Stealing Magnolias: Tales from a New Orleans Courtyard ***** by Debra Shriver An Edible Book Review inspired by Jain at Food for Thought, a delicious blog for readers with an appetite for the written word. “In this dreamy and seductive entrée into the magical city that is New Orleans, author Debra Shriver, a twelfth-generation Southerner, Francophile, passionate preservationist and jazz devotee…
Category: Decor
Let Love Bloom
Love is Blooming at my table in honor of Valentine’s Day ~ Roses are blooming on my china, napkins, and in my soup tureen I filled courtesy of Trader Joe’s. I’m the happy recipient of my Great Aunt’s china, marked Avenir China, Limoges France. Since at one point in the 1920’s as many as 48 companies were producing wares marked…
Very Valentine
Very Valentine **** by Adriana Trigiani An Edible Book Review inspired by Jain at Food for Thought, a delicious blog for readers with an appetite for the written word. “Meet the Roncalli and Angelini families, a vibrant cast of colorful characters who navigate tricky family dynamics with hilarity and brio, from magical Manhattan to the picturesque hills of bella Italia. Very Valentine is the…
Winter World
Winter World **** by Bernd Heinrich I’m joining Jain with my Edible Book Review at Food for Thought, a delicious blog for readers with an appetite for the written word. The weather outside is frightful . . . while we thankfully have not had as much snow as the Northeast, it’s been colder than normal here in the sunny South. Snowbound, I had the perfect excuse to stay…
How the Tables have Turned
I’m joining Susan at Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursday~ It’s been a whirlwind of a year. I thought I would recap my most viewed and favorite tables. I was surprised to realize in looking back, I had “played with dishes” 42 weeks this past year :-) I’ll recap the top…
O Christmas Tree
Nell Hill’s O Christmas Tree ****.* by Mary Carol Garrity I’m joining Jain with my Edible Book Review at Food for Thought, a delicious blog for readers with an appetite for the written word. “Mary Carol Garrity and her home furnishing emporium Nell Hill’s have become synonymous with delivering creative and stylish advice on all facets of home decorating and entertaining. Inside…
Nell Hill’s Christmas at Home
Nell Hill’s Christmas at Home ****.* by Mary Carol Garrity I’m joining Jain at Food for Thought, a delicious blog for readers with an appetite for the written word~ “The town of Atchison, Kansas, is never busier than at Christmastime. It is during this season that the acclaimed Nell Hill’s home decorating emporium is transformed into…
A Redbird Christmas
A Redbird Christmas ****.* by Fannie Flagg I’m joining Jain with my Edible Book Review at Food for Thought, a delicious blog for readers with an appetite for the written word. My love of books is no secret~ factor in birds in a Christmas setting and this is a recipe for happy holiday reading. For me, a bird book in the hand, is worth a few…
Christopher Radko’s Heart of Christmas
Christopher Radko’s Heart of Christmas **** I’m joining Jain at Food for Thought, a delicious blog for readers with an appetite for the written word~ During the month of December you are invited to share a holiday book, in whatever manner you chose. . .using your decorations, collectibles or food from the kitchen.…
A Visit from St. Nicholas
My pattern, St. Nicholas, by Fitz & Floyd, Retired many years, breaking I hope to avoid~ The plates show St. Nick decorating the tree~ His fondness for musical sounds, you can see. Drums, horns, as well as bells too, Are placed on the tree all in plain view~ Beaded garland is swagged & placed just so,…