Home Again
We are back in Canada, safe and sound. Three cats, three dogs and a carload of baking/cooking equipment accompanied us on our nine-hour journey. Much to our relief, Clementine seems to have outgrown her car-sickness. We used to begin the journey with her on my lap,...
Embracing Fall Colours with Ashworth Ironstone
Suddenly, it feels like fall. Chrysanthemums abound at roadside vegetable stands. I’ve found myself reaching for jeans, rather than shorts, and donning long-sleeved tops rather than sleeveless. We’re getting close to the autumn equinox, and the shrinking...
Peach Cornbread Skillet Cobbler
Six luscious peaches beckoned from the kitchen counter early one morning, on a day that threatened imminent rain. After a quick cup of coffee, we snapped leashes on Clementine and Churchill, the youngest of our wriggling golden retrievers, and headed out before the...
An Al Fresco Meal of Lobster Risotto
A refreshing wind is tossing the trees around this morning. Temperatures dropped about 10 degrees overnight, bringing welcome relief from the humidity. It’s late August – time to pack in all the “lasts” of summer – lobster rolls on the beach at...
A Jewel-Toned Table with Roasted Plum Tart
“Apples, Peaches, Pears and Plums, tell me when your birthday comes!” Does anyone else remember jumping rope to that rhyme? It often pops into my head in late summer when overflowing farmers’ markets send me scurrying into the kitchen, eager to...
Entertablement – The Four Seasons is here!
It’s an exciting day here at Entertablement. The Book, Entertablement – The Four Seasons has launched. It’s available on Amazon in Kindle version; the hardcover will be available in early September. It’s been quite an adventure. Writing a blog...
Swimming Along with La Mer
When I think Fitz and Floyd, I think figural, or sculptured pieces, such as the pumpkin tureens and compotes used in this fall table. Or the bunny bowls that give us so much pleasure in the springtime. Fish plates? Not so much. But La Mer they do indeed...
Can She Make A Cherry Pie, Billy Boy?
Oh, where have you been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy? Oh, where have you been, Charming Billy? I have been to seek a wife, she’s the joy of my whole life But she’s a young thing and cannot leave her mother Can she bake a cherry pie, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?...
Ouiseau Blue Fruit with Cherry Apple Plum Tart
Let’s step into the garden for a cup of tea with a slice of cherry pie. It’s a lovely sunny day. The mild breeze ensures we aren’t too hot. Where would you like to sit? Please choose – the blackberry, strawberry, fig or cherry plate. Lemon or milk...
Nobody Here But Us Chickens
I like a good chicken tableware pattern, don’t you? There is something very homey and satisfying about the cluckers. My radar had been up for this Jacques Pepin pattern offered by Sur la Table for some time, and then it went on a very deep discount. Some...
Sailing Due North
After several weeks in dry dock, the good ship Entertablement is set to sail once more. The captain of the ship has been holed up in her cabin finishing The Book, and my gum, it’s done! The last recipe has been recorded and the final setting has been described....
A Purple American Table
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
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
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....Follow Us
