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Etiquette: What Time Is That?

By: Cheri April 17, 2022August 9, 2024

Etiquette, Partiesetiquette, parties, vintage parties

This is a list of events and what time they generally should begin. I’ve also added the level of formality, or if they are traditionally women only or separate sex. Breakfast 7-11am / Informal Formal Breakfast 8-11am / Formal Hunt / Sport Breakfast 11am – 12pm / Informal to Formal Elevenses or Coffee 11am-12pm /…

Punch: Basic Family Punch for Adults

By: Cheri December 27, 2020April 6, 2024

Comestibles, How-To, Vintage Cookbookspunch, punch recipes, vintage food, vintage parties, vintage recipes

Now that we talked about the punch bowl, you may be wondering what punch should you try? Here are some basic recipes for punches that can start you off. I’m using my grandmother’s recipes that were made for home gatherings, so they are not punch on an epic scale. Over the years we’ve fancified a…

The Breakfast Table: Part 2 The Breakfast

By: Cheri November 29, 2020October 31, 2023

Etiquette, Tablesettingsbreakfast, breakfast parties, table settings, vintage parties

I’m going to say right now that all of this is going to be a massive oversimplification. I’m not looking to go into every detail of how breakfast became the modern meal we know and I’m only considering western food at this point, and the medieval times were an astounding number of centuries, so just…