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Snowy White Damask
I’m sure there must be a lot of poetry about fresh snow looking like a damask linen tablecloth. If not, there certainly should be. There is something pristine about a…
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Oh dear, I’m out of fresh mustard. Please inform Cook immediately!
I have always had a weakness for esoteric serving ware. I don’t yet own a silver asparagus shovel, nor do I own ice cream forks. I’ve never mastered the art…
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Let Us Cut the Lettuce
Etiquette guides get a bad rap for being arbitrary rules that excluded one class of people from the next. While there may be a few of these oddities on the…
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Hello world!
With over 25 years in the museum field, and a wide array of seemingly contradictory academic degrees, Anne (AKA Vesta) has studied fashion history, costume design, American political history, historic…
Seeking to promote connection and understanding through the appreciation of home life
Vesta –
the goddess of home & hearth
Finding the joy and humor in domestic history