FABBY: My Thanksgiving Table for 2012

Hello my dear friends!

I started to work on my Thanksgiving tablescape today, while I watched the elections, which kept me busy, as I was so nervous and stressed out..I'm so glad it's over, regardless the outcome, which it will be soon as it's almost 11pm. I did fresh flowers, instead of pumpkins, which I posted in most of the other tables and fall vignettes.  For my Thanksgiving tablescape I used my Turkish gold glass chargers, with orange dinner plates.. and just the other day I realized the Bavarian salad plates had a nice size orange flower, so I immediately decided to pair them with the orange plates and the place setting looked perfect! I love to mix and match my dishes, even in real life, therefore, I think I'll do this table for Thanksgiving Day. The glass sherbets are for a shrimp ceviche as an entree and the silver fowl cover for the turkey and all the goodies that go with it.

Here is my table for Thanksgiving 2012, as we have so much to thank God.. first, for our family, our health and so much we have received this year from His Blessed Hands.

Cotton organza embroidered Indian place mats in green and a soft beige, they also have small embroidered leaves. Shots taken in the afternoon.

All the napkin rings are Autumn leaves of different shapes. The bread plates are pewter.

The crystal sherbets are from the 90's, so I don't remember where they were from. Notice another fall leaf.

Here is another fall leaf in the orange napkin. The gravy boat is Noritake.

I love this beautiful English, Pomona-Portmerion baking dish, a present from my dear niece, Nathalie. Here I make my Sweet Potato Bake..actually I make it with local "camote" which is a sweeter tubercle than the sweet-potato and really yummy and a favorite of everyone in the family and friends. Another fall leaf napkin ring.

I interchanged a green napkin with an orange one, a lot of silverware and gold chargers, and it made the table cheery. Up front also a glass and silver container where I put a sweet-tomato little salad, to accompany the turkey and it's my mother's recipe.

I had fun doing these two arrangements with some fall colors, leaves and flowers. There's a great flower shop a block away from my house; flowers are quite inexpensive around here.

 The sterling silver fowl cover, that some of you who follow me know that it was hubby's last C'mas gift to me and it'll be for serving the turkey.. the main dish. I will also use a pretty silver platter from my Mil for the salad and a bowl for wild rice and pine nuts.

 Here is opened with a white vintage English ironstone platter I had, which fits perfectly.

The silver butter dish was a gift for me from my dad and next to it a little crystal Bohemian S&P cellar. These shots are taken in the evening.. now by candle light.

 This antique sterling bowl was my dear Mil's and it's where I place the cranberry.

 Here you can see the orange flower and bud, which made me pair these pretty salad dishes with the orange dinner plates.

The candle holders in a pretty amber color are Portuguese.

 A station in the buffet for tea, coffee or herb tea, which some of us like at night, specially the women ..and sometimes even men.

The amber wine glasses are Italian Mario Santini and the water glasses are Mexican hand blown.

The pretty crochet runner was made by my mother, among tablecloths and many other things I have... crocheted by her and by my grandmother..mother's mama. 

The candle holders are Portuguese and they won a design award in the 90's.

So here you have it..my Thanksgiving tablescape for 2012.

Thanking you in advance my lovely and kind friends for all  the generous comments you always leave me.

I will also be joining some great parties...so thank you gracious hostesses for having me.

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FABBY: A Fallen Halloween Table for Three

Happy Halloween everyone!

Although I am very sad for what happened in the East Coast with the hurricane Sandy. My heart and prayers go out to those families that have suffered great devastation and worse, even the lose of loved ones... at the same token, I am happy my family and friends in NY and NJ are safe.

My mother always comes on Wednesdays to spend the day with Alejandro and me, so I made a small Fallen-Halloween table for the three of us, with a small "blond ceramic witch" that belongs to my cute five year old, dirty-blond haired, grand Cayetana.

Here is the tablescape for the three of us..with a little Fall and a little Halloween.

 



 








   







 

 The place setting is with a remiken for individual cheese souffle, as an entree. Main dish Chicken Marsala from dear Pinky, our blog friend..thank you Pinky! Farfalle with pepperoncini, salad and the cute cupcakes shown here, from the bakery.

 Look at this cute cupcake!

 Here is another with a pumpkin face.

 ...and another chocolate one.

 My brittle and the cutest cupcakes.

 Here is the brittle I made from Victoria magazine, fall 2011.

My five year old grand Cayetana's "blond witch"..lol

There's a vanilla cupcake, at your left too.

In the white remikens I served cheese souffle, as an entree..than I made a delish Chicken Marsala, which I got the recipe for our dear blog friend Pinky...thanks Pinky! Farfalle a la pepperoncini and a salad. For dessert we had, tea my mom, and we had coffee, along with, store bought cute Halloween Cupcakes. We also had Cashew Brittle, which I made it with almonds and it came from Victoria Magazine from Sept./Oct. 2011. Hope you like my little Fallen-Halloween table.

Thank you sweet and generous friends for the comments you always send me, as they put a smile on my face, EVERY TIME!

