I've learned from looking at fancy food magazines and professional cookbooks that a simple but highly effective technique for making almost any dish look magnificent is garnishing. It's amazing what a difference a few inches of chocolate wafer or a cluster of leaves can make in the attractiveness of your table setting. The Bloom coasters from Modern Basics, made of bonded layers of Ultrasuede, are like a fun, funky, reusable garnish, with the added bonus of keeping your table surface safe from whatever you might be drinking. (And you can spot-clean them with a gentle detergent.) They come in packs of four, with two coasters each in two opposite color combinations