All The Stuff: The Punchbowl

Oh, the lonely sad punchbowl. You see them on the bottom shelf at the goodwill. So forlorn, so forsaken. Why has this happened? I love punch. OK, in a Covid world, no one is drinking from the same bowl at the moment, but way before 2020, punch seemed to go the way of the dodo.…

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All The Stuff: Menu Cards

By 1922, Lilian Eichler writes that, “Menu-cards are no longer used at the formal dinner, unless it is in celebration of some auspicious occasion and honored guests are present.  In this case, the hostess has the menus printed or engraved in a delicate script and has one placed beside the plate of each guest.  A favorite fashion…

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