Plum Cake Rectangular Tray - 36 cm x 16 cm - Handcrafted in Italy - PewterThis narrow rectangular tray, handcrafted by Italian pewterers, is the perfect addition to your kitchen or dining room for serving drinks, snacks and light meals; its long narrow proportions are perfect for serving rows of sandwiches or in fact plum cake, as the name suggests Buying as a gift? Why not make it even more special with our engraving service? It also works in the bedroom and bathroom, sitting neatly on a dressing table, chest of drawers or

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a custom that led to using sliced bread to wipe the hands

reds can be removed a few hours before serving to bring it up to room temperature

filled with snow to cool down the wine

Oil lamps are mentioned in Homer's Odyssey (XIX

and such wines can benefit from being decanted an hour or more before serving

and then quickly replace the chimney and keep the flame low for a few minutes until the cold glass has had time to warm up

Tea lights derived their name from their use as teapot warmers

Among a number of other theories

Wine tastes better if it decanted

solo or communal - from crudities to berries