From what I am reading, some "cookie tables" are present during the entire reception? Our Venetian hour was at the end of the reception, and people chowed. And we did have cake, but the reception was 5 hours, so people found room for more food. Family didn't make the cookies, though, the reception hall place did, as it was an option for the reception.
This was 12 years ago, and I'm Italian and Catholic, and that's "what's done" in my family.
As for saving and eating our wedding cake, we saved a piece, but it was nasty when we took it out on our anniversary. I wouldn't recommend it.
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