Matt Preston on what party food will look like post pandemic – News + Articles

November is normally the party issue of delicious. but, to be brutal, there’s not been a lot to celebrate in 2020. Then there’s the whole new-era-party-complexity of navigating what regionally varying advice to follow: how many people can you have round? Do they have to wear masks if they are eating cocktail food? Do they be seated and distanced? Are Victorians allowed yet?

I’ve always believed that two people make a party and with that in mind – even though there is no party issue here – why shouldn’t we have a little celebration about how far party food has come in just a couple of generations?

My 1973 New World Encyclopedia of Cooking has pages of advice about cocktails, but only this to say about the food to serve at…