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“In my family we have a great love for color,” says Alice Moireau, co-founder of the home goods brand. Table. “My father is a watercolorist, my mother was a painter and my godmother, possibly the most festive of us all, is famous for throwing themed parties with vibrant colors.” Moireau once appeared at a yellow-themed event dressed as a giant. jonquille [daffodil].
Feeling nostalgic, she chooses a pink and green theme for today’s lunch, an intimate three-course meal held at her home on the banks of the Loiret River. “I’ve always liked this color combination,” he says, citing a childhood obsession with Ladurée macarons and their towering pastel displays. “And I find that a theme really helps bring people together.”
The guest list includes Moireau’s partner, osteopath Pierre Blondon, casting director Marlène Jacquet, art director Lucie Coudurier and architect Monica Klink, who helped Moireau renovate her family’s neighboring homestay, Le Chalet Olivet. Without planning it, four green and four pink appear, which combine perfectly with the brand’s pink tablecloth. Moireau is wearing a pink sequin Chanel two-piece suit.
“I always like guests to see the food before they try it,” Moireau says of the food Christofle has served on silver platters. From tapenade with basil leaves to fresh radishes and cucumbers from the farmers market, everything fits the color scheme. The tableware is an inexpensive mix of flea market finds and creations that Moireau’s mother designed for Gien, a traditional French tableware maker dating to 1821.
After some socializing, the group sits down to enjoy a square starter of buttery jambon persillé and a green salad. “It’s nice to integrate guests into the cooking process,” Moireau says, noting her friends’ devotion to making a béarnaise sauce as the main dish, a classic roast beef with green beans. “Everyone loves to feel a part of it.” Mónica and Marlène prepare mascarpone for dessert, a green pistachio tart with raspberry coulis.
Blondon provides the music, a playlist of Portishead and Scone Cash Players, to accompany the dancing and games (musical chairs and a French version of Time’s Up!). Somewhere in between, the most enormous hunk of Tomme des Pyrénées cheese emerges along with a new bottle of wine, a fruity rosé pét-nat from Domaine de Berguerolles in the south of France. “The topic has put us all in a really childlike state of mind,” Moireau says. “We’ll be dancing all weekend.”