Watermelon Cucumber Salad with Chèvre and Mint

by Helen Kain | Jun 9, 2021 | Appetizers, Holiday, Home, Recent, Starters, Summer Recipes, Vegetables

The cool crispness of watermelon is one of the highlights of summer. There is nothing like sitting on the porch steps on a hot day, munching a slice of watermelon. With the new seedless varieties, the pleasure is untainted by the need to fish out slippery black seeds....

Lilies of the Valley Mince the Minuet

by Helen Kain | Jun 6, 2021 | Blue, Green, Home, Recent, Spring Tablescapes, White, Yellow

Suddenly, it’s summer. After a long spell of wet, chilly days, the sun is shining, and the mercury is rising. But before we get too deeply into summer produce and vibrant colours, let’s pause a minute and say farewell to the lilies of the valley. ...

Magnificent Magnolias

by Helen Kain | May 23, 2021 | Green, Pink and Red, Recent, Spring Tablescapes

I adore the flowering trees of April and May, but I’ve always clucked disapprovingly at the incredible mess left behind by the all-too-short-blooming magnolia flower. The pleasure-to-aggravation ratio seems way off. BUT – let’s not look a gift-flower in...

Painted Tulips Brighten The Day

by Helen Kain | Apr 25, 2021 | Green, Orange, Recent, Spring Tablescapes, Yellow

Daffodils abound right now – Cape Cod is awash in them. I’m drinking in every moment of their beauty. But when I was in Trader Joe’s for my fix of Dark Chocolate Caramels, I was seduced by these lusciously painted tulips. One doesn’t have to be...

Floral Meadow for Easter

by Helen Kain | Apr 3, 2021 | Easter, Green, Pink and Red, Purple, Recent, Spring Tablescapes, White, Yellow

Easter is such a hopeful holiday. While I love Christmas, it marks the beginning of winter and many months of darkness. Easter, however, is the beginning of warmer and longer days (at least for us Northern Hemisphere dwellers). You can almost feel the world coming to...