24 - Friday, March 13, 1987 - North Shore News

CENTREPIECE SETS TONE

Set the perfect table for home entertaining

ELEGANT, sparkling clean china and a well-set table are keys to relaxed at-home dining and suc- cessful entertaining in a world where fast food, plastic forks and Styrofoam are commonplace.

Whether you are feeding two or 20, your tablecloth and centrepiece set the tone for the rest of the table.

WHITE LINEN

White linen, fresh flowers and candles are right for all but the most informal occasions, but to- day there are many perfectly cor- rect alternatives, both in color and style. Many hostesses simply cover the table with a bedsheet, especial- ly for informal buffets.

A beautiful salad bowl can make an innovative centrepiece. Just replace it with a cheese tray or soup tureen after serving the salad course,

Today, most silver place settings are five-piece. The modern rule is to set each place with just the pieces that will be used. For most dinner parties that will mean all of them, unless you’re using older

settings of seven or cight pieces or more.

KNIVES AND FORKS

Whether you are using five pieces or nine, the old rule applies to hosts and guests alike. Pieces are always placed in the order in which they’ll be used, starting from the outside — forks on the left, knives and spoons on the right, and sometimes dessert and tea cutlery above the plate.

For plateware, too, set places with the china that will be used. No one expects you to have 40 place settings of the family china; it is perfectly all right to use dif- ferent patterns. For the smaller dinner parties most popular today, each setting would consist of din- ner plate with soup bowl, bread and butter plate to the left and wine glass(es) to the right.

SALAD PLATE

Salad should be served separat- ely on its own plate, before or after the entree.

Keep the menu as simple as

Address corrected

AN ARTICLE on page 14 of the Friday, March 6 edition of the News gave the incorrect address for a display of natural gas piping systems by B.C. Hydro.

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possible, particularly if the guest list is longer than usual. At Toron- to’s ultra-posh King Edward Hotel, where kitchen staff could easily handle more unusual tastes, the most frequently-ordered ban- quet meal is traditional roast beef.

You can entertain more people comfortably at a buffet dinner. Nothing could be simpler thans buffet service: china, napkins and silverware at one end of the table, food in the order it will be eaten, followed by wine and glasses.

If there are not enough seats for everyone, it is thoughtful to serve dishes that do not require a knife.

Simplicity is the key to suc- cessful buffet service. You might take a cue from Paul's, a Toronto catering institution for more than 40 years. The main course is served with just a knife and fork, and a dessert fork and spoon are provid- ed in a separate dessert service.

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And do not let dark thoughts of clean-up time deter you from using your best china and silver. Today’s china is safer in the dishwasher than it ever would be with all those guests helping out.

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