Think of savory soups or stews, cooked long and slow at home. Then casseroles, big pots of baked beans, chili and cabbage rolls. These are often made on the stove top or in the oven. Then in 1971, the Crock Pot by Rival came onto the marketplace and expanded the possibilities in home cooking. Today, […]
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Many vintage china patterns are based on the perennial garden favorite flower, roses. No surprise, roses are romantic and feminine. Many of the dinnerware designs that use this motif have a soft, pastel color scheme. Make roses your theme for mix and match table setting and the possibilities are enormous. Whether you are planning an […]
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Friends and family gather on New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day to celebrate and enjoy each other’s company. Special gatherings sometimes supplemented by television programs – the ball drop in Times Square, the Tournament of Roses parade, or football games galore – also provide entertainment and a reason to party. Of course you will […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Setting your holiday table can be a snap when you choose red and green as your color scheme. So many of us grew up with bright red and green as the holiday decor at home, in shops and at school. These colors will bring back happy Christmas memories from times gone past. Start with the […]
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Winter cold outside means time for chili indoors. Frigid weather has arrived in many places. Keep warm inside with a hot bowlful of your favorite casserole, or have some hot chili, soup, stew or chowder. Comfort classics, like apple crisp also serve up well in bowls. Things you always wanted to know about bowls: Cereal […]
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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 salad […]
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Okay, OOAK – one of a kind – might be a bit obscure. But not if you’re into vintage dinnerware and china, and love to use those unusual pieces, as well as just looking at them. It is not necessary to have a complete set of matching tableware to have a great time setting the […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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Finding special vintage dishes is fun! See what I brought home with me in recent weeks, including some extra special items.
My dishie antennae perk up when I see pieces of Mikasa’s Mediterrania line in my shopping travels. The patterns are so retro. Many of them show the best of modern style from the 1970s. The shapes are simple and sleek. The colors and motifs just work for me. I think Blue Bird is probably my […]