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Issue Date: November 14, 2004
Quick, easy centerpieces
Look to seasonal fruits and vegetables to anchor your table this Thanksgiving.
By Fran Sorin
If you're entertaining for Thanksgiving and don't have time to create a complex centerpiece, here's a beautiful arrangement that takes just minutes.
Use a platter, large tureen or pasta bowl as your container.
Buy small pumpkins, gourds, and other vegetables or fruits that grab your fancy. Some of my favorites are red peppers, eggplants, apples and squash. For a free-form centerpiece, just place some of the pumpkins and gourds on the platter along with any of the other accouterments.
Small plants or flowers can be added by placing them on the platter or in the tureen as anchors, then adding the gourds and pumpkins around them.
I often arrange apples on the table around the platter, as if they had just been scattered about by an act of nature. I also collect leaves from my garden and randomly position them.
Strategically position one or more candlesticks around your centerpiece to add a last touch of panache.
Fran Sorin last wrote for USA WEEKEND Magazine about preparing your garden for winter.
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