Wednesday 30 June 2010

We Have Run out of Clean Plates
and Had to Raid Grandma's Pantry!



Was it
only yesterday

that a reader
commented

on David
Leibowitz's blog
about


"This new Paris trend


of serving
in canning jars
"?


Well, look at these pictures -
my lunch today - Viennese chefs are also
happily recycling Grandma's canning jars,
giving them top billing at their tables!

Photographed at
Hollmann Salon
Heiligenkreuzerhof
Vienna

Images and Text © 2010 by Merisi

20 comments:

  1. It looks like a delicious lunch no matter what i was served in or on.

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  2. Arija,
    yes, it was very good food!
    A friend treated me, it was my birthday lunch,
    only a bit late, I had birthday eons ago, but both she and I have been so busy those past few months, we managed to "do lunch" only today.

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  3. That made me smile ;-) I used to use canning jars (we call them Kilner jars in England) to delouse small birds in my research. Not only did I clean out Grandma's pantry but also the forgotten cellars of various hardware shops!
    Great pictures again, thank you!

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  4. What a lovely lunch-- completely charming! We are all part of one huge thought form.

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  5. These are so pretty!
    I love your food shots.
    miam-miam

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  6. He he he I don't know why when I read David's post I immediately thought of you...

    Ciao Merisina

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  7. Everything old is new again. It was an old Maritimes habit("old" being a relative term) to drink beer from canning jars, but that was more of a question of necessity and hardship than of being fashionable. This new/old greenish tinged glassware looks lovely in your photos--but then, what doesn't look lovely in a photograph made by Merisi?

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  8. Yes, but these look ever-so-much more chic than the old jars I have in the back of my cabinets. Cool shots, Merisi!

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  9. And in the right setting? They are simply extraordinary! And your photos are as well! What a treat to have lunch with you ;-) You always do put out a gorgeous spread! Love, Janine XO

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  10. Fantastic looking lunch! I'm not sure I'd have noticed what it was served in.

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  11. I love that trend--it's so nostalgic, and creative--and if it reminds me of good foods from the past in our kitchens, so be it! They look beautiful, and I'll bet they were delicious, too!

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  12. Oh, heavens, I grew up drinking from Mason jars and jelly jars. Funny how something that was considered so "low" is now deemed to be chic. LOL!

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  13. Very interesting trend. The only time we have been served drinks in jars is a a Western style restaurant for BBQ.
    The salad looks quite lovely in the jar.

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  14. All your photos are beautiful, Merisi, and these give me another opportunity to send you birthday wishes.

    All the same, I would so much prefer to have a fresh salad presented horizontally, let those leaves, etc, relax a bit. Like a landscape, not a portrait.

    xo

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  15. There is something very refreshing
    about the first image. It's delectable!
    Grandma's pantry is the best!

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  16. It sure makes for an attractive setting though. Those cherry tomatoes looks so luscious. And that cake? ... I should just go have breakfast. ;)

    I love that Viennese coachman a few posts back.. it's perfect!

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  17. The glasses my mother used to give us Kool-Aid in have become trendy. Mom was always ahead of her time.

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  18. canning jars instead of plates, pretty cute idea. Except I would draw the line if they want to just use our hands next ;)

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  19. Dear Merisi,
    I think gorgeous food like this does not need expensive or ornate dishes! Let the food, in its taste and look, do the talking!!

    Wishing you a beautiful Sunday!

    Betty

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  20. Such great pictures! I ´m in love with them!!!!!!!!!!

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