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Here we feature our favourite seasonal tablescapes.

Spode Leaf Plates with Sunflowers

Spode Leaf Plates with Sunflowers

The sunflowers are out in the grocery stores, a sure sign that summer's end approacheth. Soon the trees will don their brilliant fall colours, and we will reach for a jacket before embarking on our morning walk. Spode's Harvest figural leaf plates celebrate the joys...

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Mason’s Quail Blue with Chinoiserie Pumpkins

Mason’s Quail Blue with Chinoiserie Pumpkins

The beguilingly days of fall are with us, with just a touch of crispness in the air.   I'm not quite ready to go the complete fall Monty, though. I still have a foot in the summery shades of blue and white, but some brown and white transferware helps bridge the...

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The Answer is Tea

The Answer is Tea

Have a cuppa? It's the British cure for whatever ails you and seems particularly apropos in this hustle-bustle week. Whether navigating Thanksgiving preparations, Christmas arrangements, Zooming or Google meeting, it seems everyone is a bit ... ahem, testy. It's too...

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Bronzey Pee Gees on a Paisley Backdrop

Bronzey Pee Gees on a Paisley Backdrop

As long-time readers of the Entertablement Blog know, I'm a big hydrangea fan. While I favour the big, floppy mopheads in all of their glorious colours, I also have a soft spot for the cone-shaped Pee Gee variety. The prolific paniculata really comes into its own...

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Dahlias Delight

Dahlias Delight

I've never been a big dahlia fan. They're a pain in the butt to grow. The magnificent flowers come from quite unprepossessing tubers that need to be hauled in and out of the ground each year. Tulips and daffodil bulbs survive (and even thrive) on the cold winter...

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A French Menu

A French Menu

Let's go to France this week and see the tulips.  Wait ... that's wrong ... tulips are Holland. And they're supposed to come in the spring. But these tulips arrived last summer, at Trader Joe's. It's a mixed-up world right now.  French Menu by Sabatier is...

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Recipes

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Seasonal Food and Flora 

Here are some of our favourite seasonal recipes.

Curried Parsnip Apple Soup

Curried Parsnip Apple Soup

Banish those bad memories of bitter, boiled parsnips and indulge in this delicately spiced soup. The apples and potatoes add a touch of sweetness. It will rapidly become a favourite.  

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Roasted Apple Bread

Roasted Apple Bread

Lightly roasting the apples is key to the flavour of this delicious bread, as it removes excess moisture and concentrates the sugars in the apples. Thus, the loaf is evenly studded with succulent fruit and shows no unsightly gaps. It's not overly sweet or spiced,...

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Plum & Peach Crumble

Plum & Peach Crumble

Our local farmer's market has a good selection of early plums, and I snagged some Early Goldens and Damsons, both of which are quite small by plum standards. Their stones are easily removed, and they're also quite tart—perfect for baking. I combined them with some...

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Ratatouille

Ratatouille

A Provencal classic, Ratatouille is the perfect vehicle for a mound of late summer produce. Tomatoes, summer squash, zucchini, eggplant and bell peppers are lightly simmered into a tasty vegetable stew, in which the toothsome texture of the ingredients remains. Its...

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White Lasagne with Swiss Chard, Spinach and Gruyere

White Lasagne with Swiss Chard, Spinach and Gruyere

Who could resist such a gorgeous display of Swiss rainbow chard? Not me! It was in my grocery basket before I had time to think about how to use it. But wait...I've got the Paprika app on my phone! So pull up the recipe portion and enter Swiss chard. There it is—White...

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