House and Garden

My mother tells me the nicest gift I can give her is preparing a meal: I canmake her a simple omelette and, from the reaction, you would think I'd justserved up lobster thermidor! So this year I am planning to take myown advice and invest more time and effort in the season's festivities, startingwith heading down to page 163 for an absolutely delicious and delightfullyeasy-to-prepare celebratory menu. And to get the all-important ambience,I am going to add some truly glamorous table...
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My mother tells me the nicest gift I can give her is preparing a meal: I canmake her a simple omelette and, from the reaction, you would think I'd justserved up lobster thermidor! So this year I am planning to take myown advice and invest more time and effort in the season's festivities, startingwith heading down to page 163 for an absolutely delicious and delightfullyeasy-to-prepare celebratory menu. And to get the all-important ambience,I am going to add some truly glamorous table embellishments with theinspiration from H&G's fabulous style team on page 29