Merry Sandro Corkscrew by Alessandro Mendini from Alessi
Get in the festive spirit with the Merry Sandro corkscrew from Alessi. Designed by Alessandro Mendini, the Merry Sandro corkscrew is chrome plated and hand decorated in this unmistakable red hat and black boots, making a fabulous holiday gift for the host with the most. Or get it for yourself and impress your guests as you serve up their favorite wine, Santa style! For every other occasion on your calendar in all year round, the Alessandro Mendini line of corkscrews also comes dressed in a variety of other attire including the chef, the jailbird, the superhero, and many more. Retail price is $95. For more information visit Alessi.
Categories: Dining & Entertaining Tags: black, eco, red, trend
Spring Table Setting Ideas – Bird Tablecloth and Bird Tableware
Are you ready for spring? We're inspired by beautiful spring collections with bird motifs by Pottery Barn and Vista Alegre. These spring table settings will bring a fresh look to your home – much needed, after a long winter. Pottery Barn’s bird table runner is a feast for the eyes, featuring our little feathered friends perched on branches and leaves. Complement this charming spring table runner with a set of matching bird motif napkins and place mats. But these birds are flocking to more than just the linens – top your table with these delightful bird-inspired soda glass tumblers. Vista Alegre’s spring collection of bird tableware will have you singing! Serve up your tea and coffee in these chic cups, saucers and dessert plates, bon appetit! See more spring table decorations and table setting ideas at Trendir. great stuff!
Categories: Dining & Entertaining Tags: chic, eco, glass, home, red, table, table decorations, trend
Cast Iron Teapots – Japanese style round teapot by Staub, for sale at Sur La Table
Make tea time something you’ll look forward to with these charming cast iron teapots by Staub. This Japanese style round teapot enhances a centuries-old tradition with its delightful enameled design in a choice of Staub’s signature colors to complement your kitchen, dishware or tea serving set. The finish won’t chip, discolor or rust, ensuring looks that’ll last a lifetime. The cast iron teapots heat evenly and quickly, and hold the heat longer so you can savor each steaming sip. Measuring 6 ¼ inches in diameter, this cute teapot accommodates one quart and features a stainless steel handle that secures the lid in place, adding comfort to convenience. These round teapots are made in France and retail for $119.95 at Sur La Table.
Categories: Dining & Entertaining Tags: color, kitchen, table, trend
Designer Wine Decanters – best entertaining glass decanters
These designer wine decanters are as beautiful as they are functional, bringing every sip of wine to its full potential. The Wine Enthusiast Parabola Decanter is among the best wine decanters available, featuring an artful geometric design made of 24 percent crystal, mouth-blown with a unique handle and spout that impeccably aerates a full-sized bottle. Another great option for entertaining is the Riedel Amadeo Lyra Decanter. These glass decanters are also mouth-blown of 24 percent crystal, featuring an elegant shape that’ll be the centerpiece of your dinner table. This designer item was created to celebrate Reidel’s 250th anniversary – not that’s a milestone to toast! The Wine Enthusiast Parabola Decanter retails for $149.95 and the Riedel Amadeo Lyra Decanter retails for $340, at The Wine Enthusiast.
Categories: Dining & Entertaining Tags: glass, table, trend
Rouge Poppy Dinnerware by Torida Glass
Handcrafted with the gentle touch and the creative eye of a true artist, Rouge Poppy Dinnerware by Torida Glass captures nature’s best behind glass. This gorgeous luxury dinnerware collection features vibrant red poppies displayed on kiln-formed glass, and decorated with elaborate 24-kt. gold detail. Crafted by designers Madeleine and Andrei Radian of Romania, the collection revives an old-world tradition forgotten for 1,500 years. "We have developed our own way of making glass,” says Madeleine Radian of the process, which involves trapping colored minerals and materials between layers of glass, which is kiln-fired at 800 degrees Celsius. “Through our glass we tell the story about places that we always keep with us, in our hearts and in our memories. It's a story about the sun, water and sandy beaches, about nature.” Wonderful organic designs come to life on this decorative and functional dinnerware collection, which includes aperitif plates, dinner plates, soup bowls, a gorgeous cake set, a fruit bowl, a flower bowl and a candle holder. It’s almost too pretty to use… almost. Buy the Rouge Poppy Dinnerware at Neiman Marcus.
