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Released just in time for the holidays, the Cocktail Party Classic Collection includes 72 savory bites, Giuliani crowd favorites, or enough to feed a gathering of eight to 10 people. The boxes, priced at $160 each, feature a dozen each of Mini Beet Clouds, Pastrami Tarts, Lasagna Bites, Chicken Pot Pies, Spicy Mac & Cheese Cupcakes, and Everything Pigs In A Cloud, plus a selection of her flavor-finishing salts and a cute lil’ pot holder.
Giuliani, who grew up sneaking into her grandmother's after-hours cocktail parties on Montauk during summers, started in the culinary field somewhat by chance. When she began working at the catering company DM Cuisine in 2000, it was supposed to be a temporary gig. But she quickly found that catering married her family’s rich history of entertaining with all of her other interests, from theater and hospitality to the food she was discovering she loved to cook. Fast forward five years, and she and her husband start Mary Giuliani Catering & Events. Over the past 15 years, the company has catered parties for household names like Google, Bloomingdales, Condé Nast, and the Tribeca Film Festival.