Golden Harvest Table: Mark on Better TV
When planning your next Thanksgiving dinner with friends or family, it might be nice to incorporate a theme. This year I decided to come up with The Golden Harvest Table, featuring golden decor, signature fall cocktails, and harvest inspired foods. All these tips have been featured on my Thanksgiving segment on Better TV that aired on Wednesday, November 16th, 2011.
The Golden Harvest Table is also a great theme for any party, you can use it for a gathering of friends, an anniversary dinner, or just to spruce up a family dinner at home.
Click the links below for recipes, step by step instructions and images of the tips featured on Better TV!
Decor:
Harvest Candles
Gold Gilded Plates
Gold Gilded Fruit Decor
Food:
Gilded Chocolate Truffles
Fall Leaves Tuiles Cookies
Mini Pumpkin Cheesecakes
Stilton Cheese Balls
Mini Bird Pies
Drinks:
Stewed Cranberry Punch
Baked Apple Pie
Pumpkin Spice Martini
Champagne Cranberry Cocktail
Pomegranate Hibiscus Fizz
Gold Gilded Plates
Gold Gilding plain white plates is a great way to spruce up your table with an easy design that is unique to the look of your tabletop. It turns a simple plate into an elegant piece. It is also a fun activity to get the children involved!
List of Materials Needed:
24 Karat Gold Luster Dust
Vodka
Confectionary Sugar
Paintbrush
Jar, Bowl, Painters Pallet, Etc.
To enhance simple white plates, paint a pattern of your choosing on to the rim of the china with a gold dust and plain vodka solution.
To make the gold paint, slowly add vodka to 24 Karat gold dust drop-by-drop until it is the consistency of water color paints. If you added too much vodka, not to worry, just let the vodka evaporate and start over again.
The only limit to this project is your imagination (and water). Paint a pattern, names as a place card or phrases on the china to welcome your guests to the table. The vodka will evaporate leaving the gold leaf design.
To remove, simply wash your plates as normal and the gold dust will wash away!
Try this technique on everything from baked goods to glassware – run away with your new found Midas Touch!
For links to all The Golden Harvest recipes and tips, click here!
