How Much Food and Wine Should I Have For My Party?
That is a question that came to mind as I started thinking about how much food we need for our upcoming BBQ. I signed up to bring a meat item and was debating how much to make.
A quick trip to Google came up with a couple of handy little reference sites.
The Food Quantity Chart lists off suggested amounts of different food items to have on hand to feed a group of 50 people. You can do the math from there to approximate how much you should prepare for different group sizes.
The Wine Bottle Calculator asks you some basic questions about how many people are invited and what wine preferences you have. Using this information, it then gives you some advice on how much wine to have on hand.
Both of these tools provide a good "rule of thumb" approach to helping you avoid the embarrassment of running out or having tons of left overs.
That being said, my mother always taught me that if any food item gets finished, then somebody went home hungry.