Fruit Dinnerware Set – Eden dinnerware from Portmeirion
The orchard fruit motif is ripe for the picking, with the enchanting Eden dinnerware set from Portmeirion. This timeless and tasty fruit theme brings classic color and authentic country charm to your tabletop in the form of peaches, blackberries, apples and strawberries on classic porcelain coupe dinnerware. The dishwasher-safe, microwave-safe set includes 8.75-inch salad plates and 10.75-inch dinner plates; 4.75-inch fruit salad bowls; 12-oz. mugs, a 2-pint teapot, a covered sugar bowl and milk jug; a 12-inch rectangular roasting dish; a 9-inch pie dish; and a 3-pint tall juice jug to wash it all down – everything you need to serve up some hearty and heart-warming home-cooking. Pieces range from $14.50 to $57.26 at Macy’s.
Also see the charming Bloom Fruit Dinnerware Set by Lenox ...
Elegant Champagne Flutes – Venetian Style set
Raise a glass to these sweet Venetian Style Champagne Flutes, from Napa Style. These elegant Champagne flutes are a unique and sparkling addition to any special soiree. The modern stem-less design of each glass is adorned in stripes, dots and swirls; details that bring an individual style to every glass, and to every toast. Measuring 7.5 inches high and 2 inches in diameter, these fine 8-oz. Champagne glasses are as easy in the hand as they are on the eyes. And while delicate in their looks, these flutes are durable to last through many, many clinks and celebrations. The Venetian Style flutes retail for $68 per set of six. Buy them at Napa Style.
Categories: Dining & Entertaining Tags: glass, modern, trend
Trifle Bowl with Lid by Luigi Bormioli & Fruit Trifle Recipe / Dessert
The Luigi Bormioli Trifle Bowl with Lid is an elegant way to serve up a side of style with your beautiful summer desserts. The clear glass of this elegant trifle bowl showcases the delicate colors and flavors of fruit layered with custard and cookie, while the handy clear lid makes serving and storing your sweets simple. This trifle dish measures 8 1/2 inches high with a 48-oz. capacity – that’s enough to serve a group of guests and dish up some seconds too. This stylish glass serving dish is made in Italy, and is available for $35 at Macy’s.
Check out this delish Summer Berry Trifle recipe, courtesy of FamilyFun.com.
Biscuit Centerpiece – the Cake of Peace from Netherlands
Give peace, and cake, a chance with the decorative Biscuit Centerpiece – the Cake of Peace from Koninklijke Tichelaar Makkum. Celebrate every day with a “peace” of cake with this cool cake dish, which hails from the Netherlands-based company’s Biscuit collection. This one-of-a-kind creation by designer Studio Job will bring some fun to your next birthday party, casual get-together or chic soiree. This unique cake stand features a funky relief pattern of peace signs on delicate, detailed white porcelain. This elegant entertaining essential almost steals the spotlight from the sweet indulgence concealed beneath the lid of this 7.5-inch footed pedestal cake stand. Buy this centerpiece at Koninklijke Tichelaar Makkum.
Stunning Glass Candy Jars – Covered Urns by Juliska
Your sweets are all the sweeter when displayed in this beautiful covered glass candy jar, from Juliska. The perfect display for your colored candies, flowers and household treasures, or a stunning showpiece all on their own, these covered urns boast the elegance and delicacy of glass. These jars are executed in clear glass, and feature Juliska’s signature details from the top of the cover right down to the bottom of the pedestal base. Made of lead-free and dishwasher-safe glass, they’re as functional as they are beautiful. The Graham Small Urn measures 11 inches tall by 7 inches wide, and retails for $325. The Harriet Large Urn measures 14.5 inches high by 9 inches wide, and retails for $395. Buy these gorgeous covered glass candy jars at Juliska.
Black Glass Tableware & Centerpieces – gorgeous, glamorous collection by Juliska!
