Pull up a chair. Dinner's handled.
Menus written for one gathering at a time, cooked from scratch in Franklin and served the way the occasion calls for.
Made for the table.However you like to gather.
Every menu is tailored to the gathering. Choose the format that suits the room, or let Ceri suggest one.
Family-style meals
Big platters down the middle of the table. Everyone reaches, everyone shares.
Buffets
A spread set out for guests to help themselves, so the host gets to sit down too.
Passed bites
Small one-hand bites for mingling. Passed or set out, decided together.
Plated dinners
A seated dinner, served in courses at your own table.
What a gathering might look like.
Bespoke catering
$650 minimumA menu planned around your guests and cooked from scratch, served the way the gathering calls for: family-style, buffet, passed or plated. Delivery, on-site setup and styling, service, rentals and florals are quoted for each gathering.
See sample menus
- Handmade challah, whipped feta and matbucha
- Chicken spanakopita meatballs with lemon-herb labneh
- Turmeric Israeli couscous with roasted Row 7 honeynut squash, carrots and herbs
- Roasted eggplant with sweet onions
- Lemon olive-oil cake
The Autumn Supper
- Roasted squash and soubise soup, served in whole roasted pumpkins
- Mixed greens with shaved pear, spiced pecans and sorghum vinaigrette
- Grilled ribeyes with chimichurri
- Twice-baked potatoes with blue cheese and caramelized onions
- Blackberry crumble with brown butter oats and crème fraîche
Pasta Night
- A board of fresh mozzarella, pesto and caperberry relish, with sourdough
- Lasagna bolognese with handmade kale pasta and garlic-and-bay béchamel
- Greener Roots salad greens with toasted walnuts and white balsamic vinaigrette
- Homemade peanut butter chocolate ice cream
A starting point, not a fixed package. Every menu is planned around your guests and the season.
Every gathering is individually quoted, based on guest count, menu and the details of the day.
Plan Your GatheringSeconds are expected.
Fresh-baked bread, seasonal vegetables and dishes made to share, set out family-style or served in courses. See more from the kitchen
“When something is ready in my garden, it ends up on the menu.”
Ceri, Loaf & LarderGreens and herbs in the summer, squash and carrots into the fall. The season decides a good part of the menu.
Everything from scratch. Even the pasta.
Save room for dessert.
Cakes, pies and cookies are available by inquiry. Mention it when you plan your gathering.
Ask about dessertsThree steps to a full table.
Tell Ceri about your gathering
The date, the guest count, the occasion and anything you already have in mind.
Ceri plans the menu
Built around your guests and the season, then refined with you until it feels right.
Cooked for your date
Everything made from scratch, with delivery and service details worked out together.
Hosting it yourself?
From-scratch platters for pickup or delivery, requested through their own form. For when you're hosting at home and want the food handled.
See pickup platters
See you at the table.Let's plan something delicious.
Tell Ceri a little about your gathering. She'll reply by email with questions and first menu ideas.