We love to glean simple entertaining and style inspirations from lifestyle maven and fashion designer, Jenni Kayne. As we featured during the holidays, interior designer Nathan Turner and Jenni love to pair up for small gatherings inside her well-celebrated L.A. abode. Jenni’s garden-steeped, natural-light and raw-material-filled home could be deemed ‘The Chalkboard Dream Home’ for its perfect alignment with design we love and its frequent appearance on our pages.

This month, Jenni gathered friends to enjoy an Easter brunch with a delicious cooking tutorial and spread by blogger, Claire Thomas. Claire, who normally works her culinary magic on her blog, The Kitchy Kitchen, prepared a few vegan spring recipes like this gluten-free twist on a classic tarte tatin below. Other dishes from the brunch included a Moroccan spiced eggplant tart and an herb-infused olive oil cake, which is now one of Jenni’s favorites. Full disclosure: These tarts and cakes are incredible, but if you’re going to make just one item from the day’s menu, make it the whipped coconut cream! A true vegan revelation.

All these lovely vegan dishes deserve the proper presentation – and that’s where Jenni’s hostessing skills truly shine. Surrounded with cloudy blue 19th-century chairs Nathan had reupholstered himself in France, the duo nestled a table beneath the olive trees in Jenni’s outdoor space. The tabletops were covered in Battenburg lace and Jenni used a combination of her own antique silverware, mismatched Victorian glassware and cool Tinware Collection by Canvas stoneware that has the look of distressed, vintage metal cookware. (The Tinware can be found at Jenni Kayne in Montecito or here online at Canvas Home Store – we can’t get enough of this cobalt-blue trim for spring!)

For more spring touches, Jenni arranged for all the gorgeous organic produce Claire needed to be delivered to her doorstep via Summerland- Farm to Frontdoor and enlisted the ladies of Hollyflora to create the fava bean and artichoke-festooned floral arrangements that dotted the table. Nathan included marbleized paper leftover from the decoupaged Easter eggs at each place-setting. Stay tuned next week on Rip+Tan where Jenni and Nathan will share the DIY details for these gorgeous eggs!

For now, get to dreaming up a little healthful Easter merriment with these recipes from Claire. Check out her vegan pie crust tips below, plus her recipe for tarte tatin with coconut cream. The rest of the recipes above are available today on Rip+Tan and you can also find more decorating details today over on one our favorite new home and design sites, Domaine.