Dahlias Delight

by Helen Kain | Sep 30, 2020 | Fall Tablescapes, Home, Orange, Pink and Red, Purple, Recent

I’ve never been a big dahlia fan. They’re a pain in the butt to grow. The magnificent flowers come from quite unprepossessing tubers that need to be hauled in and out of the ground each year. Tulips and daffodil bulbs survive (and even...

Let’s Have a Group Chat

by Helen Kain | Sep 17, 2020 | Blue, Fall Tablescapes, Pink and Red, Summer Tablescapes, White

Ducks, ducks, ducks. As long-term readers may recall, one of our granddaughters, Juliana, is crazy about ducks. Her “first day of school” board when entering Junior Kindergarten listed “a duck” as her desired adult occupation, somewhat to our...

A Jewel-Toned Table with Roasted Plum Tart

by Helen Kain | Aug 16, 2020 | Fall Recipes, Fall Tablescapes, Pink and Red, Summer Recipes, Summer Tablescapes, Sweets

“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...

Ouiseau Blue Fruit with Cherry Apple Plum Tart

by Helen Kain | Jul 23, 2020 | Blue, Pink and Red, Summer Tablescapes

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

by Helen Kain | Jul 15, 2020 | Blue, Pink and Red, Summer Tablescapes

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...

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,...