LUNCHING AT THE BERGHOFF..............

It's another night of beautiful tablescapes from around blogland hosted by

The TABLESCAPE DIVA of the SOUTH.....

Susan at www.betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com I had over neighbors old and new for a little impromptu lunch on Monday....

I always get excited when I get to set a new table and this one turned out to be one

with a

special twist..............

Years ago when I was at the height of my diner china buying days I picked up some

Buffalo China plates with the name "Berghoff" on them......

Not knowing what the Berghoff was I liked the signature plate with the burgundy

Stripe....

I bought 8 of them and I have used them often over the years.....

Anybody owning diner china from the 50's knows how durable this stuff is...

You can literally drop it on the floor and it will not break....

It is truly indestructible....

So when I decided to do a red themed table for lunch I set out my cherry

dessert plates and mugs....my new red handled silverware

And I reached for the Berghoff plates.....

In the mail the same day I set the table I received my monthly catalog from

www.thegoodcook.com Book Club.....

And what do I see to my surprise...

A new cookbook untitled

"The Berghoff Cafe Cookbook"

by Carlyn Berghoff.....

the Great Granddaughter of the restaurants founder Herman Berghoff.....

The German-American restaurant in Chicago was founded in 1898 and Carlyn being a graduate of the

Culinary Institute of America is carrying on her great-grandfathers legacy.......

It was no nice after all these years of eating many a meal off of these

dishes that I now can put a face with a name......

I thought my cherry dishes went well with the dinner plates.....
I first found the little dessert dishes at our local
Old Time Pottery here in Marietta for only 25 cents a piece...
A few months later while shopping at a GW with neighbor Necie
I found the matching mugs.....,.$4.00 for 4 mugs.....

Place mats that I used during the holidays were also purchased at
Old Time Pottery....... $1.79 each. They are made of heavy felt....

How cute is this bowl.....

A Christmas gift from Necie....

Little burgundy banded salad bowls.......Also Buffalo diner china circa 1950's

red handled silverware....

Target.....

$9.99 for a service for 4.....

Only bad point....No soup spoon....

Only....4 knives.....4 forks.....4 teaspoons....

This wonderful pitcher was found while I was up in Jersey

for the holidays.......$6.00 at the Second Chance Thrift Store....
Peapack-Gladstone New Jersey....

Used as napkins.......50 cent dish towels from IKEA....

Even the ladies were surprised by this one when I showed them the little

loop on one end to hang them from.....

I plan on stenciling a silverware pattern in a row using fabric paint one of these days...

IKEA has these as a regular staple all year.....

Where have we seen this name before???

I received this fabulous plate handmade by my dear blogging friend

Ellen at

www.nouveaustitch.wordpress.com

You can see this wonderful plate better in this picture and see how it matches the pitcher....
If you haven't stopped by Ellen's blog it's a must as she is one of the most talented

people that I have ever met.....she can do it all.....I'll show you at the end of the week

some of her other talents.....

And we ended our lunch with a group picture.....

This is not the best shot as the Boss took it before all were prepared....

But I look the best in this one and after all it's my blog!!

This one is better and even the Boo Dog got in on it.....

He enjoyed hanging with the ladies and the ladies are left to right....

Sandie....Helen.....Me and Necie.....

Helen is an old neighbor from the cul de sac......Just like Knott's Landing!

Necie ofcourse lives next door.....

And Sandie is both a new friend.....a blogger......and a neighbor I never knew.....

We discovered after becoming blogging friends that dear daughter

and her son were in the same grade school class together......

It's a small world!!