Many thanks to the lovely and gracious hostesses for the terrific parties they host each week and for having me.

Have a very Happy Halloween, ya'll!

FABBY

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FABBY: New Silk Rug for the Den

Hello my friends!

I got a small metamorphosis in our den and here's why. Our dear daughter Alexandra just moved to the city our other daughter Sofia and the g'girls live. This city has a hot climate all year round..like hot and hotter! In Alexandra' new apartment, and because of the warm weather, she thinks she doesn't want any rugs, not even areal rugs. I think she's right, besides the fact she wants to decorate it a little more on the modern, or go more eclectic, which is great I think , for a young woman.

She decided to send us this gorgeous Belgium silk rug she had in her previous apartment . She thought it would go nice with our den's yellow couches and black and white marble floor. Alejandro and I are totally thrilled with it, it looks perfect and the room looks so much more elegant! Our den and living room are next to each other, so when we have lots of guests, they can all be very close to each other and mingle better. Therefore, I like it that it's more elegant and gives also the impression that it's larger.

Take a look, hope you like it.



This silk Belgium rug it's actually a soft yellow and black, but the pictures don't really show it, not in the day pics or the night ones, but believe me, the rug is in a soft yellow and looks great with the yellow couches and chairs here.

Here it is with the coffee table, it stil looks great.

Since this is a bigger rug than the old one, the room looks larger, as it's fitting the floor's width in full.

Here it seems like you can see more of the soft yellow in the rug next to the chairs.

I love the center medallion, although the coffee table covers it somewhat.

The Before wool rug was smaller and I would have not changed it, but after this gorgeous present we "inherited" from sweet daughter Alexandra, we're happier.

At your far left you can see a little of the yellow in the rug.

The four corners of the rug looks like this. Notice a little of the black  insets and white marble floors, so the rug looks pretty against it, as the floor has totally more white.

We are really so happy with how it looks and the silk is very shiny and elegant in real life..besides the fact that you can see the light yellow better too, of course.

Thank you my sweet, sweet and generous friends for all the wonderful comments you leave me..they always put a smile on my face!

Thank you lovely and gracious hostesses for making me feel welcomed at your great and
fun parties.


LOVE,
FABBY



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FABBY: Pasta Dinner Tablescape

Hello sweet friends
I'll start by thanking all the sweet friends that sent me nice wishes for my new year of life; I appreciate it very much, you're all so kind.

We'll be having a small dinner with a couple of friends and we'll have an entree, maybe some chicken Marsala I love, spaghetti with pesto and salad; each in it's own plate as Italians serve their food like that. Here is my tablescape with a big bowl for the pasta and six individual bowls for each place..I bought this Italian set, several years ago on some Italian festival where they had great things from Italy in that store..course, I did buy a few things more for cooking Italian, as really, it's my fav kinda food, as growing up in Astoria-Queens, in an Irish-Italian neighborhood...now it's turned Greek. I acquired the taste from my best friend, Ann Graci, when I used to go many a Sunday to spend the day at her house, eating at her huge table, filled with great food and lots of family...but don't get me wrong, I love cooking and eating almost all foods, there's not much I don't like, lol..

Ok, here goes my table for a pasta dinner and tonight I will be joining Let's Dish at Cuisine Kathleen and many other terrific parties, like Tablescape Thursday at, Between Naps on the Porch too. Thank you so much wonderful and generous hostesses for having me.


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The place set with cobalt blue ceramic chargers, from our past ceramic co., reticulated dinner plate and the spaghetti Italian bowl with a cute design inside it.

The white demitasse cups and saucers were my dad's, as he loved his small expresso coffee after dinner. The teapot and sugar bowl are from my silver tea set.

The glasses I used are from my Bormiolli Rocco set and the red steams are also Italian, but from my C'mas stash.

The big serving bowl also came with the six individual spaghetti bowls.

My dear Mil gave my husband for one of his birthdays this gorgeous Italian, yellow crystal, antique decanter with six small glasses. I like to serve water in it, it's just so beautiful.

Here is a delicious Italian bread hubby makes a lot for dinner, or for any reason. This recipe was given to my Mil as her father had an Italian family of farmers that worked in his farm long ago, in the 50's and 60's.

This artisan bread is great with Italian pasta and of course, some Tavola red wine. The napkin rings are silver fall leaves from a set of eight, so I used a different one for each plaid red napkin.

Thanking you in advance my sweet friends for the lovely and generous comments you always leave me.

 

 

Italian Bread Recipe

 

 

2 cups flour

2 ml. water

1 teaspoon dry yeast

1/4 teaspoon salt

 

Mix all the ingredients in your Kitchen Aid, or other mixer. Let it stand for 12 hours, in a covered bowl in a warm place.

Flour the table and knead it to form the dough into a loaf shape and place it in a loaf pan as well. Bake at 450F in a previously hot oven, for 15 minutes.

 

I love this bread as it doesn't have any grease, no butter or eggs, so it is very light indeed!

 

 

 

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