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Our optional drinks service includes up to 2 drinks plus waitstaff who will arrive 1 hour before guests and provide 4 hours of service. Additional time will be billed at $60/hour. The Culinistas will provide ice and non-alcoholic ingredients. The host is responsible for providing alcohol.

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Consider these five factors, and you’ll never stress about the last course. 

Those first few weeks with a new baby are a blur, but nutrition need not be a blindspot. Whether you’re recovering from labor or supporting a partner who is, we’ve got dishes that can feed you and the whole family. Nutrient-packed to help heal and rebuild on a cellular level, they’re replete with easily digestible greens, energizing proteins, and healthy fats. Make them ahead and freeze before the baby comes, or let a Culinista chef make them as part of our 

, because everyone benefits from a bit of mothering.

High Protein

Turkey Meatballs with Roasted Carrot Sauce

Turkey and quinoa make these meatballs protein-rich, while dried apricots bring a welcome touch of sweetness. We serve them over a big spoonful of roasted carrot sauce, which is high in Vitamin A, an important vitamin to support the immune system.

Oats

Acclimate to your every-three-hours wake-up routine by adding a cozy, ready-to-eat bowl of oatmeal. Rolled oats get simmered in coconut milk for an ultra creamy porridge that becomes aromatic with warm spices of ginger, cardamom, allspice, and sumac. The addition of any fruit works here, but we opt for roasted pears gone jammy and sweet from cooking. The magic happens overnight, as the flavors meld together to sing in the morning. Nourishing, easily digestible, and spiced-just-right, these oats help replenish iron and promote milk production.

Ready to Eat

Simple and energizing ingredients come together in more ways than one to yield this balanced and protein-rich dish. These quinoa-crusted patties take inspiration from falafel, but are composed of mashed chickpeas and dill. They rest upon a bed of bursting tomatoes, quinoa, and punchy arugula, before getting dressed with a green sauce that uses up the leftover arugula and dill. Employing each ingredient in more than one way is efficient and leaves no space for missed flavor or nourishment, delivering a vegan meal that will satiate and energize.

Freeze for Later

Soup for the soul doesn’t necessarily need chicken. The broth takes its flavor from a Sustainable Simmer, employing onion skins, collard green trimmings, and toasted spices. You’ll find sweet potatoes swimming in the broth, swirled with wilted collard greens and savory bites of chewy wheatberries for a minestrone-like finish. Eat now or freeze for the future; it will soothe with every spoonful and sip, warming you through and through, whenever you decide to heat it up.

Bite Sized

Whoever said chicken nuggets were just for kids didn’t know a Culinista. These quinoa-crusted chicken and sweet potato nuggets include no indecipherable ingredients and get oven-baked, not fried, until golden and crisp. A bright ranch dressing with a base of tart Greek yogurt threaded with dill and lemon zest delivers a nugget without the drive-through stomach ache.

Family Comfort Foods

Speaking of childhood favorites, our mac and cheese incorporates tenderly cooked cauliflower into a creamy, cheesy sauce for a hidden veggie that is so soft-spoken you might just miss it. We did that on purpose. This revamped classic will satisfy your most elementary of cravings with a crunchy breadcrumb topping, too.

Clean & Nourishing

This cobb-style salad exemplifies the mantra “eat the rainbow.” Neat rows of forkable bites contain roasted sweet potatoes and golden beets, poached salmon, red kale, toasted pepitas, and a tarragon vinaigrette to make it hearty and filling. It’s a full meal for when you need all the elements in one bowl.

 with The Culinistas to try these and more from our culinary library of 600+ dishes.

Stop refreshing your reservation app and kickstart your day from the comfort of home with these cozy menus. We’re playing the hits with fluffy ricotta pancakes, veggie-laden frittatas, granola butter for your toast, and a Calabrian egg salad. Round up your sleepy-eyed friends or make it a family affair: we think these spreads will please any crowd. What’s better? Only waking up to a 

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No place at the table for gluten? These menus are up for the challenge.

We are tired of gluten-free meals that fall flat. These menus reset the bar, relying on aromatics, spice combos, and creative substitutions so they don’t need gluten to stand on their own. Creamy dips and colorful crudités steal the show; herb-laden dressings take grain bowls to new heights, and desserts use alt flours to enhance textures. Try your hand or 

, but either way, you’re in the clear to invite your pickiest eaters and pasta-loving friends.

Pick your next trip or reminisce about your most recent one with these menus. An expanded palate is a way to expand the mind so we collaborated with chefs whose regional expertise guided each dish. Unique ingredients, flavor combinations, and methods make themselves at home when cooked from your own kitchen, either by you or 

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Don’t be intimidated: this Spanish classic can be conquered at home, even without a paella pan.

