Apples and Honey
Do you like to decorate your home with food? This table setting was built around the concept of apples, perfect for the autumn harvest and for this holiday...
One of the most wonderful customs surrounding Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is the pairing of apples and honey. The apple slices are dipped in honey and eaten to signify a wish for a sweet New Year. But I’m always struck with the happy coincidence that apples are ever-present this time of year, a time of harvest, apple picking and back-to-school rituals. So naturally my holiday tablescape is often constructed around an apple motif.
To give the sweet elixir the presentation is deserves, I set each place setting with miniature canning jars, tied with matching ribbon and decorated with the Hebrew greeting, Shanah Tovah (good year) and the new year, 5775. Vintage transferware plates lend a celebratory elegance to the scene.
My floral arrangements were based around red roses, special enough for the event, yet tied with casual checked ribbon and flecked with berries and stalks to be reminiscent of a day in the country picking apples.
Apples were scattered about the table, spilling from baskets and piled in buckets. As a balance to the red, I mixed in white pumpkins to foreshadow the coming season.
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So beautifully done!
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I love this table setting. Beautifully done. Thank you for sharing.
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