by Helen Kain | Nov 27, 2025 | Afternoon Tea, Christmas, Desserts, Fall Recipes, Pies & Tarts, Thanksgiving, Winter Recipes
Each little Tarte Tatin is a golden jewel: pears glazed in amber caramel, baked beneath a cap of puff pastry. When turned out, they reveal their secret — glossy, tender fruit that melts against the buttery crust, a bite-sized echo of classic French indulgence. ...
by Helen Kain | Nov 19, 2025 | Antique china, Fall Tablescapes, Recent, Thanksgiving, Vintage glassware
It’s late-November. Just a month from the shortest day of the year, and outside, the final fall clean-up has begun. The Japanese Maple has shed its brilliant red foliage; the oaks are the last to surrender their leaves. Canadian Thanksgiving is long past, American...
by Helen Kain | Nov 9, 2024 | Amber, Fall Tablescapes, Terracotta, Thanksgiving
Though I’m itching to start posting Christmas tables, Remembrance Day still lies before us. The unspoken rule (adopted from son Adam, who I suspect uses it as a convenient excuse, as he’s our family Grinch) is No Christmas Before November 11. So, one more...
by Helen Kain | Nov 5, 2023 | Black, Brown, Fall Tablescapes, Green, Orange, Thanksgiving
Here is one turkey looking forward to Thanksgiving—Fitz and Floyd’s Omnibus Turkey Tureen is taking centre stage. He joins Woodland Wild Turkey dinner plates by Johnson Brothers and Wildwood Leaves salad plates from Pier 1. We have lots of wild turkeys in the...
by Helen Kain | Sep 29, 2023 | Brown, Fall Tablescapes, Orange, Thanksgiving
The week leading up to our early Canadian Thanksgiving celebration incorporated the usual preparations. I always wonder why I’m tired the day after the dinner. (Hmmmm—why might that be?) Monday: track down fresh turkey. Learn that none are to be had locally, and...
by Helen Kain | Sep 22, 2023 | Fall Tablescapes, Grey and Pewter, Terracotta, Thanksgiving
What a gorgeous September we are having. Mellow sunny days followed by crisply cool nights—perfect for sleeping with open windows. And perfect for whetting the appetite! It seems that our long-time favourite apple orchard, Myers, did not survive Covid, much to my...
