FOOD RESOURCE COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SCIENCES, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
SABLAGE
Barer-Stein, Thelma. 199. Chapter 1. African. You eat What You Are People, Culture and Food Traditions. Firefly Books, pp. 19-21.
in times past this word, which means 'sanding', was used to describe a kind of table decoration which was made with sands of different colours. The sand was spread on the tablecloth so as to form different designs - flowers, landscapes, coats of arms, monograms, etc.
Excerpted from Montagne, Prosper. 1961. Larousee Gastronomique. The Encyclopedia of Food, Wine & Cookery. Crown Publishers, Inc., New York.
in times past this word, which means 'sanding', was used to describe a kind of table decoration which was made with sands of different colours. The sand was spread on the tablecloth so as to form different designs - flowers, landscapes, coats of arms, monograms, etc.
