A Late Season Fall Table with Gourd Soup Tureens

by Helen Kain | Nov 5, 2022 | Fall Recipes, Fall Tablescapes, Green, Orange

The weather has been incredibly warm, and we have delighted in taking long walks with the dogs, happily crunching through the leaves. Dignified Churchill, now a decade old, walks with a measured gait, never straining at the leash. He’s been very tolerant of the...

Dapper Animals Halloween

by Helen Kain | Oct 23, 2022 | Black, Fall Tablescapes, Halloween, Orange, Purple, Recent

Longtime readers of Entertablement will know that Halloween is not my favourite holiday. While I love seeing the little ones dressed up in their costumes, the destructive and sinister side of Halloween doesn’t appeal. But plates of animals dressed in costumes?...

Reverse World

by Helen Kain | Oct 2, 2022 | Brown, Fall Tablescapes, Green, Recent

One look, and I was hooked. A goofy reverse world where the animals call the shots, so to speak. The scenes are depicted on six tin plates, “Le Monde Reversé” (the Reverse World) by Vieillard & Cie. The inspiration for the plates is Scènes de la vie...

A Forest Foraging Table

by Helen Kain | Sep 25, 2022 | Amber, Brown, Fall Tablescapes, Green, Recent, Terracotta

Fall is indeed on the way when the wild mushrooms begin to flourish. We have a couple of spots in the garden at the Cape where some particularly gorgeous specimens return each year. So this year, I was ready with some new table-friendly velvet versions from Mrs Alice....

Coq du Village by Fitz & Floyd

by Helen Kain | Sep 16, 2022 | Black, Brown, Fall Tablescapes, Pink and Red, White

Cozy blankets and hearty breakfasts. Oh—and chickens. Of course! Wynadotte hens and a Leghorn rooster pack a lot of visual punch. We can still get some wonderful warm days in September in the Cape. Warm enough to sit outside, though my stomach has definitely switched...

Pumpkins and Soup Tureens

by Helen Kain | Sep 4, 2022 | Amber, Brown, Fall Tablescapes, Green, Orange, Recent, Terracotta, Thanksgiving

It’s Labour Day weekend, and the kids are back to school next week. While I’m always sad to say goodbye to summer, soup season is a cause for celebration in my books. Starting with Fall Vegetable Chowder. And with soup comes individual soup tureens to...