I like cast iron coated with enamel for longevity and forgiveness if I happen to take my eyes off the prize while pouring Chianti.
I wish that restaurateurs would choose simpler and smaller glassware. The tables on restaurants these days are way too crowded, and mostly because the plates are too odd looking and big, and the wine glasses are so gigantic that it takes up the whole surface area and you can't move. I prefer smaller glassware.
I love a good set of basic white dishes.
I have a fork and a spoon, but never a knife… as if I’m lacking manual skills or teeth. I have both, however. That’s why I’m not allowed a knife.
I love Anthropology for kitchenware - they make the best bowls, plates, cutlery etc.
If you have a guy over, and there's a whole bunch of china from your wedding, it's not a good idea.
The fork was invented sometime in the fifteenth century, I believe.” “Really?” she asked. “Were you there?” His features blank, he looked up and asked, “What, for the invention of the fork or the fifteenth century?
In Japan, I have my own line of dinnerware, but I'm not aggressive about pursuing those projects.
Forks and spoons have probably done more to reconcile people who cannot agree than guns and bombs ever did
