Mix and Match

Table decor for your event does not always have to be matchy-matchy. It becomes boring and overdone when colors are overmatched and made to look perfect. Here is an example of something whimsical. The colors work. They look good together without looking like this color scheme has been done a million times.

Creative Uses

Ribbons are a pretty, simple, inexpensive way to add character and color to your event decor.

Ribbons here are weaved together to add color to a plain, white tablecloth.


A ribbon is used as a belt for this placecard napkin ring. A very DIY-able project!

Sneak Peak

We are busy planning and organizing for a big wedding that is happening this weekend at the New York Public Library. Here is a sneak preview of what the table setting is going to look like for the wedding.

Sample Tasting Menu continued

Here is the second part to the tasting menu...

SEATED DINNER MENU

PLATED FIRST COURSE

Chilled slow cooked wild king salmon with spinach puree, fennel, orange and radish

Tartare of yellowfin tuna with fennel and potato crisp

Charcoaled beef carpaccio with pea shoots, reggiano and white truffle oil


MAIN COURSE

Miso glazed black cod with herbed citrus sauce, snow pea salad, farro and black rice

Braised short ribs with celery root puree, shredded Brussels sprouts

Provencal lamb loin with goat cheese potato puree, herbed zucchini and broken black olive vinaigrette

Lavender honey-glazed muscovy duck with rhubarb chutney, baby turnips,
roasted buckwheat wild mushroom salad


PASSED SWEETS

Nectarine brown butter tartlets
Apricot marzipan cake
Espresso ‘Manjari’ cups
Buttermilk panna cotta in a white chocolate cup
Rosemary honey almond crème brulee tartlet
Mini ice cream cones
Mini popsicles
S’mores tartlet
‘Toblerone’semifreddo lollipop
French macaroons

Color Inspiration

Sample Tasting Menu

I have to run to a tasting in a few minutes. I thought I'd share a little of what a tasting menu for a wedding would look like. These are hors d'oeuvres only. Stay tuned for the rest of the sample tasting menu!

PASSED HORS D’OEUVRES

SEAFOOD

Beet cured salmon on a potato dill blini
Blini with American sturgeon caviar and chive crème fraiche
Seared rare tuna ‘Nicoise’ on a pomme frite, black olive tapenade

MEAT

Truffled foie gras with onions agrodolce on raisin pecan crisps
‘Egg McMuffin’: English muffin with wild boar bacon, quail egg, truffled cheese
Braised short ribs with celery root puree served in a spoon
‘Retro’ pigs in blankets with New York deli mustard
Lamb loin on a rosemary skewer, mint chutney

VEGETABLE

Asparagus salad in a parmesan frico cup
Truffled grilled cheese sandwich with celery relish
Edamame puree on a nori chip

A modern alternative

A lot of my clients always ask me what is a great alternative wedding registry. They are done with Tiffany's. Been there, done that. Kate Spade is actually a wonderful option for wedding gifts. Their tableware is very modern, punchy, and much more practical for the times we live in. It is something you can use often. It is not like the Tiffany's tableware that your parents passed down to you.