Christmas lunch – the table

Well Christmas is over.

Was a fun two-days session and we had the chance to spend some time with firends and nice food :)

We had some frinds coming to our place on the 25th and I was eager to host, as it is the only time during the calendar year, were I feel free to use all the nice stuff for the table. We ahve some many wedding gifts that make a difference on a table setting but that we are “ffraid” to use on a daily basis.

I just feel like sharing my “happy” set up with you guys.

The table cloth was all hand made by my mom. Took her ages, but the  cloth and the matching napkins are just “adorable”. The dishes are maybe not the most beautiful ones ever, but they have been in the family for ages, thus they have a very strong sentimental value to me.

Cutlery and glass-ware are all new and “to be handled gently”. I like them a lot and still can’t believe that we got them. Thanks a lot guys!

On a similar note, we had a wee aperitif table set in the living room, so that we could have some prosecco to get the stomac moving :) I’d like to spend a few words on that tray. It comes from Cairo (Egypt) and it’s a hand made silver and colored glass “snack” serving platter. When we got it, we just could not figure out what it was. After putting all the glass bits in their respective holes in the silver tray, it became quite evident what it was. And we just fell in love with the thing. It’s an extremely simple yet detail-rich platter and you can clearly see that whoever created it, is a real artist. We are very fond of it.

Ok, so this was the setup of our lunch. Now, for what was served (next post).

Cheeriuss!

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Knives

Let’s start with a description of my kicthen utensils. Any decent kitchen should have good knives. This is for a few very practical reasons:
1 – they are safer to the user: try to use a standard ikea bread knife. Then cut the same loaf with a real knife. See the difference?
2 – they live longer
3 – they keep sharp for a longer time
4 – they usually don’t rust as the crap ones do.

There are several excelent knife brands out there, all good and for all pockets and levels of expertise. The Germans and the japanese appear to be the best blade makers out there. I chose, years ago, a nice compromise between design, balance, makeshift, price and quality. I went (and still go) fro the Japanese Global.

I will start my little “blade” description with the one I prefer, form the ones I own. the Global G-3 carving knife.
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This is a great 21 cm long blade, extremely sharp (cut myself a few times by just touching it). It handles great and makes any “roast-cutting” adventure easy as cutting through butter with a warm blade.

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