Do you like facebook business pages? Have you joined the MoreSouth page yet?  Here’s the link:
http://goo.gl/nchr

If not, welcome to the ‘shared table’,- a forum where we would love to hear from you.

Here are some of the features that have come up on the MoreSouth page  during  the last month:

• Events – invitations to local and national events. ( Free registration for ‘The Hertfordshire EXPO,’ where 75 businesses exhibited, with masterclass seminars, workshops and networking. MoreSouth were the official caterers for this exciting day event.)
  
• Promotions – we showcased the work of the designer of our new 6 foot pop-up banner.
  
• Forum – we asked you:

How do food and networking events go together?
How does your business logo work for you?
Does healthy food help you to think more clearly?

• Photos- – the latest pictures of our delicious mediterranean buffets, and you… enjoying them!

• Recipes – you told us how to cook ‘seitan.’ We gave recipes for organic pancakes and Moroccan  Carrot Salad.

• Local news – of our new biodynamic allotment, and the appeal for local organic gardeners and farmers to add to our suppliers list.

• Guest blog – you write for us around all that relates to ‘the shared table.’

MoreSouth has favourite pages too. We love ……… (well, have a look!)

Tell us about your’s too.

What other ways could you be involved on the MoreSouth facebook page?
Here’s the link:  http://goo.gl/nchr
If you like it -  ’Like’ it. But don’t just be a fan –  tell us what inspires you about the space that lies between
eating and meeting.

Is mezze a mystery to you?

The word ‘mezze’ derived from the Persian has come to mean ‘a pleasing taste.’

MoreSouth follows the mediterranean tradition of mezze. We invite you to compose a feast from a selection of locally sourced produce, and freshly prepared buffet dishes that can be adapted to either finger food or fork buffet meals.

Mezze is the most versatile of menu formats, suitable equally for a corporate meeting/function or a great  party.

What are the three secrets of a good mezze table?

1. Be surprising

The Prelude. Enhance the appetite by presenting many tiny bowls of jewel-like glistening colours and tastes. Bite-sized, intense and sometimes piquant flavours prepare for what is to come.

In the Middle East mezze is accompanied with a glass of ‘arak’ (similar to Pernod) or fragrant, refreshing mint tea.

Perfect for: Party, Canape Reception, Cocktail Party

Try: Bruschetta with roast pepper and cannelloni bean puree, Houmus with tahini, Labaneh (soft white cheese balls rolled in 3 different spices), Italian breadsticks, freshly roasted pistachios, rich green olives, garlicy dips.

2. Be sensual.

Work the senses of sight, smell and taste with an aesthetic, well-presented spread. Tip: ‘open sandwiches’ give a lovely, visual variation to a buffet table. Imagine a mosaic of colour.

Perfect for: Working Lunch, Networking Event, Lunch buffet

Try: Ciabattas, Bagels, Baguettes, Rolls (guaranteed 100% organic) with Mozzarell, pesto & tomato, Smoked Salmon, Salami or Mediterranean Chicken fillings. Local, organic Cheeseboard with celery, nuts and grapes, Fruit Platters,

3. Be satisfying.

Serve generous, abundant dishes in accordance with Mediterranean hospitality. Always offer your mezze with baskets of warm pitta bread or rosemary focaccia.

Perfect for: Wedding, Dinner Party, Corporate Event

Try: Prawns in white wine, garlic and chilli, Turkish pizza, Lamb kofta skewer, Moroccan Carrot salad, Falafel, Chicken barbecues drumsticks, Rocket pizzetas, Seasonal platter of organic crudités.

Mezze can be a teasing taster, a delicious lunch table or a sumptuous buffet dinner. Or even a picnic. And don’t forget the cakes!

Join our shared table. Sign up for the MoreSouth newsletter on the website.

Every Friday lunch we publish a recipe for your weekend mezze table on ‘more-MoreSouth, the blog.’

What’s in a Sandwich?

In February a report noted that four fifths of employees feel that, ‘sandwich quality has dipped in recent years.’ It was stated in the article,

  http://www.smallbusiness.co.uk/channels/office-and-homeworking/news/1602383/sandwiches-fall-short-at-the-picnic.thtml

‘Sandwiches fall short at the picnic,’ that companies are spending significantly less on corporate refreshments in the boardroom.

 A successful working team shares it’s struggles and successes on a daily basis. We are social beings, as much at work as in our home life, and a delicious, freshly prepared buffet lunch can be a small celebration of daily achievement. A shared table brings people together. Networking breakfasts, working lunch meetings, training days and corporate events can be uplifted by a simple, well presented spread.

  While we are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of a healthy diet and spend more of our lives at our workplaces than our homes this is not always reflected in how we eat in the office.

Does eating healthy food help you to think more clearly during the working day? Successful corporate organisations are increasingly acknowledging the value of nutritious food, freshly prepared by a local catering company.

MoreSouth organic catering http://www.moresouth.com offer locally sourced food and freshly prepared buffets for corporate meetings, events and celebrations.

Mediocre food = mediocre mindset + morale.

Can your company afford it?

Should you scrimp on the sandwiches? What do you think?

Coming soon to more-MoreSouth:
‘Do you meet to eat?’

http://www.moresouth.com