Napkin Use The meal begins when the host unfolds his or her napkin. This is your signal to do the same. Place your napkin on your lap, completely unfolded if it is a small luncheon napkin or in half, lengthwise, if it is a large dinner napkin. Typically, you want to put your napkin on [...]

You can pick up a wood tray, and place flowers in small containers, and simply line them up across the table along with candles. Play around with different colors of fruits in similar sizes: oranges, apples, lemons, etc.

I don’t really know this book until I saw the movie “Julie & Julia.” The story is inspiring and the book is the classic cookbook, in its entirety—all 524 recipes. “Anyone can cook in the French manner anywhere,” wrote Mesdames Beck, Bertholle, and Child, “with the right instruction.” And here is the book that, for [...]