by Helen Kain | Nov 5, 2026 | Blue, Cobalt, Fall Tablescapes, Green, Home
I am always on the hunt for series ware, and recently discovered La Chasse à la Licorne, or The Hunt of the Unicorn. Produced in the 1970s by Haviland, it comprises six plates with blue backgrounds and six with red, all featuring unicorns. After mulling some...
by Helen Kain | Oct 24, 2026 | Black, Fall Tablescapes, Halloween, Orange
Long-time readers will know that Halloween isn’t usually my favourite holiday. The appetite for destruction that sometimes accompanies it leaves me cold. But when Pottery Barn introduced The Scary Squad (which is anything but) series a few years ago, I was won over. I...
by Helen Kain | Oct 22, 2026 | Cakes, Desserts, Fall Recipes, Holiday
Sometimes the table comes first, and it certainly did in this case. Beneath all that Thanksgiving plumage is a seriously good chocolate cupcake topped with silky chocolate French buttercream. These turkeys made an appropriately ridiculous dessert for our Peanuts Fall...
by Helen Kain | Oct 22, 2026 | Brown, Fall Tablescapes, Home, Orange, Thanksgiving, Yellow
I found these wonderfully silly Peanuts plates on eBay several years ago. Called Fall Is Here, they were originally made for Pottery Barn, and apparently were offered for about five minutes, judging by how difficult they are to find. I managed to track down one boxed...
by Helen Kain | Oct 18, 2026 | Christmas, Cookies & Bars, Fall Recipes, Holiday, Spring Recipes, Summer Recipes, Winter Recipes
Some cookies are delicate little things. These are generously supplied with oats, chocolate chips and chopped nuts, with something delicious in every bite. The oats give them substance, the pecans and walnuts add crunch, and the chocolate chips provide ample incentive...
