Chicago - April 05, 2006

The Crepe of Things to Come

At-Home Crepe Parties

Murder mystery party! Group participation, costumes, characters!

Right. Sorry. We’ve come down with a touch of the mystery flu.

But we’ve also found just the thing to make your next party irresistible: crepes. They leave the regular chips-and-dip in le dust and require nothing more of you and your guests than a grand appétit.

Crepes-to-go team Sara Voden and Melissa Yen will come over and set up an assortment of sweet and savory ingredients diced and ready to roll. (Nyuk, nyuk.) Just try to limit yourself to a few.

Then again, why should you? The options are so tempting. Have a French fete (herbed goat cheese, fig jam, prosciutto) or una fiesta Latina (roasted pork, corn, black beans). And no sane person would shake a fist at a tried-and-true combo like bananas, Nutella, and homemade whipped cream.

The ladies will be opening a storefront within the next few months. So hop to it while they’ve still got time on their hands.

And all the sooner to get a crepe into yours.

Sara Voden and Melissa Yen (goodfood@vellacafe.com).