Entertaining

Award Show Party:

Go Glam for your favorite award shows! Prepare ballots and let everyone choose the winners before the show gets underway. Give the person who guesses the most correctly a bottle of wine or one of our Swiss Pastry desserts. And of course you'll want to match the cuisine with the show!

The Academy Awards Checklist (a.k.a. The Oscars):

• Red Velvet Cake or Cupcakes
• Champagne

The Grammy® Checklist:

Style your house like a rocker's backstage room. Even put a star on your front door - with your name, of course!

• Red Bull or Rock Star Energy Drink
• Beer & Wine (Try chilled Chateau Ste. Michelle Reisling.)
• Sun Chips or Doritos (Yes, they are a hit backstage.)
• Bottled Water
• Pizza (Make one from scratch or buy one in the deli or frozen section.)
• Wasabi-flavored nuts or Organic Trail Mix
• Skip the Veggie Tray at this Party - it's always left over after the show.

CMA or ACM Checklist (a.k.a. The Country Music Awards):

Take a lesson from Bocephus and get this party started--get a pig to cook, some beer on ice and ask all your rowdy friends to come over tonight!

• Boston Butt Pork Roast
• Domestic Beer (on ice)
• Deli-fresh Cole Slaw
• Bakery-fresh Corn Bread
• L.A. (Lower Alabama) dip
• Get Lulu's recipe!
• Frito's Scoops
• Little Debbie Twinkies (Fry them if you're brave!)

Baby Shower:

Giving your best friend a baby shower? Think pinks and blues, diaper cakes and balloons. Skip the expensive cutlery at party stores and wrap pink or blue napkins around our Best Yet Brand ® white cutlery. Then tie a darker blue or pink ribbon around each set. There are plenty of ways to throw a cute shower on a budget.

Baby Shower Checklist:

• One 2 liter bottle of Ginger Ale
• 1/2 Gallon of Lime Sherbet (Mix with Ginger Ale for a fizzy punch.)
• Best Yet White Plastic Cutlery Sets
• Special Occasion Cake or Cupcakes from Bruno's Bakery
• Mylar Special Occasion Balloons or Pink/Blue Laytex Balloons
• Diapers (Roll them up and place on a cake stand. Tie each bundle with a ribbon. Move on to the next layer. (Tier three layers. You can put a plastic baby in one and have everyone open them. The person who has the baby will be the next one pregnant.)

Backyard Barbecue:

In Alabama, no smell permeates the summer air more than a sizzling steak on the grill. Any good Southerner knows that the perfect summer evening is spent with friends and neighbors in backyards and on patios, sipping on cool libations and catching up, and awaiting the feast coming from the grill.

Backyard Barbecue Checklist:

• One Ribeye Steak per Guest (If you like yours rare to medium rare, ask one of our friendly butchers to cut yours 1 -2 inches thick.)
• One Ear of Corn per Guest (Corn in the husk is great for the grill. Wet the ear before placing it on the grill and rotate it every few minutes. For an elegant touch to your barbecue, peel pack the husk, leaving it attached to the corn.
• Wrap the husk in white linen napkins to serve. It makes it easier to eat, too.)
• Veggie Kabobs (Made in store daily in our produce section)
• Milo's Sweet Tea or Lemonade (Prefer beer? Try Twisted Tea. The taste is a blend of tea and lemonade!)
• Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream
• Don't forget the Best Yet Charcoal!

If kids are coming:

• You may want to feed them Hot Dogs in Place of Steaks.
• Bruno's Hot Dog Buns
• Best Yet Ketchup
• Caprisun drinks
• Potato Chips

Bunko Night:

Having the girls over for Bunko night? Make game night all play, no work and order a party tray. Set out cheese and crackers for an app. Make sure there is a simple snack on each game table. Buy plenty of wine. You're all set!

