Of course one of the most important things for any event is the food. Yet we always find ourselves at the last minute trying to come up some new recipe with usually no success. Try planning out your menu a few weeks in advanced and start browsing recipe websites for some new ideas that are easy enough to make. I came across
http://www.myrecipes.com/, it's a great little site that even offers how to videos for those of us that are not as talented in the kitchen.