Puebla's Tables: Harmonious accounts of life

My table is elegant and sober, I choose with great care each object that I place. I like to combine colors, volumes and textures.

American oak table with lace and cotton placemats and napkins; Talavera tableware from Uriarte; glasses and glass jug from the neighborhood of La Luz, Puebla; German cutlery; as a centerpiece, a wooden tray with ingredients from the Chile en Nogada: chili peppers, peaches, pears, apples and walnuts and embellished silver glass spheres, acorns and jacaranda seeds.

I'm a supporter of beauty and order at the table, I inherited it from my grandmothers and my mom. This legacy, at 71 years old, I passed on to my daughters, granddaughters and great-granddaughters.

Cotton and linen tablecloth and napkins; burnished earthenware from Reyes Metzontla, antique American green crystal glasses and glasses; Mexican alpaca and jade cutlery and botaneros;  vase with fennel and jasmine flowers and quarry stones as an ornament.

I like to set up an elegant and festive table, depending on the occasion that brings us together, and see the table as an extension of the alchemy of the kitchen, around food.

Parota table; inherited porcelain tableware; cut crystal goblets and frosted and sgraffito glasses; gold plated cutlery; ancient glass bridges; Mexican hammered silver candlesticks and Murano vases with astromeliads.

What we like the most about our table is the harmony that exists between all the elements, both ancient and contemporary.

Tablecloth, placemats and napkins in linen and brocade, made by Alfonso's mother; talavera tableware from La Trinidad; glasses in French silver heirloom from Antonio; silver cutlery with the ABR monogram, inherited from Alfonso and from Colombia; as a centerpiece a monkey figure with flowers and fruits.

This table and the crockery were in a family country house where fond experiences were lived. Today, they are in a very special place, in "The happy hour room".

Table of Taxco; table runner from Chiapas, palm placemats from Puebla and cotton napkins; crockery from Michoacán, jug from San Luis Potosí and service pieces from Oaxaca; crystal goblets and blown glass jug from the La Luz neighborhood; Mexican cutlery; Puebla palm baskets and centerpiece with cultivated jinicuiles and gourds.

I love the harmony of the table, and how the glasses give distinction to everything. Until now I have realized everything I have on the table, for the comfort of the diner.

Frayed and embroidered linen tablecloth, porcelain ring napkins; Limoges tableware; Czechoslovakian cut glass goblets, glasses, jug and decanter; gold plated cutlery; Austrian crystal candlesticks; centerpiece with colorful flowers.

From my table I love the contrast between parota wood and Talavera tableware, the coexistence between tradition and modernity.

Parota table; as table runners, a shawl from Zacatecas and on top an embroidery from Puebla, linen napkins; talavera tableware from Uriarte; German, Vietnamese and Burmese cutlery; Swiss crystal goblets; flowers and as an ornament, mud sheep from Oaxaca.

At the table, whether it be daily or at a party and for family and friends, around Puebla gastronomy I like to create memorable moments.

Embroidered cotton and linen tablecloth and napkins; Jorge Wilmot's “Olympic Games 1968” commemorative tableware, complete with lidded soup plates; antique American green crystal goblets and glasses; Mexican alpaca cutlery; alpaca candlestick; in Murano glass centers, hydrangeas and elderberries and as porcelain bird ornaments.

I like that, in the set of the table, shapes, colors and textures are achieved, and also place objects from my travels.

Linen and cotton tablecloth and napkins from Michoacán; talavera tableware by Cesar Torres; blown glass goblets from the La Luz neighborhood; Cambridge brand cutlery; vessel "Sol" from Moratiz, from Guerrero; little baskets from Querétaro; botaneros from Oaxaca; Peruvian wooden spoons and pumpkin and sunflower blossoms.

A well-presented table is the appetizer for a good feast, so I take care of every detail to the delight of my guests.

Table of original design with three legs; linen placemats with matching napkins; linen frames Uriarte's talavera as a select tableware, removing the label of "rustic"; cups without ornamentation; German cutlery; palm basket from the State of Mexico and flowers in a tin basket from Oaxaca.