menu

"When two chefs get married, you can easily imagine what their wedding will be like: a fabulous gastronomic event. That is exactly what Leslie Parks and Alan Harding treated their 150 guests -- and themselves -- to last summer at their wedding in a leafy suburb north of New York City. "We had all the food we love at one big party," says Alan, a Brooklyn, New York, restaurant owner. "During the informal but spiritual ceremony, the bride and her father, photographer Gordon Parks, read poems, and the groom gave a touching speech. [The menu] included oysters and shrimp at a raw bar, figs with prosciutto, cheeses, pâté, steak, roasted vegetables, salmon, and stuffed pork. Guests ate sitting at tables under the tent ... or on blankets spread under the shading branches of the apple trees." Alan and Leslie's wedding menu

"Searching for off-the-beaten-track locations, Hilary and Stephen were smitten when they found the Tennis House. 'The place was enchanting and irresistible,' says Sterne, a deputy editor at InStyle. 'It has Guastavino vaulted ceilings, graceful Palladian arches, and mosaic floors.' Guests feasted on grilled steak and heirloom tomato salad, as kids rode by on their bikes. And the limitations -- not enough electricity, no kitchen, and very basic bathrooms -- only made it more charming, she says." Stephen and Hilary's wedding menu

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