Tablescape October 2012

1930’S SPEAK EASY SOIREE

October 2012, Midterm Tablescape projectby Leanne Parshalle

Saturday, March 9, 13

Cover is from the period. Bottom g lass dinner plate is patter ned and

in-rel ief . A clear g lass salad plate is on-top. Napkin is from 1930-1949.

Table-cloth is contemporar y. The napkin ring is a motif - laden myster y.

Na m e - c a r d s a r e v i n t a g e h a n d -m a d e B r i d g e L u n c h e o n t a l l y ' s .

1930’S TABLE-SETTING


Cover is 1.5 inches from the edge of table. Flowers are in a classic “Penguin motif” ice bucket. Vintage ice-cream ware is being used for the water and wine glasses. Candle votive is in a circa-1930’s glass sundae cup .


Backdrops will be rented from MKE Props Unlimited to evoke the glamour

and the danger of what immortalized the 1930’s after the Great Depression…


To remember the EVENT

GUEST GIFTS


Leanne & Oliver’s

Speakeasy Soiree

In-keeping with the decade, guests will receive a hand-made “4x6” flip book highlighting the song, drink and food of the decade…


Chicken & Bacon Blankets Crabmeat Canapés Cocktail Meatballs

Ham & Steak Sandwiches Chicken CroquettesMini Chicken Pies

Meatloaf & Mashed ParsnipsVegetable Hash

Repeal Day ChowderParker House Rolls

Smoked Salmon Stuffed Crabmeat

Caviar Sandwiches Cream Cheese Crusts

Rolled Sandwiches Seafood Cocktails

Fresh Fruit PlattersAssorted Smoked Meat

& Cheese Plates

MENUHOT EATS: COLD EATS:

(Inspired in part by the vintage; Metropolitan Life Cook Book which had no publishing date, but does refer to an Ice Box. )


“Remember the Maine” a classic from

Charles S. Baker (Rye/Vermouth/Absinthe)

The Martinez(Gin/Vermouth and Maraschino

Liqueur)

Whiskey Old-Fashioned

Manhattan

Barbary Coast

Colony Cocktail

COCKTAILS OF 1933


Coleman Hawkins, Fletcher Henderson BandDuke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra,

Louis Armstrong, Ethel Waters, Fats Waller, Lester Young, Art Tatum and Count Basie

THE MUSIC OF THE 1930’s


FILMS OF 1933

Dinner at Eight Duck Soup 42nd StreetGold Diggers of 1933I’m No Angel King KongLittle WomenMorning GloryShe Done Him WrongSons of the DesertThe Invisible Man

Text


A special art glass coaster to inaugurate the first of many

vintage decade theme dinners.


1930’s SoireeOctober, 2012


Adventures in Cocktails. Remember the Maine: A Classic 1933 Classic Cocktail From Charles H. Baker. AIC, 2010. Web. 18 December, 2010. http://www.adventuresincocktails.com

American Movie Classics and Tim Dirks. AMC Film site: The Greatest Films of 1933. AMC, 2010. Web. 18 December, 2010. http://www.filmsite.org

*Broderbund Software Inc. Click Art 65,000.: Disc 5. 1987-1997.

Distilled Spirits Council of the United States. Celebrate the Repeal of Prohibition: Prohibition Era Cocktails. DSCUS, 2010. Web. 18 December, 2010. http://www.prohibitionrepeal.com

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Metropolitan Cook Book. (circa 1920-1930 or later? Or later?)

Ward, Geoffrey C. and Ken Burns. JAZZ: A History of America’s Music. Alfred A Knopf//Random House: New York, 2000-2005. Print.

Altered with digital media, October 2012: A 1978 Shalimar by Guerlain perfume ad. (for coaster)

WORKS CITED


Career

Tablescape October 2012