Julianne Moore’s Table Setting Challenge
When four-time Oscar® nominee Julianne Moore isn't starring on the big screen or writing one of her Freckleface Strawberry books, she loves spending her time entertaining guests with her gorgeous table settings. In fact, it's become such a passion for Julianne that Rachael challenges her to create a party setting using dishes and tableware from the show's prop cage! She shares a few of her top tips:
• Keep items such as flower arrangements and stemware low; you want to be able to see your guests.
• You can combine rosemary and chamomile to make nice floral arrangements. "Rosemary is really fragrant but it doesn't overpower," Julianne says. "And chamomile is great because it's also an herb."
• For charming place cards, have your kids fold index cards in half and decorate one for each guest - they will love doing it, and it will occupy them while you get everything ready for dinner.
• Napkin rings can be a simple bit of rosemary and chamomile tied together with raffia, and for a tablecloth, a bit is burlap from Ikea can give your table a natural look.
• Don't include expensive or precious items in your table setting: "You shouldn't ever be afraid that someone is going to knock something over and break it, or that you're going to break it in the kitchen, or that the kids are going to break it."
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Italian Chicken Drummers
Crispy Broiled Greens
Crostini Bar: Smoky Eggplant and Roasted Garlic Spread
Crostini Bar: Puttanesca Bruschetta
Crostini Bar: Raw Zucchini and Corn Crostini Topper
Crostini Bar: Mushroom “Paté”
Crostini Bar: White Bean and Sesame Spread
John's Sangroni
Crostini Toasts
Vegetarian Lasagna (Lasagne alle Verdure)
Pesto Sauce
Besciamella Sauce
Rachael's Ultimate Dinner Party
Nina Garcia's Go-to Party Outfits
Dinner Party Disasters
The Perfect Serving
Festive Appetizers
Sara Bareilles
Backstage Pass: Sara Bareilles


