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RECEPTION Here's To The Happy Couple! 8138 views
Food and drink matching experts from Corky’s vodka liqueurs have come up with some tips and advice for WeddingPath couples on choosing drinks for the wedding breakfast - whether you are going the traditional route or are looking for some more experimental ideas.
Wine is traditionally the perfect accompaniment to any meal, but the recent explosion of imported beers, Eastern European vodkas and exotic cocktails, has also meant that those with more adventurous tastes can look at a wider range of drinks to match the food at their reception. Va-Va Vodka
Although spirits have traditionally been regarded as post-dinner drinks, vodkas are especially good with food that has a gentle flavour. Light fish dishes can be overpowered by stronger wines, but flavoured vodkas, such as Scandinavian Danzka, can add to lighter meals. The subtle flavours found in Citrus-flavoured Danzka provide a good match for delicate fish dishes, such as salmon or monkfish.
Cocktail Cool
Cocktails can also be a good option for those who want to add diversity to their reception drinks menu. Bloody Mary, the oldest vodka cocktail, is still a firm favourite on a wedding brunch menu, as the smoothness of the vodka blends with the bitterness of the tomato and lemon juice, giving a taste that doesn’t overpower the meal.Beer Best
For spicier dishes, such as curries, a lager that takes the heat out of a madras or vindaloo is ideal. The chemical found in hot peppers, for example, is soluble in alcohol not water, which is why beer offers the best match. Beers and lagers are also a good choice to begin a meal, and are perfect to quench your thirst when serving canapés. Starters and fish are matched well by wheat beers, that have a zesty flavour with citrus
overtones, whereas red meat is better served with bottled ales, which have a more malty flavour, or full-bodied bitters.Purists
If you are going to serve wine at the reception, then make sure it complements the dish being served. Lighter wines suit delicate food, such as white fish like cod or pollock, as red wines contain tannins which, when drunk with fish, bring to bear a metallic taste. Heavier red wines will suit red meats, but be careful that the sauce doesn’t overpower or react negatively with the wine. Choose a wine for each course, as few wines will match well with all courses. And finally, with dessert, always choose a wine that is sweeter than the food being served.
For more drinks ideas visit globalbrands.co.uk.
click to read more food & drink ideas >Photo: Your Big Day, McWilliam's
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RECEPTION Cocktail Hour 12618 views
Serving cocktails for the champagne toast is a big new trend for the wedding reception. So this week we have consulted the mixologists and come up with three pink cocktails. And yes, this can be done at home.
Trend setting brides are shunning traditional champagne receptions to add a Pinky twist to their big days. Uber stylish spirit, Pinky, which has been hailed as the world’s most beautiful vodka, has unveiled a selection of delicious champagne cocktail recipes that are guaranteed to add an extra touch of sparkle to the special day.
Beautiful brides to be will fall in love with Pinky champagne cocktails such as the Pinky Royale – a raspberry flavoured cocktail garnished with an edible flower, the Pinky Midnight Mimosa – a light citrus champagne cocktail and of course the Hibiscus Pinky Valentini with its subtle blueberry flavour.
Already a firm favourite with the Hollywood gliterrati, Pinky’s refreshing champagne cocktails are guaranteed to appeal to the wedding guests. Distilled five times from pure glacial water and
Swedish winter wheat, Pinky is hand blended with violets, rose petals and wild strawberries, from which it takes its soft pink hue, amongst other botanicals to create a delicate flavour, heightening the taste of any drink it is mixed with.Pinky Royale
1 part Pinky
Splash of raspberry liqueur
Splash of simple syrup
Champagne
Combine the first three ingredients and topwith champagne. Garnish with an edible flower.
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Pinky Midnight Mimosa1 part Pinky
1 part champagne
3-4 blood orange segments
Muddle (crush) the bloodoranges with the
Pinky in a glass.
Add ice and shake well.
Strain into a champagne flute
then top off with champagne.
Garnish with a thin slice
of fresh orange.
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Hibiscus Pinky Valentini 2 parts Pinky
2 wild hibiscus flowers
1 part syrup from the flowers
1 part of blueberry/pomegranate juice
Champagne
Put the hibiscus flower in a champagne flute.Pour in champagne until it covers the flower.
Shake Pinky, the flower syrup and the juice
over ice and pour into the glass.
Top off with champagne. Serves two.
«Top Tip: visit wildhibiscus.com to find flowers in syrup and more recipes for cocktails.»
