Just a quick little tabletop tip today that I saw at Pasanella & Son recently. At their beautiful wine shop in the South Street Seaport they not only display their wines, they place little display cards in front of bottles that range along the side of the shop. Cut into half-cut corks, I thought this would be an really nice way to do guest cards at a home cooked dinner (extra Ursula & Salmon pic below too).
Each cork yields two halves, which can then be slit on top. Cut a nice thick card, inscribe and then insert. Very simple and totally reusable for ever. Varying the corks, as well, will add character to your table setting.
And here's a little totally unrelated shot of Ursula kissing a salmon that Sara Kate cooked this past weekend. She not only loved the fish, she loved eating it. Neither Sara or I can remember being anything like this at three and a half!
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Comments (11)
how clever. great way to recycle them! nice!
Ah, I have do have a memory at the same age as Ursula, though, I didn't kiss it. I was mesmerized by this big orange fish on the dinner table at my grandmother's home in Nova Scotia. I fell in love with salmon right then and there and have loved it every since (45 years later).
the corks are also fantastic for displaying random photographs around the house...looks very casual AND chic!
She's clearly inherited both of her parents' finest qualities. She is just lovely...
For Thanksgiving last year we used acorns found in the backyard of my sister's home as place-card holders. A shallow slice with a (very) sharp knife creates enough of a groove to hold a small card.
Thanks for sharing, we'll try the corks this year!
works great with champagne corks too! see:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/79875966@N00/2149488942/
thanks for sharing...love this idea!
What a wonderful idea and what a beautiful little gal.
My mom was concerned for my 3 y.o. nephew's mental health when we threw a fresh lobster and crab meal for their anniversary. My nephew not only was not upset, but he requested to be held up so he could see the crustaceans being put directly into the boiling water.
Love this wine shop... very quaint. Also they have a back room for private dinner parties... these are the stores NYC used to be made of.... not all of the commercial chains. Nice to see....
Read your blog, went and grabbed a champagne cork off the bar, a bread knife, and went to town. Results are posted at my blog
Thanks for the tip, love it!
mike
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