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....
Buzzing Bees Greet The Sunshine
We are all buzzing as the days grow warmer and sunnier, and there is a new air of hopefulness as the world begins to come to life again. So I set an outdoor table, complete with a Lemon Honeycomb Cake, perfectly portioned for snacking and sharing. We do like our...
Blooming Hydrangea and Garden Terrace
It may be rushing the seasons a bit, but today we are featuring a table with hydrangeas—lush, full, colourful hydrangeas with an exuberantly blooming garden in the background. Blue hydrangea is the consistent feature on this set of mixed salad plates by Portmeirion....
Dancing Daffodils
Flower focus. That’s my quick cure for the jumpy jitters. And as it’s March, daffodils are the flower of choice while hunkered down in solitary confinement proscribed isolation. Happily, daffodils are readily available at the grocery store, so we can comply with...
Harvest Pumpkin by Williams Sonoma
Adjusting to a six-hour time change and weather whiplash has left me a bit discombobulated. A little over a week ago I was scarfing down pasta in Rome in blissful mid 70s temperatures. Monday of this week saw me boarding a flight to Omaha (for my “real...Follow Us
