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by | September 5, 2012 · 5:28 pm

Touchdown! The Best Tailgating Recipes

You can feel the buzz around you –cooler weather, family and friends decked out in an explosion of color, the thundering roar of the stadium…

It’s Game Day!

College football is revving up, and fans everywhere are breaking out their tents and chairs, cleaning out grills and coolers and brushing up on the fight song. Check out our handy-dandy tailgating checklists to make sure you don’t forget anything.

Tailgating Setup Checklist – You can print out this checklist – we’ve left spaces for you to check as you go along!

Tailgating Food and Beverages Checklist – Print this out and check things off as you go along!

You need 3 basic things for tailgating:

  1. Gear.
  2. Friends who support the same teams as you.
  3. And food.

Easy ready-to-go tailgating snacks, like Deviled Eggs and Chicken and Honey Sandwiches make concentrating on supporting the team so much easier.

If you are the go-to tailgating grill, check out these awesome Tailgating Recipes for the Grill, like Vegetable Kabobs and Honey-BBQ Chicken.

For hardcore fans, your tailgating menu can even reflect the teams you support. Take a look at these 14 Team-Inspired Tailgating Dishes and College Football Cupcakes.

Can’t get enough? We’ve got you covered.

Get ideas for the sartorial side of tailgating – dressing for games is definitely a highlight of going, and no matter what your style, you can incorporate winning fashion into it.

Or check out our entertaining tips for those away games or when a big group is gathering to watch the game on TV.

Which college teams do you support? Let us know!

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by | September 4, 2012 · 4:29 pm

Farm To Table Project: Last Day to Vote!

Growing up, my family had china, fine china, Christmas china – and paper plates. More often than not, if I was being schlepped to dance class or Girl Scouts, I was eating off a paper plate (or out of a bag).

But, every now and again, there was this great big wooden serving bowl that my mother would use to serve simple salads or soups out of. It had the most beautiful shape and finish – plus a wood grain texture that made it different from all our other servingware.  And therefore, I remember it (I couldn’t even tell you what color our regular china was).

Many of the submissions in Dillard’s Farm to Table design project remind me of this bowl – not because they look similar, but because they leave a lasting impression.

The Farm to Table voting deadline has been extended until tonight at midnight – it is the last day to vote on which designs will be sold in Dillard’s stores in 2013!

Like this bowl? Vote here for it in the Red Clay Farm to Table project.

Smoked Salmon-Avocado Salad would be tasty and easy to serve from this bowl.

Like this bowl? Vote here for it in the Red Clay Farm to Table project.

Try serving some Quick Hummus Dip in this bowl; pair it with flatbread, pita chips or your favorite vegetable.

Like this bowl? Vote here for it in the Red Clay Farm to Table project.

The temperatures will be changing soon, and nothing is better as a starter or main course than a selection of Creamy Fall Soups. These recipes contain some fall product favorites, like squash, apples and pumpkin.

We hope you had as much fun picking out your favorites as we did. Go check out and vote on other creative submissions before midnight tonight!

Shop all wooden servingware here.

Which submission did you vote for as your favorite? 

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by | August 31, 2012 · 5:10 pm

The “Everything” Platter: Endless Possibilities

“I’m only going to buy one thing,” you think as you walk into a store. That one thing might be cutlery for your friend’s upcoming wedding. One thing, one thing…

But then, the servingware catches your eye. A serving platter, and it’s so unique, it starts to give you dreams of merrymaking grandeur. You don’t regularly host dinner parties or entertain, but this dish makes you want to.

Such a dish exists! (Or rather, it will if you want it to). Like the platter below? Vote here to see it in Dillard’s stores in Spring 2013. You can also check out and vote on other creative submissions.

This handy all-in-one serving dish, designed by Chariton Alexakis for our Farm to Table project, has endless possibilities.

Put this tasty Peanut Butter Dip in the middle, and surround it with pieces of fruit, varying the degrees of sweetness. Strawberries, blueberries, pineapple, honeydew, grapes – go wild! Or, fill it with snackables like different mixtures of nuts, cheese straws, trail mixes and the like. There are 9 spaces to fill.

A salsa dip in the middle, with various textures of chips surrounding it is sure to be a winner. You can also place the chips in the middle compartment, with different dips in the surrounding spaces.

Shop wooden servingware here.

What arrangements would you put in this bowl? Let us know in the comments below!

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by | August 27, 2012 · 4:46 pm

Twice the Fun: Mandala Bowl

 

What’s not to love about a multipurpose salad bowl? When functionality blends with a beautiful, clean design, everyone wins.

‘Mandala’ plays dual roles as a salad bowl – something  to put a delicious Black Pepper Pasta Salad with Prosciutto, Asparagus, and Romano.

OR

Just flip it over to reveal this fun option as beautiful presentation platter for tapas or snacks!

Do you like this bowl? Vote here to see it in Dillard’s stores in Spring 2013. You can also check out and vote on other creative submissions.

We recommend the following noms to put on the platter side – anything from jellies and dips to cheeses and vegetables.

Have twice the fun with this creative design.

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