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Casserole or Cobbler - Cold Weather Favorites

May 7th, 2010 · No Comments

May in Michigan can mean cold weather, and we are getting that now, in conjunction with a weekend. Either one is a good reason to get out the ovenware and bake a casserole, cobbler or crisp.
Some preparation, an hour or so in the oven while you do other things, and dinner is ready!
Corning ware, Pyrex [...]

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Vintage Corelle and Corning Ware - What to look for

February 14th, 2010 · 2 Comments

We enjoy using vintage Corelle dinnerware, as well as Corning Ware bowls and casseroles. Lots of these are available in the marketplace. What should you look for when search for these dishes to add to your collection?

Modern Corelle and Corning pieces are more resistant to washing in the dishwasher, but the vintage pieces that are [...]

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Saucy saucemaker by Corning Ware

February 6th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Quite likely, everyone I know grew up with Corning Ware cookware and bakeware in the Cornflower Blue pattern.
Cornflower Blue is so associated with the company that as soon as you see it, you think “Corning Ware.”

The sauce maker, though, is less common. These were sold in the 1960s and 1970s, with and without glass covers.
I’d [...]

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Spice of Life, more than a dish pattern

December 4th, 2008 · No Comments

There’s an urban legend among some sellers, that when you handle an item in your inventory, it will sell soon.
So I had this Corning Ware casserole in the Spice of Life pattern. I picked it up to give it a home on a shelf. Within an hour, it sold. Spice of Life is a popular [...]

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Corning Ware Daisies, Vintage Centura 1960s

September 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Springhill is the pattern name. This vintage dinnerware from Corning is decorated with charming daisies: white-on-white daisies, yellow centered, in turn adorned with green ribbons.
Centura is the brand name of the dinnerware made by Corning, before it turned to Corelle. The substance is called “pyroceram,” which started life as a material to use for the [...]

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It’s Peach Cobbler Season

July 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

It’s that time of year. Peaches are on. And they’re soooo good from the farmer’s market. You can smell them as you walk the aisles…
I have a special casserole dish that I love to use for cobbler – vintage Corning Pyrex, in the distinctive ribbed berries and twining vines of the Gooseberry pattern, in pink [...]

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