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Open House: How Do You Dress Your Thanksgiving Table?
When it comes to the Thanksgiving table, how you dress it is often as important to the hostess as what food sits upon it. Over the years, I've seen family members fuss over table settings, switching out placemats, rethinking china sets, and shifting floral arrangements.
I admit that I'm known to fuss over my Thanksgiving table as well.
Sale Alert: VivaTerra's Dining Sale
From now until July 2, save on a number of eco-friendly dining items, including the plates I featured in my Ocean Waves roundup. I love the Flowered Enamel Serving Bowls ($22 to $26), as well as the Bottle Glass Tumblers ($38 to $49), which are made from cobalt-blue recycled glass. Stock up on Summer dining essentials when you shop the sale!
Have Your Dandelion Plate and Eat It Too
Moms panicked during the BPA scare and some of us have even opted to feed our wee ones primarily organic diets. Once the wholesome food is prepped, is there a safe way to serve it?
Dandelion ReUseable Toddler Plates ($7 per set) are made from a unique corn formula which provides a nice alternative to petroleum-laden plastic tableware.
Guess What This Picnic Set Is Made From?
While it's always best to go with reusable picnic tableware, sometimes you've got to deal with disposables. Luckily, this disposable picnic set is made from a biodegradable plant fiber. Can you tell me what the fiber is?
How-To: Set a Gorgeous Thanksgiving Table
This Thanksgiving, take some advice from designer Marc Blackwell to set a gorgeous and personalized holiday table. Blackwell, who designed a table for Beringer Winery at San Francisco's annual benefit for Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS, also designs very cool tableware, which you should check out after you read his tips.
Here are Marc's five tips:
- Make a centerpiece from what's in your garden and refrigerator.
Keeping Mealtime Manageable: Top Tableware
Mealtime with munchkins may not be easy, but it can be a whole lot of fun! Moms use clever tricks to make breakfast, lunch or dinner a success and one that has worked for me is to keep the surroundings interesting.
Toddler tableware may sound like an oxymoron, but with these adorable plates, bowls and silverware, your tot may be asking to sit at the table, rather than run the other way.
Nice and New: Amy Butler Eco Giftwrap and Tableware
Sometimes, when you're hosting a large party, there's little choice but to go with paper. Luckily, Amy Butler has been working with the Gift Wrap Company to come up with an ecological alternative to gift-giving and paper partyware. She has just released a new line called "Giftwrap Green," including gift wrap, bags, and gift-card boxes made from 100 percent postconsumer recycled materials, printed with her beautiful designs.
Would You Eat Bone Marrow?
I recently went out to dinner and found an intriguing dish on the appetizer menu: bone marrow served with little toasts. A long, skinny spoon is used to scoop the marrow out of the bone. It can be spread on the toast, or eaten alone.
Steal of the Day: Silk Ikat Table Runner
Give your guests something to talk about when you dress your table with this gorgeous Silk Ikat Weaving ($89, originally $179).Hand-woven in Thailand, this table runner will complement many different table settings, from casual affairs to fine dining. I'm certainly still in love with ikat. How about you?
Yummy Link: Inside Martha's Prop Room
While she only recently bought Emeril, Martha Stewart has been purchasing tableware — plates, flatware, gravy boats, candelabra, and cake plates. You name it, she's got it — for quite some time now. Looking at her massive collection makes me super jealous!
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