White China: An Entertaining Essential Slideshow

This dairy-free soup has a rich and creamy texture and is best served with a crisp or salty garnish like prosciutto or spicy candied nuts.

Chef's Table pasta bowl; Curva spoon.

This flavorful salmon entrée is easy to make and can be served plain, atop a light white wine butter sauce, or  topped with a fruity salsa, just as we've done.

Chef's Table large16-by-9 ¼-inch rectangular platter; Curva fork; Chef's Table dipping dishes.

This sweet yet slightly spicy pineapple salsa is perfect with broiled salmon.

Chef's Table dipping dishes; Chef's Table serving bowl.

Round out the meal with a vegetable tian, in which thin slices of vegetables are layered together and baked until meltingly tender and caramelized. While the vegetables were baked in a separate, oven-safe baking dish, we transferred them to a platter so that they could be easily passed around the table.

Soft Square platter, 14-by-11 ¼ inches.

For an elegant finish to the meal, serve slices of a flourless chocolate cake along with a cup of coffee. Dress up the top of the cake by dusting confectioners' sugar on top using a custom stencil.

What you need: Cardboard, X-Acto knife for cutting, pencil, image for stencil (look online), confectioners' sugar, fine-mesh strainer or powdered sugar can for dusting.

How-to:

1. Cut a round from the cardboard with the same diameter as the cake.

2. With a pencil and the image, trace the outline of the image onto the cardboard (in the photo above, a tulip was used).

3. Cut out the traced image.

4. Lay the round stencil on the cake. Lightly dust confectioners' sugar on top. Gently remove the stencil and serve.

Chef's Palette cake plate; Chef's Table round plates; Chef's Table mugs; Aero serving knife.