The Recent Happenings Blog

Welcome to the fourth post in The Casual Gourmet’s series of tips for newly engaged brides. You can view all the tips (once published) here or learn more about the author, Olive Chase (THE Cape Cod wedding expert) here. Check back often for more tips! The vendors you choose are a key aspect of the wedding planning process. [...]

Ho!Ho!Ho! It’s Christmas time here at the Casual Gourmet which means our fabulous bakers have been working hard on a beautiful Gingerbread house for the Gardens Aglow exhibitat Heritage Museum and Gardens. Take a look at this year’s creation Each Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 5-9pm from now until Sunday, December 19 visitors are invited [...]

Check out the contestants for our Cutest Couple Contest below! Click here to vote. If you have already voted, be sure to tell your friends!

The Casual Gourmet will be giving away a Free Wedding Cake to a lucky bride having their wedding on Cape Cod! This is your opportunity to possibly have Cape Cod’s Foremost Wedding Caterer provide your wedding cake for FREE!! Read Below on how to enter. Good Luck and may the BEST Bride Win!!   Contest Info This [...]

This past weekend we had over 500 trick-or-treaters pass through Magnolia Café at Heritage Museum and Gardens in Sandwich. We handed the Café over to our 12 foot Frankenstein which we so lovingly call “Frankie”. The café was outfitted with scary music, creepy spiders dangling from the tent and all kinds of yummy treats. Heritage [...]

I just had to share!! Marcy did an amazing job and had all of us around the shop wanting a Cookie Monster Cake too!!

 Back in February when winter was so gloomy, the girls and I sat around the office thinking wouldn’t it be a great idea if we could have a party for ourselves. The next question that we asked ourselves was; hmmm who should we invite and where should we have this fabulous party we were thinking [...]

Olive and I are just returning from a week in Las Vegas after attending the Catersource 2011 Conference & Tradeshow.

With Valentine’s day just around the corner the Casual Gourmet is a buzz. This season’s brides are coming in to taste cakes, make design choices and finalize wedding details.  Lots of customers are coming in to pick up treats for their Sweetie! Take a look at some delectable treats the pastry department has created. Customizable Baby [...]

Centerville, Massachusetts – January 25, 2011 – WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, is thrilled to announce The Casual Gourmet has been selected to receive the prestigious annual WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 for Catering! Recognition for the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 is determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 750,000 WeddingWire [...]