A Brown Cow ~ Perfect Summer Dessert

August 6th is National Root Beer Float Day.

In honor of this "holiday", I'm sharing a post from the archives.

JUST BROWN AND WHITE 

And A TOUCH OF SILVER

Several years ago, Cuisine Kathleen challenged us to set a 

 table with white dishes and one accent color.

Easy for me to pull out the dishes we use daily,

Nantucket by Wedgwood.

As you can see my accent color of choice is brown.
Luncheon plates are a design by Kate Spade
for Lenox.  I picked up a set on clearance at TJ Maxx.
Flatware is Talisman by Christophe.

Rattan Chargers ~ Pier I

White Plates ~ Nantucket by Wedgwood

Accent Plates ~ Cordell Place Chocolate by Lenox

All of that topped with crystal stems by Denby and 

brown linen napkins held by Royal Staffordshire 
napkin rings in Tonquin.  

The monogramed napkins are circa early marriage.

The brown and white transfer ware napkin holders 

are Tonquin, a design by Clarice Cliff from the 1920s.

I found three of these at the Round Top Antique Market one year

and luckily was fortunate to add four more from

Nancy's Etsy Shop, English Transferware.

Nancy is a fantastic source for 

transfer ware and a delightful person.

You can find her Etsy shop here 

and her blog, Nancy's Daily Dish here.

The bone dish at the top of the setting is also Tonquin. 

I only have two of these, but thought I'd add them just because.

Colored crystal stems were all the rage 

in the mid 70s when we married.  

Our wedding china is 

Palermo Brown by Richard Ginori, 

so it seemed to be the perfect choice at the time.  

I still find them beautiful, but colored crystal has its limits.  

The bucolic scene of the transfer ware 

made me think of cows grazing in the countryside.

It wasn't long before my collection of 

cow creamers came into play on this tabletop.

This fancy lady is French, made with beautiful details

that one expects from Limoges china.  

The brown and white cow, another Round Top find,

 is in the Charlotte pattern by Royal Crownford.

These little girls are inexpensive 

and newly made in China.

So there you have it, Cuisine Kathleen, 

a table set with only white and brown.

My nod to National Root Beer Float Day
 is a quick and easy, but tasty dessert.

It is a favorite from my childhood.

~ A Brown Cow ~

~ Root Beer ~

~Vanilla Ice Cream ~

 ~ Whipped Cream ~

You can see I used the new A and W low calorie root beer, 

and the whipped cream only has 15 calories a serving.  

With a small scoop of ice cream, this is a fairly low cal dessert.

Top it off with some 
chocolate sprinkles or shavings.  

It's so tasty you'll have 

to hurry before the cows drink it.

 ~ Brown Cow ~
Yum ~ Yum
Happy National Root Beer Float Day!

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