Lovely Little Vignettes: An Autumn Remix


Updated 11/16/10 8:47 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Fall Sideboard Decor

Here's a post from CasaSugar Community member nyclq from the Lovely Little Vignettes group: Here's a recent seasonal vignette I had set for Fall in our Florida townhome, mixing old, thrifted and found objects: Thrifted buffet — $30 Thrifted glass globe lamp — $5 Thrifted blue-gray acorn — $3 Repurposed old retail fitting room wall art — $0 (yes - free!!) Glass bottle and horseshoe Read more

Lovely Little Vignettes: A Vintage Buffet


Updated 10/27/10 5:00 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Lovely Little Vignettes Member Shares Vintage Buffet

Here's a post from CasaSugar Community member Carolynz from the Lovely Little Vignettes group: Our dining room is finally finished!  I just laid our FLOR carpet tile rug down and set up our Broyhill Brasilia dining room table.  Here is a shot of the Brasilia buffet; it's against a "wall" that separates the kitchen from the dining room (made from the same wood as the kitchen cabinets), and it's Read more

Bang For Your Buck: Eat More Before a Buffet


Updated 10/27/10 9:18 AM · Posted by SavvySugar · 3 comments

Frugal Money Habits

Many people tend to skip meals before a buffet, just so they can chow down more food. In fact, in a recent Are You a Penny Pincher SavvySugar poll, 39 percent said they skip a meal before a buffet and 20 percent said they do that occasionally. Reader isahrangme disagrees with that mentality and shares her buffet tip: Actually, you're supposed to eat before a buffet! just something small! If you Read more

Buffet or Sit-Down Dinner? It's Your Call!


Updated 08/27/10 5:36 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Colin Cowie's Tips For a Perfect Wedding Dinner

Editor's note: The following is a guest post written by Colin Cowie, wedding planner and lifestyle guru. Today Colin discusses wedding dinner options. Not every wedding dinner needs to be served with guests seated at round tables of ten or twelve. Consider buffet-style or a combination of buffet-style and sit down. No one says it has to be one or the other. In fact, the combination actually Read more

Lovely Little Vignettes: Colorful Dessert Bar


Updated 04/10/10 6:23 AM · Posted by · 2 comments

Lovely Little Vignettes: Colorful Dessert Bar

Here's a post from CasaSugar Community member ColorSizzle from the Lovely Little Vignettes group: My colorful, retro-modern Valentine's Day dessert bar — complete with antique and thrift store finds!  Get more info at my blog, Color Sizzle. See more photos of ColorSizzle's colorful dessert bar when you read more Read more

All You Can Eat — Recession Buster or Fat Maker?


Updated 10/29/09 11:53 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 20 comments

Are All-You-Can-Eat Restaurants Unhealthy?

Taybarns restaurant is introducing a new dining concept to the English — all you can eat. It's nothing we haven't seen in the United States. We have all-you-can-eat baked potato and pizza bars, endless breadsticks and salad, and the kind of buffets that would make Elvis weep if he was still kickin' it in Vegas. The Taybarns message is clear: "Enjoy as much as you like, as many times as you Read more

Would You Eat This Tropical Fruit Chutney?


Updated 05/04/09 6:44 AM · Posted by partysugar · 15 comments

Would You Eat This Tropical Fruit Chutney?

A couple weeks ago, at a buffet dinner, I came across this gross-looking condiment. The only ingredient I recognized was pecans. As I was about to quickly pass by, I noticed a little sign that said, "Tropical Fruit Chutney with Pecans — Tastes better than it looks!" I couldn't help but laugh; the poor chutney was so ugly it needed a disclaimer! After snapping a quick picture, I scooped some Read more

You Waste, You Buy


Updated 06/10/10 12:45 PM · Posted by YumSugar · 32 comments

Japanese Buffet To Charge Customers Who Don't Finish Their Food

If your eyes are bigger than your stomach, one restaurant thinks you should pay the price for being too greedy. In an unprecedented move, Hayashi Ya, a Japanese buffet on Manhattan's Upper West Side, has begun adding a 30 percent surcharge for customers who don't finish food on their plate. In other words, the restaurant's $26.95 meal deal is all-you-can-eat — but not a bite more. According to Read more

Crave Worthy: Jethro Macey Sideboard


Updated 03/11/09 6:24 PM · Posted by CasaSugar · 3 comments

Crave Worthy: Jethro Macey Sideboard

If you told me the words lace, sideboard, white, floral, lacquer, and modern could exist all in one breath, I wouldn't believe you — and I'd likely chastise you for being a tease. But impressively, those adjectives do exist all together . . . in the Jethro Macey Sideboard ($8,000 and up). The white sideboard has a lacquered surface and its doors shine with a textured rose pattern that emulates Read more

Before and After: A Buffet Gets Styled


Updated 10/07/08 8:26 PM · Posted by CasaSugar · 27 comments

Before and After: A Buffet Gets Styled

Talk about changing the look of things! Craftster member Olga reports that this buffet, which is made from cheap materials, was purchased for $15. She writes, "I wanted to do something to help this buffet, and at the same time I needed to get more practice with different or new materials. For a long time I went back and forth on what to do with this monster, and finally, after months of staring Read more