Laughter > Beauty

This post has no recipe because the cornbread that inspired it wasn't very good. But it did turn out to be a quick kitchen lesson on plating and presentation. This is how it went.

The cornbread was looking perfectly lovely in a cast iron pan (which could have quite easily been topped with a pat of butter and a handful of herbs and placed on the table). As I was putting some chili in bowls, I asked my daughter (who is 22 and a self avowed non-cook) to put the cornbread on the table. "How should I serve it?", she asked. "Any way you like", was my response. Here's what she came up with.

Out of the pan (pan placed gingerly on a bread board) and onto a ...

tea saucer!

Don't know that this would win any awards for eye appeal or even originality, but the amount of laughter and smiles it inspired around the dinner table ... PRICELESS!!