The chic collection of glamorous Black Glass Tableware by Juliska puts a modern, extraordinary spin on the ordinary. After all, who says a bowl is just a bowl? Give your home a unique look with the contemporary appearance of black glass, complemented by ornate shapes and daring details. Transform your tabletop into an artful display. This urban line includes everything you need to complete the contemporary look – slim and full vases; small, medium and tall footed compotes; tall candlesticks and small tealight holders; a hurricane; and a covered urn for your hidden treasures. These modern glass centerpieces range in price from $55 to $695, and are available at Juliska.
Categories: Dining & Entertaining Tags: black, chic, contemporary, glass, home, modern, red, table, trend, urban
Spring Table Decorations and Tabletop Arrangements by Designer Lillian Pikus
Your dreams of a swish spring time soiree will soon become a reality as the weather grows warmer and the styles get hotter! I’ve hand-picked these fresh, fabulous table decorations – the latest and greatest from Crate & Barrel. The colors are cool, and the motifs are fun, and these Essential Eight are all you need to decorate for a small party arrangement or for yourself: tabletop linens, napkin rings, flower vase, candles, plates, tea set, and a centerpiece to steal the show. Individually or together, they will look great and create a beautiful, playful, inviting ambiance. Celebrate the season with these table decoration ideas for spring.
Categories: Dining & Entertaining Tags: color, eco, table, table decorations, trend
Encore Candle Holder Centerpiece | Tealight Candleholders by Crate & Barrel – create your own design!
The stylish Encore Candle Holder Centerpiece from Crate & Barrel deserves a hand. This two-part centerpiece can be arranged in a variety of configurations, together or separately. The contemporary half-circle design lets you place this piece in a circle formation, in an “S” shape winding down your tabletop, around the umbrella in your patio table, encircling a vase of fresh flowers – the possibilities are endless – all the while enjoying the soft, romantic glow of candlelight. This chic contemporary centerpiece is made of sheet metal with a modern grey finish, and accommodates seven glass tealight candles per piece – a total of 14 flames for your tabletop. But why stop with one pair? You can combine multiple pieces to suit the length of any tabletop or counter. Ideal for indoor and outdoor use, the Encore Candleholder measures 13.25 inches long by 3.25 inches high. Buy it for $39.95 per set at Crate & Barrel.
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Recipe: Lemon Ricotta Crepes with Blueberries and Bananas by Tyler Florence
We like the famous Lemon Ricotta Crepes with Blueberries and Bananas recipe by Tyler Florence. It serves 4. Here are the ingredients:
Crepes
1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 large pinch salt
1 3/4 cups milk
2 large eggs
10 tbsp (1 3/4 sticks) unsalted butter, melted plus a little more for cooking crepes
1 (15-oz.) container ricotta cheese
Finely grated zest of 1 lemon
1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
1 large egg
2 tbsp unsalted butter
2 pints blueberries
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 tsp cornstarch
juice of 1 lemon
2 ripe bananas, quartered lengthwise into long spears
Directions:
Add flour, eggs, milk and salt in the blender and mix it on medium speed. Then add butter (melted) and blend it for one more second until the batter is shiny. Cool it in refrigerator for 2-3 hours. When making crepes use nonstick skillet brushed lightly with melted butter over medium heat. Pour 1/4 cup batter into pan and swirl till it's paper thin. Any excess should go back into bowl. Cook every crepe for about 30-45 seconds until the edge turns golden brown, then flip it and cook it for another 30 seconds until the crepe is the same color. Remove it and continue the same process until all the batter is used. To prevent crepes from drying out cover them with plastic wrap...
New Slice Margarita Glasses from Crate & Barrel make you thirsty for more
The new Slice Margarita Glasses from Crate & Barrel are just the thing to quench your thirst for style! Serve up your cool summer cocktails and make a statement at the same time. These funky, chunky glasses simply scream "celebrate," featuring straight-sided hand-blown green-tinted glass decorated with citrus slices, and a clear-glass pedestal stem and base. Made in Mexico from 100% percent recycled glass, the glasses measure 6.25 inches high, with a capacity of 13 oz. The Slice Margarita Glasses retail for $9.95 each, available only at Crate & Barrel.
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