I have attended a few weddings with the Viennese Hour. The first time, I walked into the room and was nearly knocked ovre by the smell of sugar and chocolate. When I first read about the cookie tables on GC, I thought that it was a version of the Viennese Hour except it's not just a table of cookies, it's an entire room full of all sorts of sweets! The truth is I never even saw the wedding cake at my first Viennese Hour because I was so overwhelmed by the desserts.

I'm not sure if it's a NY thing or an Italian thing, but it sure is a delicious! :D

I've just got to get myself invited to a wedding with a Viennese Hour...!

My curiosity (and sweet tooth!) got the best of me, and I just googled the Viennese Hour. It does sound totally yummy (and I'd still like to experience one!), and it does seem to be somewhat New York based. But it is different from The Cookie Table.

When you enter the reception hall of a Pittsburgh wedding, The Cookie Table is already set up. Sometimes, there are platters of cookies on each table, to compliment the actual Table. Other times, there are both individual and large plates at The Cookie Table, for people to bring cookies to the whole table.

But the main difference is the culture behind it: one never, ever pays for the cookies used on a Cookie Table! It is not just a sweet appetizer; it is a symbol of how many people came together in approval to make cookies for that couple. Usually, at the showers leading up to the wedding, people volunteer or are sometimes asked if or what they're planning to make for The Cookie Table. Note that Dani said that she was planning to make about 10½ dozen cookies for her friend. That many cookies is definitely a huge mark of approval! Depending on the cookie, one might make a token four dozen to an infinite amount - obviously, minature ladylocks are made at a smaller amount, due to the time limits, while someone who has an electric Spritz shooter might make 10-20 dozen!

When I say that I didn't have one, it was because we discouraged it. In retrospect, we were wrong - at least 12 people showed up with large Tupperware containers stuffed with cookies! (The Tupperware containers are part & parcel of The Cookie Table; each carefully labelled with who brought what for the thank yous, and stored underneath The Table until after the wedding.) Those did make it to the tables, but we never had a formal Cookie Table. I will never make that mistake again!

I feel bad for Britney cuz the tabloids definitely portrayed really badly throughout I mean Britney just like everybody else wants to live her life!!!
....same goes for Christina, i hope her engagement/marriage will last too.

P.S Though Christina is so much more talented & awesome than Britney you cant really knock on Britney for what we achieved!

...admit it...you all loved that 'Hit mE baby One more time' song! HAHAHAH its a classic! :)


i havent seen much hype about her engagement on TV. ie. Access Hollywood etc.

I need this. Hook me up please. :)

You know, I have one, but I've never used it. For some reason, it frightens me! I just get visions of me being knocked flat on my back in the kitchen, with cookie dough squirting all over me, like the Sorcerer's Apprentice!