f iring up your wedding celebration with an unconventional cocktail hour is a great way to establish theme and mood for the remainder of your reception. It’s also a great opportunity to showcase your personality, chat with guests and, of course, sip, slurp and swing back yummy drinks. But whether you serve flirty cocktails or fine wines, inviting friends and family to an open bar invites the pote

t here’s something reassuring about comfort DIY eats, surely triggering memories of dad’s mac and cheese cure for the broken hearted, grandma’s lectures on the correct corn starch to strawberry-rhubarb juice ratio, and your fiancé’s alleged ‘world famous’ buttermilk fried chicken – a romantic, calorific picnic staple. Incorporating a little cockle-warming potluck-love into your weddi