Italian Strawberry Jar
Posted on | May 12, 2011 | 10 Comments
I picked up this super cute ceramic strawberry jar at Mario Batali’s Tarry Market in Port Chester, New York today. The jar is filled with sugared strawberries from Italy. I love strawberries and the jar blinded me to the price. Crap, did I spend $29.99 on strawberries? Eeek a little expensive. But a great idea for a hostess gift (not that I will be sharing) and I can use the jar for flowers this summer. Above a photo of my niece at lunch inside the market along with a blue jar full of sugared cherries.
I also found the strawberries online via amazon.com for $26 each.
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My Thanksgiving Table
Posted on | November 22, 2010 | 18 Comments
When I was growing up we always had Thanksgiving at my great grandparents farm in Maine. Generations of women would gather in the kitchen making homemade rolls, fresh kielbasa, and stuffing so rich we now refer to it as “stomach stuffing” —it sticks to your ribs and gives you a bit of a bellyache.
Our family farm was sold and now Thanksgiving usually takes place at my house or my older sister’s. This year it’s just going to be Greg and I. Everyone has been really busy with work and we all agreed a day of sleeping late and hanging out in our pjs sounds like way more fun then sitting in bumper to bumper traffic. Our house looks like a bomb went off with house renovations projects going on in just about every room. I couldn’t be more thankful that I don’t have to clean the house from top to bottom to make it presentable for guests.
I haven’t even thought about what I’m going to cook which is a bit unlike me. I’ll probably head to the grocery story tonight to pick up a fresh turkey, some veggies and a loaf of bread to make stuffing. Greg will probably spend the majority of Thanksgiving working outside on the house. I want be stuck in the kitchen all day cooking and making homemade pies. Simple but perfect.
Above and below photos that I took for an online story that got cut. My great grandmother’s china is shown as a salad plate. A simple stripe linen tablecloth from Terrain and purple napkins from Libeco pull the table together without it becoming too fussy. The hurricanes are from now defunct Smith & Hawkins and the beeswax candles my mom picked up for me at Whole Foods.
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