Dapper Animals Beach

by Helen Kain | Jul 29, 2023 | Blue, Brown, Recent, Summer Tablescapes, White, Yellow

It’s high summer on the Cape with sweltering days and warm nights—prime time for enjoying the beach. We have a ten to fourteen-foot tide, and I dearly love to take a walk at low tide on the hard, packed sand, with my feet immersed in the swirling waves as they...

Bains de Mer

by Helen Kain | Jul 23, 2023 | Black, Recent, Summer Tablescapes, White

It’s the height of summer, so today, I thought we might go to the seaside and explore what we might have seen in the late 19th century. Victorian bathing beauties! They are leaving their beach huts and venturing into the sea. Oops! She might have ventured a bit...

Squid Ink Linguine with Seafood

by Helen Kain | Jul 23, 2023 | Mains, Pasta & Rice, Seafood, Summer Recipes

After discovering the Bains de Mer 19th-century French faience plates, I searched for a suitable dish to accompany the table setting. Squid ink pasta carried on the black-and-white theme, served with a medley of seafood. Enjoy! Print clock clock iconcutlery cutlery...

Dancing Hares by Starla Michelle Halfmann

by Helen Kain | Jul 15, 2023 | Fall Tablescapes, Marigold & Spencer, Orange, Recent, Summer Tablescapes

I’m catching up on my inventory of tablesetting photos and cooking done during the lockdown. Though many made their way into Entertablement—The Four Seasons and Entertablement—Much Depends on Dinner, as well as the four quarterlies, it seems I have a startling...

Dancing Hares Cake

by Helen Kain | Jul 15, 2023 | Cakes, Fall Recipes, Recent, Summer Recipes

It usually starts with a plate; I can’t count the number of times a pattern has inspired a coordinating baked good, often a cake, but sometimes cupcakes or cookies. Swiss Meringue Buttercream is a most forgiving “paint”. All it takes is a box of gel...