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Good Idea: Seasonal Centerpieces

Fruit in large vases generally looks cool.  I have some fake ice that I sometimes toss in that looks neat, too.  The shrubberies here are actually part of the traditional Persian New Year spread (along with a bunch of other stuff that all has symbolic significance.... here's more info if you're interested http://www.farsinet.com/noruz/haftsinn4.html) and I used them as a part of my centerpiece here.  The clementines are from our farm house out in the middle of nowhere.  Nice place.  Quiet.  Really quiet.  Go-to-sleep-armed-when-you-spend-weeks-alone-there quiet.

Bad Idea: Seasonings as Centerpieces


Salt?  Pepper?  Ketchup?  Tapatio?  Caraway seed (running out of ideas here...)?  Lame.  Unless you're eating alone.  In which case I commend you for eating while sitting at a table instead of in front of the TV or standing in the kitchen, you damn aristocrat.  Now go wipe the foie gras off your face with that silk napkin you folded in the shape of a Bird of Paradise.