A Purple American Table

by Helen Kain | Jun 11, 2020 | Green, Purple, Summer Tablescapes, White

It’s a purple day. The Siberian Irises are blooming in abundance. The sun is shining and a gentle breeze is blowing.  We have set up shop near the garden wall to enjoy it all. An American quilt with violet American Lady iced tea glasses by Fostoria...

Gourmet Cats Serve a Delicious Breakfast

by Helen Kain | Jun 3, 2020 | Black, Dundee, Gardens and Flowers, Pink and Red

We’re in a feline frame of mind this week at Entertablement. Though we are still a couple of weeks away from the longest day of the year, the sun is bounding over the horizon at about 5 am these days, rousing fur people and humans. Up and at ’em,...

Dried Cherry Panettone

by Helen Kain | Jun 3, 2020 | Breakfast, Fall Recipes, Holiday, Spring Recipes, Summer Recipes, Sweets, Tea, Winter Recipes

I”m a glutton for slightly sweet bread. Not the super-sweet-sticky stuff like iced cinnamon rolls, but scones, date loaf and Portuguese King’s Bread, also called Bolo Rei, a marvellous concoction that Isabel, our cleaning lady, brings every Christmas....

Dundee Plots His Escape

by Helen Kain | May 31, 2020 | Dundee, Pets

Hi everyone. Dundee here. I know, I know, I’m not supposed to be on the counter, but I thought I’d say hello and bring you up to date on what’s going on in the World of Dundee. Oh yes, and Clementine.  The parents have been around a lot lately....

Blue Birds of Spring

by Helen Kain | May 20, 2020 | Blue, Recent, Spring Tablescapes, White

The sweetest of flowers have arrived: white lilacs and lilies of the valley. Utter heaven. Their exquisite blossoms are as delicate as their scents. Not yet being blessed with blooms from our newly-planted-last-year white lilac bush, I have to content myself with...