Help is at hand for those holiday meals from Loretta Paganini’s International Culinary Arts & Sciences Institute and Hungry Bee Catery. Full meals and components to add to your own feasts can be ordered in advance from both businesses and picked up the day before for reheating. Christmas dinner is the forte for the professional chefs at ICASI, in Chester Township, while options from Hungry Bee, in Bainbridge Township, also include a help-yourself breakfast to enjoy while opening gifts on Christmas morning, a romantic New Year’s Eve meal for two and a lucky New Year’s Day feast of pork and cabbage The deadline to order Christmas dinner from ICASI is 11 a.m. Dec. 19. Pickup is between 11 a.m. and noon on Dec. 24 at the institution, 8700 Mayfield Road. Christmas dinners are portioned for four ($195) or eight ($295) and include a choice between Maple Glazed Ham or Roasted Turkey, with Gravy, Chestnut Dressing, Cranberry Fruit Chutney, Green Bean Almondine, Mashed Potatoes, a Yule Log cake dessert and assorted cookies. Also available is a 10-by-13-inch pan of Homemade Bolognese Lasagna or Mushroom Vegetarian Lasagna for $95 or a quart of Wedding Soup at $20. Call 440-729-1110 no later than 11 a.m. on Dec. 17 to order. Hungry Bee Catery, just outside Chagrin Falls, has traditional Christmas dinner among its offerings but goes well beyond that for those who want to bring a dish to share or for dishes to fill in what’s already been planned. The deadline to order is 10 a.m. Dec.18. Husband-and-wife duo James Gibson and Kimberly McCune Gibson are the owners/chefs behind Hungry Bee Catery, which boasts dozens of choices for Christmas and New Year’s meals, sides and snacks. (Courtesy of Hungry Bee Catery) Extensive offerings for Christmas Eve, Christmas morning or dinner that evening can’t all be included here, so call for details at 216-702-6776. Treating yourself sounds perfect for Christmas morning with a half-pan savory egg bake (serves 10) of eggs, sausage, potato, cheddar and fresh herbs for $40 or a half dozen oversize cinnamon rolls at $24. A sausage-biscuits-and-gravy casserole (serves 10) at $40 may also hit the spot as presents are opened and admired. If you’re a guest at someone else’s home for dinner, offer to bring appetizers, choosing among a dozen crab cakes with charred tomato creme fraiche or a dozen mini beef Wellingtons, both priced at $30. Or perhaps a jumbo 2-pound shrimp cocktail ($60) will capture everyone’s attention. A dozen crab cakes, each napped with charred tomato creme fraiche, are an ideal appetizer to serve during the holidays or bring with you if you’re a guest. Order ahead and pick them up packaged with instructions on how to heat and serve. (Courtesy of Hungry Bee Catery) A quart of lobster bisque will cost $18, while a quart of Italian wedding soup will be $10. Choices for a Christmas dinner for four: short rib with herbaceous demiglace ($68); beef tenderloin with horseradish creme fraiche ($198); braised lamb shanks with a red wine rosemary demiglace ($74)l or pan-seared salmon with crab compound butter ($50). Having friends over for New Year’s Eve? Once you order champagne and good things to drink, consider Hungry Bee’s gorgeous Cheese & Charcuterie Duet Display, which looks almost too good to eat. It’s $120 and easily serves 10. A romantic New Year’s Eve for two is ideal when you set the stage with a $200 Date Night meal that begins with mushroom and gruyere bisque with truffle oil and segues into a roasted pear and spinach salad with candied pecans, pomegranate seeds, fresh herbs, pickled red onions, goat cheese and a balsamic vinaigrette. Move on to a giant ribeye steak for two napped with a horseradish creme fraiche and shelled king crab with clarified butter. Cap it off with twice-baked potato and steamed asparagus followed by chocolate cake with fresh berries. Many folks believe a New Year’s Day pork dinner will bring luck for the rest of the year. A $60 meal of pork, cabbage and dumplings that serves four fits the bill from Hungry Bee. The pick-up for New Year’s foods is from 10 a.m. to noon on Dec. 31, but orders must be in for both Christmas and New Year’s by 10 a.m. Dec. 18. Meals are all fully cooked and come with instructions for heating and serving. Hungry Bee Catery is at 8326 E. Washington St. Call 216- 702-6776 with questions or to order. See its website at hungrybeecatery.com or email [email protected].