, but you don’t know what to cook. Our menus go beyond the classics (though there’s nothing wrong with a roast chicken, and we’ve got a menu for that). Our goal is to make a gathering memorable by making the intangible element of delicious food completely tangible. We choose food by season, region, or culture to create a cohesive menu. We know how to balance flavors as well as the pacing of the night through the dishes we select and the dining format that we suggest. Get adventurous yourself, or 

 one of these lineups. Either way, these spreads are destined to impress and leave you and your guests dreaming of one more bite.

You’ll be slinging pies like a pizzaiolo in no time.

Caramelized, juicy, and perfectly tender every time

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, mangiamo!

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Meatballs Marinara

Think & Drink

Paloma

Negroni Bar

Zucchini Bread

Strawberries & Peaches

Pears with Currants

The Big Green Salad

Flourless Chocolate Cake ($)

Cucumber Melon Salad

Vegetable Aioli

The Sides ($)

Tuna with Chickpeas & Tomatoes ($)

Panna Cotta

Skirt Steak with Arugula Gremolata

Smoked Salmon Carpaccio

G.H. Mumm Grand Cordon Champagne

Couscous & Apples

Marinated Shrimp Salad

Roasted Veggies

Tequila Bar

Brunch Baby

Sweet Dutch Baby with Lemon Curd & Berries

Horseradish Baked Salmon (Special Occasion) ($)

Pomegranate Salmon

Table Biscuits

Caviar Plate ($)

King Crab Legs with Basil Butter ($)

Brisket & Mushrooms  in Red Wine ($)

Savory Carrot Kugel

Cinnamon Apple Kugel ($)

White Beans & Chorizo

Rosewater Apples & Apricots

Bloody Mary Bar

Beet Hummus & Crudités

Hazelnut Cookies

Breakfast Burritos

Sautéed Greens

Tomato Salad

Calabrian Cauliflower

Currant & Hazelnut Brussels Sprouts

Date Crumble Bar

Goddess Salad with Bacon

Balsamic Green Beans

Spaghetti Squash Marinara

Lamb Meatballs with Herb Sauce

Bagel Board ($)

Buckwheat Pancakes with Blueberry Cardamom Maple Syrup ($)

Autumn Burrata Bar ($)

Healthy Chicken Tenders

Honey Apple Cake with Spiced Whip ($)

Charcuterie & Cheese Board ($)

Mushroom & Potato Skewers with Basil Yogurt Dip

Tarragon Chicken

Black Bass with Roasted Pepper & Fennel ($)

Spicy Shrimp &  Potatoes

Delicata Squash & Farro

Baby Kale Salad

Braised Lamb with Carrots

Blood Orange Cake

Orecchiette Alla Norma

Berry Bowl

Seared Scallops with Hazelnut Gremolata

Lemon Ricotta Crostini

RGC (Roasted Garlic Chicken)

Braised Kale Stracciatella

Confetti Shrimp

Beet Chips & Dip

Scallop Toast ($)

Squash with Herbs

Aioli Shrimp Cocktail  ($)

Steak Tartare

Salmon Rillettes

Fungi Flatbread

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Charred Peppers

Apple Ricotta Toast

Tuna Tapenade

Marinated Olives & Spiced Nuts

Farm Fresh Lettuces with Herbs

Chocolate Olive Oil Cake

Apple Toddy

Veal Piccata (Special Occasion)

Purples & Greens

White Wine Steamed Clams

Bagels & Lox ($)

Sea Bass with Leeks & Spinach ($)

Mustard Seed Salmon

Seared Polenta & Mushrooms 

White Bean Hummus & Crudités

Roasted Red Pepper Frittata

Pumpkin Maple Health Muffins

Pistachio Roasted Carrots

Whole Roast Chicken

Latkes & Applesauce

Matzo Ball Soup

Green Matzo Ball Soup

Morning Glories

Peppercorn Crusted Filet Mignon with Gremolata  ($)

Salmon with Sherry-Tomato Compote

Pears with Prosciutto & Bleu Cheese

Truffled Mousse & Pear Crostini

Rolled Cucumber & Smoked Salmon ($)

Caviar Chip ($)

Roe on Fingerling Potato

Marinated Anchovy Crostini

Country Pâté Cracker

Chicken Liver Mousse & Jam

Chocolate Zucchini Snack Cake

Calabrian Egg Salad

So-Cal Citrus

Dill Yogurt Dressed Greens

Romaine & Avocado Salad

Arugula & Pickled Shallots