Easy Elegant Party Menu

Elegant Dinner Menu

• Herbed Mustard Cream Cheese in cherry tomato cups
• Beef Fillets With Wine Sauce
• Caramelized Onion-Potato Tart
• Sautéed Spring Vegetables (optional)
• Apple-Blueberry Cream Puff Sundaes

Decorating Understatements

• Play a bright, modern, two-color theme to the hilt, accenting with cream and black.
• Capture bouquets of flowers in unexpected containers. Spray roses rest on the rims of beverage tumblers, while Queen Anne's lace is inserted in florist vials and placed inside a cored pear.
• Compose the setting in combinations of matte, shiny, clear, and frosted finishes.
• Anchor the display with a statement piece like pottery.