Diary of a Dishie just turned 2.  It’s not every blog gets to be 2 years old, and have a party to celebrate using beautiful dishes.
This blog is for everyone who loves vintage dinnerware and china, glassware and related items. It is about the dishes, the thrill of the hunt, and how to use and [...]

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Lunch at Chef Lynn Miller’s house is all about great dishes, both tasty food and classy tableware.
We met recently, and our conversation began with her new cookbook, Flavor Secrets: Back to the Basics, A professional Chef’s guide to delicious home cooking. We talked about the food, and we talked about the china and flatware.
I’m a [...]

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Twenty-four hours before this photo, these beautiful red tomatoes were still on the vine in a friend’s garden. Gotta love Early Girl. There is nothing like the flavor of vine ripened, fresh sliced tomatoes.
Years ago at home, we served ours sliced on a plate with just a bit of sugar. Gourmet recipes with 30 ingredients [...]

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Today was warm and sunny, but the forecast for tomorrow and coming week is, well, back to normal Michigan weather. If you don’t like it, wait 15 minutes. It’s going back to cool and wet.
But this is great weather to make a cup of hot tea, after my British brother in law. ( We wrote [...]

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Paczki (poonch-key) are a filled doughnut that’s very rich with butter and eggs. They’re traditional in the Polish community at Mardi Gras. Once Lent arrives, they go into yummy memory until next year.
Prune is a traditional filling, but we can also get them with apple, raspberry, blueberry, lemon, cream cheese and my favorite, Bavarian creme.
The [...]

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Easter is coming. The holidays at our house have gotten simpler over the years, but some old favorites still appear. Others may go, but there’s one dish we always ask for at special times. We call it Lemon Jell-O.
This is Jell-O gone fancy. It has bananas, marshmallows and pineapple in it, and a creamy frosting [...]

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October is special in Michigan. We get to enjoy the changing leaves, and it’s time to visit the local cider mill.
There’s an old mill in Franklin, which is a village in the metro Detroit area. You wouldn’t know you’re in a citified area. There are trees all around, and a stream running by.
Five minutes away, [...]

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Over my kitchen cabinets, I have a display of chicken things. Mostly dishes, but a few other pieces as well. I have some other chicken-related things around the house as well. I’ve just chosen to collect because they’re fun, and then…
My grandfather raised and showed bantam chickens for many years. He passed before I was [...]

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What, you say? It’s a pencil, not a dish. I’ll tell you how it’s connected.
I love school supplies, almost as much as vintage dishes. I’d love to have Tom Hanks send me “bouquets of sharpened pencils” as well. If you’re a fan of You’ve Got Mail, you know what I mean. Every September, the smell [...]

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