Bunko Checklist:

• Wedge of Cheddar Hoop Cheese or Smoked Gouda
• Carr's Table Water Crackers
• Mixed nuts or Chex® mix
• Hye Roller Tray from Bruno's Deli
• Mini Brownie Tray from Bruno's Bakery
• Bottle of Wine

Iron Bowl Party:

It's the first question people who move into our state get asked - what team are you gonna be for? While confusing to these newcomers, we all know it's imperative to declare your allegiance to The Tide or The Tigers. Whether you bleed red or orange, Bruno's has everything you need throw a winning bash for the state's biggest sporting event. (Tip: When decorating, this is not the time to hold back. Pull out all of your team's paraphernalia for display. Use pompoms for flower arrangements. Balloons in your team's color should proudly fly out on the mailbox. Make sure your team's fight song is blaring through the speakers as your guests enter--if you're a Bama fan, you may want to throw in Sweet Home Alabama a few times for good measure. You get the idea.)

Iron Bowl Checklist:

• Roll Tide or War Eagle Signature Cake from the Bruno's Bakery
• Chicken Tender Platter from Bruno's Deli
• Golden Flake Potato Chips
• Coca-Cola
• Bud, Coors or Miller Beer
• To make stadium dogs:
• Aluminum Foil Wrap (Cut into squares large enough to wrap your hot dogs)
• Bryan Hot Dogs
• Bruno's Hot Dog Buns
• Best Yet Mustard
• Sour Kraut
• Hot Dog Chili (in the can is fine)
• Chopped White Onion (purchase it pre-cut in Bruno's produce area)
• Hamburger Dill or Wickles Pickles or Wickles Relish.
• Boil the hot dogs until hot. Drain them and spread them on paper towels to remove excess moisture.
• Place dogs in the buns and load on all the toppings.
• Wrap each dog in aluminum foil. Place in the oven at 350 degrees for 12 minutes.

Poker Night:

Having the guys over for a night of games, cigars and ales - but need a food to put on the table? Bruno's prepares selections of fresh deli meats and cheeses you can pile on the bread for a manly sandwich. Just pick up a few condiments and some chips and the success of your gathering is a sure bet.

Poker Night Checklist:

• Meat & Cheese Tray
• Fresh Sliced Bread Tray
• Chinese or German Hot Mustard (on the international foods aisle)
• Mayonnaise
• Lays Potato Chips
• Pretzels for the Table

Pool Party:

Southerners naturally tend to migrate towards the water during the summertime. With the hot air so thick it's near suffocating, the only cure is to take a dip into the nearest pool. So it's no surprise that pool parties pop up all summer long at the homes of those kids lucky enough to have a pool to call their own. But heat and swimming make for tired and hungry friends, so make sure to have your poolside picnic ready when the splashing dies down.

Pool Party Checklist:

• Shrimp Platter (place on ice if serving outside)
• Fresh Fruit Platter
• Popsicles
• Seedless Watermelon
• Lemonade
• For Sandwich Bites:
• White Bread
• Favorite Lunchmeat
• Best Yet Mustard
• Plan on one sandwich per poolside partier. Cut the crust from the bread. Layer the mustard and deli meat on the bread.
• Cut into four squares. Bite-size sandwiches - voila!

Super Bowl Party:

Super Bowl parties are about more than just the game - it's about the ads and the food, too. Make your party a game within the game by asking everyone to bring chili for a guest-voted contest. If you have some big eaters coming over, throw a wing-eating contest during half time. Just make sure to bring the heat - and the meat.

Super Bowl Checklist:

• Chicken Wing Tray
• Sweet Heat Barbecue Pork Rinds
• Beer
• T.G.I. Friday's Loaded Potato Skins
• Barber's French Onion Dip
• Ruffles Potato Chips
• Frito's Scoops or Ritz Crackers for Chili

For Your Winning Super Bowl Chili:

• 1 lb. ground beef
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, chopped
• 2 cans (15 oz.) spicy chili beans
• 1 can (15 oz.) mild chili beans
• 1 can (14 oz.) fire roasted diced tomatoes
• 1 can (10 oz.) rotel tomatoes with chilies
• 3 tbsp white wine vinegar
• 3 tbsp Mexican chili powder
• 1 tbsp red pepper flakes
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1 tsp salt
• Brown meat, drain and return to pot. Add onion and garlic
  Cook for five minutes (or until onion appears glassy).
• Add other ingredients and stir. Simmer for one hour. Serve.

Your Chili Toppings:

• Sour cream
• Shredded cheddar cheese
• Sliced Green Onions
• Whole, canned black olives