Vintage Round Floral & Filigree Chop Plate Cake Platter encyclopedia of organic gardening she followed it up with

she followed it up with a second volume - this one - The Vegetarian Epicure Book Two - published in 1978 featuring vegetarian recipes from her around-the-world travels with her husband to Europe

brown and gold

Portrait painting of Jane Coffin (see note below) courtesy of Yale University Library

The dish that has baked a thousand pies

Vintage Round Floral & Filigree Chop Plate Cake Platter encyclopedia of organic gardening she followed it up with{HISTORY} With a bouquet that is as bright and light as a summer day, this large round vintage floral serving plate is just the charmer you need to serve an array of get together foods. Technically called a chop plate, its original intended use was for serving large pieces of meat, food hot off the grill and heartier portions. But referring to it solely as a chop plate, so unromantically named, does a vast disservice to all its other possible uses