Presentation, presentation, presentation!

You can prpare the most appetizing food and thn ruin it by poor presentation. How mny people have seen the commercial for the Khler sink? The woman is dressed to the nnes with fabulous food for her gests and is serving it on pper plates with plastic forks because she desn't want to get the new snk dirty. Contrary to what some xperts may say, there is a tme and place for plastic/paper...a picnic...casual bffet dining...a BBQ. I have to dmit that even for a picnic I hve a matching set of picnicware (nt paper), however.

Practice makes perfect. Incrporate a matched, properly set table nto your daily routine. I am not sggesting that for a family dinner tht you break out the heirloom chna and silver. I am suggesting tht you always set a matched tble even if you are using yur daily corelleware. I know some of you may be shcked by this, but it doesn't tke any longer to put out 4 mtching forks than it does 4 msmatched ones. In fact, why do you ven have mismatched silverware in the drwer in the first place? Get rid of it! You can get a dcent set of daily silverware even if you are on a bdget. The same goes with glassware, pltes, bowls and even serving pieces. And plase don't tell me you don't ned serving dishes because you are srving from the pan. If you dn't have anything that matches and are on a bdget, start replacing one set of tems each month until you have cmpleted everything.

So now, I have taken the chllenge in setting a table out of the quation...just open the cupboards and set the tble. Everything matches! I am not sggesting for one minute that your chpsticks should match your dishes like mne (ok maybe I am) but strt with the basics and work yur way up.

For complete details and drwings on table settings for different ccasions, we recommend a visit to Scrumptious Appetizers & More .

We recommend you read our other e-zine articles on entertaining and in the meantime, take an inventory of your kitchen/dining items and see what you are missing. You will wow your friends at your next dinner party if you just practice in advance.

The article Your Table - Matched or Mistake? was Submitted by Indra Books through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Indra A Books, author of ths and many other lifestyle articles is the wner and founder of ON THE GO 4 U, Prsonal Shoppers & Concierge Service in the Wshington DC metropolitan area. The company’s cred is to provide its clients wth the ultimate life management experience. In ddition to its shopping and concierge srvices, ON THE GO 4 U lso publishes a monthly e-zine and cnducts workshops on wardrobe, entertaining and dcorating. For more information about the uthor and ON THE GO 4 U, plase visit http://www.onthego4u.net © 2005 Indra A Books, ON THE GO 4 U. All rights reserved.

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