Dinnerware sets include various plate sizes for various uses, taking their names from the foods they are commonly used to serve. Bread, salad or dinner plates are just some of the possibilities.
Names for different sizes vary between manufacturers, or even within the product lines of a single manufacturer over time. Diameter alone will not tell [...]

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A wonderful set of new glassware is now yours, perfect to add sparkle and shine to your table settings.
Whether the pieces are goblets, tumblers, sherbets, coolers or any of the other glassware shapes, you will want to use them often. Here’s how you can take the best care of them:
Glass is softer than it looks. [...]

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Candy and cookies are the best holiday treats. Your vintage dishes can star in the show when you mix and match them in your table setting, and use them to keep the candy handy for guests of all ages.
Just like you can repurpose a special canister as a cookie jar, you can repurpose [...]

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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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Orange and black, the traditional Halloween colors for decorations and tableware, have been joined in more recent years by purple and lime green.
Halloween is second only to Christmas as the most-decorated-for holiday, so it’s not surprising that dishes and dinnerware dedicated specifically for October 31 are becoming easier to find.
Some of your vintage china favorites, [...]

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Weddings - in June or any other time - celebrate traditions important to family and friends.
Vintage china, carefully selected to complement a wedding theme, can add meaning and beauty to your engagement party, rehearsal dinner or a wedding banquet. If the wedding will feature a big dinner, consider using vintage dinnerware on the head table [...]

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Blue and white china. Crisp and clean, great for summer table settings.
Around our house, you can have any color, especially blue. It’s easy to mix and match with other blue and white wares, especially those with simple bands of color.
Blue and white reminds me of the salty sea shore or a breezy summer sky.
Some of [...]

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Can you really use your vintage china — or find vintage china — for a special Father’s Day dinner? Oh yes, you can! There’s still time to tweak your table setting for Father’s Day, coming the third Sunday in June.
Fathers don’t usually have the same interest in dishes that mothers do. Even so, adding some [...]

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Summer entertaining time is here, and so are the sales on china and dinnerware. You’re thinking about serving corn on the cob, watermelon slices, iced tea and ice cream. Do you have the right pieces?
Here are some items to look for, to add to your tableware set in time for summer parties.

Corn holders. Shaped dishes [...]

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Cinco de Mayo, May 5, is a holiday to celebrate the history and culture of Mexico. It’s a great time to have a lively party. How can you use your vintage dishes for this celebration?

Fiesta! This colorful Homer Laughlin china is tailor-made for Cinco de Mayo with its bold colors and heavier weight.
Play up the [...]

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