Pinky is available in high end retail outlets including
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RECEPTION Please Mr DJ... 7647 views
Need some ideas and inspiration for your first dance? A recent survey has revealed the most popular first dance songs as well as the choices of dream bands to play at wedding receptions.
If money was no object, which band would play at your wedding? The results are in, with a whopping 50% of brides and grooms-to-be choosing the Northern heart-throbs, Take That as their perfect band. And for the dancing queen's out there, Swedish group, ABBA came highly recommended as well, with three out of ten couples choosing to hear ABBA's cheesy love songs, according to a survey carried out by the National Wedding Show.Then there's the all-important first dance, with nearly half of the couples asked opting to dance to the timeless Frank Sinatra with his all-time favourite, 'I Get A Kick Out Of You'. Following closely behind were rock band, Aerosmith with one third of couples choosing their powerful ballad, 'I Don't Want To Miss A Thing' as their ultimate first dance song.
First dance decisions have been a hot topic in the WeddingPath forums as well, with some couples choosing to dance a waltz or a rumba such as LizW2B choosing, 'The Closest Thing To Crazy' by
Katie Melua. Aerosmith appeared to be a favourite too with both MrsKirkham2B and Selina4shaun070707 choosing the rockers as their first dance song. Fizzy and Lisa4Lee on the other hand decided to go with Al Green's 'Let's Stay Together' whilst Elton John proved to be another popular choice, especially with 'Something About The Way You Look Tonight' chosen by both Clairemartin and KLKitch. Other well-loved artists were Lionel Ritchie, Britney Spears, Bryan Adams, Lonestar with their song, 'Amazed' and Barry White with the classic, 'My Everything'.So, put on those dancing shoes and tell us your suggestions for the perfect first dance song, by commenting below.
Click to read more first dance ideas > Photo: Wedding Day Dance UK
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RECEPTION Pink Fizz 12201 views
If you are planning on raising a toast with Champagne or sparkling wine, remember to supply a non-alcoholic fun drink for guests too! Help is at hand, as we have found the ultimate pink fizz drink - the perfect alternative to pink champagne.
The Feel Good Drinks Company have brought out the ideal non-alcoholic drink for weddings. Perfect for all of your non-drinker guests as well as the all-important drivers and expectant Mums, the gorgeous new Raspberry & Passionfruit Sparkling Juice Drink (£1.99) appeals to everyone, making it all the more fun!
With it being reminiscent of pink champagne, there is nothing not to be liked with its summery and refreshing taste. Not only that, the delicious drink is packed full of natural fruity goodness with absolutely no added sugar or artificial nasties. And it comes in a sleek glass bottle that will look good on the tables too! So, get toasting with this super-healthy, pink fizz!Feel Good Raspberry & Passionfruit Sparkling Juice Drink is available at Tesco's nationwide. Visit feelgooddrinks.co.uk or phone 020 7687 7651 for more information.
Photo © Freeman Photographics
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RECEPTION Making It 10580 views
Here is another fabulous idea for budding D.I.Y. brides! This time we go Blue Peter style with Konnie Huq at the helm, telling us how to make the best of our wedding paraphernalia, with a bit of clever Kodak software.
Even though Konnie Huq's Blue Peter days are over, she is putting her skills and creativity into good use, by launching the brand new Kodak Creative Lab. The queen of crafts is urging all Britons to dig out old photos from under the bed, including those wedding photos, and to turn them into something creative and fun rather than let them gather dust where they're not seen. Konnie comments, 'When it comes to 
being creative with your pictures, the sky’s the limit! You’re only bound by your imagination.'The new Kodak Creative Lab provides ideas and inspiration to do more with your photos, from creating albums and invitations to gift ideas and even puzzles! So girls, whether it is for the invites or for table favours, it's definitely worth a try! Even better, you can create your own scrapbook following your hen weekend which could include
photos, tickets, receipts, postcards and any other memorabilia that you collected, providing the ultimate gift for a bride2be, or simply a fantastic memento of all the fun you had. You could do the same for your honeymoon too. Konnie suggests, 'Combine the pictures with all of 
your other memorabilia. You can create a totally unique travel guide’. So, get busy and get making with this new software, creating scrapbooks and many more things to cherish all of those memories of your big day. For more inspiration and ideas, as well as the guide online and to download your own copy, visit kodak.com/go/creativelab.
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