I don't mind Christina; she's a Pittsburgh girl afterall!

Congratulations!

What's a cookie table?

I feel like a retard, but I've never heard of this.

Exactly. Congrats to her. She kept this relationship so far out of the tabloids. I think I've only seen one picture of them together.

There's a thread on it somewhere on GC.

Basically I think it's a Pittsburgh thing (someone correct me if I'm wrong) where relatives make tons of cookies for the reception. It's always a huge hit.

Here is the site from the previous discussion:
http://saints.grettir.org/cookietable.htm

The Legend of The Cookie Table
An excerpt from "The Cookie Table: A Pittsburgh Tradition" by Suzanne Martinson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Food Editor
You can have a designer wedding gown and tuxedo or hand-me-downs. You can have an "A-copy" guest list or just the closest of kissing kin. You can receive your guests at the fanciest restaurant or at a potluck at the firehall. But you aren't truly a Pittsburgher unless you have The Cookie Table.
When we first moved here and a bride-to-be mentioned The Cookie Table, I was puzzled. "What do you need cookies for?" I asked. "At a wedding, you eat cake."
Little did I know. The Cookie Table is as much a part of Pittsburgh as the Pirates and the Steelers and the Penguins. We may bleed black and gold, but at any event worth writing home about, we have cookies.
And most of these cookies are homemade by the mother of the bride, sisters, aunts, cousins and grandmothers. Sometimes both sides of the extended family get involved. Friends are also called into the fray. Happy to do it, in fact. The Cookie Table is, indeed, the gift of love.
Nobody knows the exact origin of the tradition, which has been exported to other parts of Pennsylvania, other states, too. It may be Italian or Slovak or Polish or Croatian or Greek. The Scandinavians may get involved, and the Indians, too. The Germans do cookies, and so do the Irish. If we've left anybody out (like the English), add them to the cookie equation. There may be no greater tribute to cross-cultural friends and marriages than The Cookie Table. It's what makes America great; a medley of cultures taking the best from each. The best, in this case, being favorite family cookie recipes. When we researched the topic for the premier edition of the Food Section in 1996, we talked with more than 150 people. The cookies that emerged most often as the "must haves" on the table were: Pizzelles; Biscotti; Italian Anise Drops; Baklava; Cherry Cheesecakes; Thumbprints; Pecan Tassies; Apricot, Poppyseed, and Nut Rolls. And two indicators that Americans never stop innovating: Buckeyes and Hershey Kiss Cookies...
Remember, in Pittsburgh, people don't wonder, "How was the wedding?" They ask, "Were the cookies good?"

Thanks for posting that article, TxAphi! I'd never read that before and it really summed up the tradition nicely!

My sister is planning a nice cookie table at her reception this summer and most of the female relatives in our extended (ie big Italian/Polish clan) family are making cookies for the event. She didn't ask me, though, since it's common knowledge that I am the world's more incompetant baker.

Notice, whenever there's a thread with the words "Pittsburgh" and "wedding" in it, it's only a matter of time before the cookie table gets mentioned! :)

That's what I was thinking; funny how quickly a reputation can change.

Ok, now THAT is my kind of wedding!

Is she going to have a press conference to announce that she is no longer a virgin?

Is an MTV "Married" reality show in the works?

Is she going to have a baby and name it after some kind of piece of fruit?

Why do we care?

I have been told that my first marriage did not work out because we didn't have a cookie table (my parents felt that it was "not our thing")! AND, when you hire a caterer for a wedding in the Pittsburgh area, they will tell you (whether you ask or not) if they will set up the Cookie Table.

ktsnake, you're right on the money!

KR - in purely mathamatical terms, W=B+G+Ct !!!

I've never been to Pittsburgh outside of the airport.

If I ever get married, however, I will have the MOTHER OF ALL COOKIE TABLES.

It sounds pretty delish...and I'm sure it makes quite a dish.

that picture was taken YEARS ago when Genie in a Bottle came out

congratz to them!

here's a similar article... although the picture in this one makes her look like a plastic doll?

http://entertainment.msn.com/music/a...px?news=181299

I went to my first wedding in New York last September and it was insane! They had a Viennese Hour with any dessert you could imagine. There was a chocolate fondue station, crepe station, petit fours, bananas foster station, frozen custard, Italian ices, gelato, tarts, muffins, pastries, and cheesecake just to name a few. Then, to top it all off, there was the wedding cake. The groom was Irish/Italian and the bride was Italian, so is it a cultural thing? Or is it a New York thing? I love desserts, but it was overwhelming!

Ok, now to the topic of this thread- I’ve always liked Christina more than Britney. I have a whole lot more respect for her (even when she was “dirrrty”). Good for her for finding love and getting engaged! :)