Attendees at wedding showers consider the food to be cause for celebration. Special wedding shower food ideas can really perk up the celebrations (food can perk up any proceedings if you plan it).
The problem with putting a menu together for wedding shower food is that the guests have different taste for food. Young and old people attendees will be from different ethnic and religious backgrounds. A wedding shower is more casual and people want to be catered to with food they like.
Basically you must plan for variety of food that caters to different kind of taste, and you need to consider people with allergies to foods like peanuts and strawberries.
Usually, wedding shower food themes along with bridal shower ideas tend to be fun and casual. For instance, an array of finger foods can quickly loosen a party up. There is a greater range of options with finger foods while keeping costs down. Think deviled eggs, mini quiches and meatballs. Since finger foods tend to be unfussy and inexpensive, you could have a bunch of stuff for just about every taste – vegetarian, vegan, allergy-prone and so on. The great thing about all of these kinds of food is that people can help themselves during the shower. With twenty or so kinds of foods on several serving surfaces you can really turn satisfaction levels up a notch.
Remember to plan the bridal shower cake (frosting is not optional) and some other sweets such as chocolate dipped strawberries, cupcakes, cookies and a fondue.