What to expect from a Pittsburgh Wedding

28Sep09

There are two long standing Pittsburgh wedding traditions that you, in all likelihood, will encounter and I must prepare you for.

One, the polka, will hopefully be completely avoided at all cost.

The other is just plain delicious and must be embraced as a tradition unique to Pittsburgh   – no wedding is complete without the COOKIE TABLE!

In Pittsburgh, friends and relatives bake dozens and dozens of cookies  – all different- and display them at the reception.  We’re not talking a few dozen cookies but hundreds and hundreds of cookies. From what I could find, I need about 5 to 10 cookies per person attending the reception.  For our wedding that’s 650 to 1,300 cookies!!

It was considered sacrilegious when I suggested not having a cookie table at the wedding. My grandmother – who is fine with our wedding at a commercial photo studio,  with having Milo the dog as the ring bearer, and with jamming down the aisle to the Beatles – was definitely NOT fine with the absence of a cookie table.   “What will everyone think!  No cookie table at the wedding!”

So now, I’m asking you for a favor.

Dear friends,

Can you make a dozen cookies for my wedding? It’s important to my Pittsburgh roots.

Thanks,

Kris

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Here is some more background for those that are interested:

Gormet Magazine discusses the cookie table

Chowhound on the Pittsburgh Cookie Table

NPR – What’s a wedding without cookies?

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