William Yeoward Perfect Tables: Tabletop Secrets, Settings and Centrepieces for Delicious Dining

By William Yeoward

Book Overview

Perfect Tables showcases 26 stunning ideas for tables that will inspire you to entertain both on a grand scale and informally.

A highly respected designer of fine tableware, William Yeoward is not only a force in international design, but a larger-than-life bon vivant who loves food, entertaining, style and chat - and who has turned table-setting into an art form. Here, he offers ideas and inspiration for a variety of table settings. In 'Special Occasions' and 'Family & Friends' are beautiful tables for Thanksgiving, Christmas, a midsummer wedding and Valentine's Day, plus informal settings for a buffet supper, a children's tea party and the perfect breakfast. The 'Essentials' chapter reveals the secrets William uses to transform any occasion from plain to perfect and there's a chapter on designing your tables with colour to enhance mood and theme, too - dining with blue-and-white china, using tartans, playing with red, violet and pink glassware and introducing gold that sets shimmering crystal alight. With tips on table etiquette and clever and inspiring ideas for everything from laying cutlery, china and glassware with precision to tying napkins and choosing flowers, William shows how attention to the tiniest detail adds to the ambience of any table.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1908170131
• ISBN13: 9781908170132
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Cico
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.0" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Pefect guide for perfect dining

This is a clear and concise giude to those who appreciate not only food, but also the way it is being served.The chapters are dedicated to a range of occasions from formal dinners to a children's party (including, of course, events like Christmas and Easter). Photos are breathtakingly beautiful from those showing the whole table to pictures of smallest details. Despite being written by a designer, this is not an advertisement of William Yeoward's crystal or china. This is a truly indispensable book for people who like to give parties. The book has some very practical bits of advice as to how organize it all. I would say that together with Ina Garten's "Parties!" "Perfect Tables" will help you to to make your next party both superb and effortless.

good but not great

Although the photography is superb the information presented seem cold and unrealistic. still I'll recomend it for party planners or people interested in collecting dinnerware.

Identifying

I like it lots. Some interesting views on dos and don'ts in table settings, and beautiful photos. My only problem with these lovely books is that they consistently don't identify flatware, and also most china, linens, and glassware. For a serious purchaser -- and I am -- I would like to know antique sources, provenance and contemporary patterns and such. Good job, Mr. Yeoward. As I write, I am pre-ordering your newest publication.