‘Wood’ good food taste even better on wood? Certainly! How about average food? Probably!
Dining outdoors- food looks even better presented on wood. Wooden tableware from IrishMadeGifts.com from just €20
Are you gifted in the kitchen? Will the ‘Yes’ group please stand aside! For those of us in the ‘No’, here are some rules to help you be in the know, while proudly or otherwise remaining in the ‘No,’ and no, this is not confusing! It is all about presentation and the power of wood.
- Gather up those wooden plates, bowls and platters that you previously sucked the life out of by using them as purely decorative pieces or worse still, delegated to the dark recesses of the cupboard
Wooden dinner plates from beech or ash trees are a conversation point around the table.
- Use them!
- A quick hand wash afterwards and ‘wood’ you believe it, your wooden art is ready for the next meal and while it sits there calmly waiting it will also decorate your living space- because wood has a heart no matter what google tells you- and using your wooden tableware keeps everything connected to its roots!
Wooden Platter made from Yew by Tony Farrell available from irishMadeGifts.com €180
Does it make your food taste better? In my opinion it most certainly does because presentation is everything, however I cannot vouch for just how bad your cooking skills really are but…
Here is a Simple Summer Salad Recipe that suits Tony Farrell’s Tableware
Summer Salad in large wooden bowl.
- Throw mixed leaves on the bottom of the bowl or ‘toss’ them if you are actually a great chef.
- Then start using layers of colour (one at a time in case you get confused) of various chopped or sliced fruit and vegetables.
Example- Red grapes/ Yellow peppers/green grapes/red onions/white feta cheese/ green cucumber/red strawberries/green cucumbers.
- Top it all with some grilled pine nuts.
- Serve on Tony Farrell’s tableware http://www.irishmadegifts.com/index.php?route=product/manufacturer/product&manufacturer_id=24
and use Carmel Creaner’s hand embroidered napkins for that extra touch.
Knife & Fork -4 Hand embroidered table napkins €65 by Carmel Creaner
http://www.irishmadegifts.com/carmel-creaner-textiles/embroidered-cutlery-napkins
- Add Ceiliuradh’s wooden foldable garden table/wine holder for that extra WOW WOOD FACTOR! http://www.irishmadegifts.com/Foldable-garden-wine-table?manufacturer_id=106
Foldable wooden wine stand from Ceiliuradh for just €75 from IrishMadeGifts.com. Spike bottom for easy placement anywhere in your garden.
- JUST ADD FRIENDS!
