You put a lot of love and care into preparing a meal, so why not eat that meal off a plate that’s been just as lovingly created? That is precisely what’s so special about handmade dinnerware, and I just love the collection from San Luis Obispo-based potter Christine Silbaugh.
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Here we are on Monday with five nights of dinners staring us in the face. A weeknight dinner can be a tricky thing, something that gets squeezed into that narrow time slot between getting home from work and the desperate desire to just kick back and relax. We’re curious — how long does it usually take you to make dinner? Have you streamlined your cooking to get dinner on the table as quickly as possible? Or do you linger over meal prep with a glass of wine?
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While all of us here at The Kitchn love to chat about simple meals and the day-to-day realities of cooking, we also really love a good party. So this week we’re launching a new monthly series, Gatherings from The Kitchn, showing you our own dinner parties, large and small. Gathering with friends can be as simple as a cozy dinner party for for four in a little apartment, or as ambitious as a backyard movie night. We’ll show you our real-life parties, taking a week to walk through planning, recipes, tips, decorating tips, and the party itself.
Our first party comes from my own kitchen, where last week I threw a dinner tailored for the end of winter, one with hearty, rustic polenta and lots of red wine. Simple, right? Well, we decided to add a dramatic centerpiece for this party — a four-foot-long polenta board! Want to see more?
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Three weeks ago, we together rolled our eyes because it seemed like everyone was either celebrating spring (pea tendrils! meyer lemons!) or on vacation without us, cluttering our social media feeds with shiny, happy scenes on distant beaches. We had a brief but unequivocally necessary pity party because while we were stuck here, shivering, with a fresh layer of sleet accumulating outside. We consoled ourselves with blood orange margaritas.
And then — EH TU, DEB? — I turned on you too.
Really, I have some nerve. There we were, finally getting caught back up after a fall and winter of extended absences while I hopped from Atlanta to Austin, Boston to Bridgewater, Minneapolis to Montreal, Salt Lake to St. Louis and I unpacked my thick sweaters and wool socks only long enough to replace them with sunscreen and flip-flops.
What a terrible week.
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