Entertaining

Colorful cherry tomatoes with mozzarella and basil bedeck pillowy white bread on china decorated in strawberries and green leaves.

Open-Faced Caprese Tea Sandwiches

Cherry tomatoes, mozzarella, balsamic glaze, and basil meet atop white bread to create our Open-Faced Caprese Tea Sandwiches. Save Recipe Print ...
French Cooking

French Essentials: Gallic Cuisine

Known for a sense of savoir faire that begins with a selection of the finest ingredients, continues through time-honored techniques of preparation, and culminates...
These genteel recipes for heavenly macarons are sure to add delicate grace notes to an afternoon teatime.

Heavenly Macarons

A lovely rainbow of pastel tints draws the eye to a silver serving tray laden with an array of divinely flavored meringue-based confections. These...
Dress the table for spring brunch in brilliant bouquets and petal-strewn china to greet the morning with a seasonal celebration.

A Spring Brunch Menu

When the landscape rouses from a quiet winter’s rest, shaking off alabaster blankets of snow to don an array of vibrant florals, dress the...
A rectangular dining table in Nicola Bathie McLaughlin’s Texas home displays a blue-and-white checked tablecloth, colorful china, and bouquets of pastel flowers.

Nicola Bathie McLaughlin Shares Four Table-Styling Tips

Texas-based tastemaker Nicola Bathie McLaughlin is a household name to those who long to fill their dressing rooms with sparkling bespoke gems and elegant...
Victoria test kitchen chef Izzie Turner, who developed the recipes featured in “Among the Cherry Blossoms,” recommends these top ten pantry staples for forays into Asian cooking. Tall vases filled with clusters of cherry blossoms, hydrangeas, and peonies add springtime beauty to a table set for a feast of Japanese fare.

Our Top 10 Recommendations for Asian Pantry Staples

When drifts of petals tinged with the faintest blush flutter through the air, carried about on an early spring breeze, allow this gentle beauty...