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I am not very big on what the French call _**arts de la table**_

(literally, table arts), an umbrella term that covers the choice and placement
of dinnerware, silverware, and glassware, as well as flower arrangements and
any other table decorations.

I do appreciate a nicely laid table, and admire those hosts who devote time
and energy to thinking up seasonal themes and handcrafting little trinkets to
prettify each place setting (especially if it's done resourcefully, with three
pieces of string and zero budget), but my own style is definitely more
**minimalist**.

Round white plates (from Crate & Barrel, dating back to our California days),
simple wine glasses (we've been faithful to the C&S range for years), embossed
forks we brought back from Japan, and rosewood-handled knives bought in
Laguiole -- all of this we arrange in five minutes on dark woven placemats set
on our black wood and frosted glass table, and **call it a day**.

Well, not quite. There's the question of **napkins**, too. Unless it's a party
and there's very many of us, paper napkins (or worse, sheets of paper towel
torn off from the roll) feel all wrong to me: they lack ...

Chocolate and Zucchini