On 1/1/2015 1:59 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 1/1/2015 7:51 AM, Gary wrote:

>> I prefer plain white plates. My best are all plain white. They show
>> off the food best. And that should not decide for you how the food
>> tastes.

> I love my fairly white dinnerware. I can easily change the
> tablescape by using different glassware, tablecloth or placemats.
>
> I have a full set of vintage Franciscan Desert Rose but I rarely use it.
> I did *not* like my grandmother's oh-so-busy (gaudy, IMHO) china. It
> really detracted and distracted from the food on the plate!

I had my Franciscan Floral Sculpture dishes for a very long time,
and they were showing their age, plus I wanted a different look
at this point. I didn't need the whole cup/saucer/soup bowl thing
that is included in sets, so I bought a bunch of Crate and Barrel
Everyday Essentials, plain white dinner and lunch plates. You can
find similar stuff cheaper at Ikea.

I love the white plates.

nancy

On Thu, 01 Jan 2015 14:15:40 -0500, Nancy Young
> wrote:

> I didn't need the whole cup/saucer/soup bowl thing
> that is included in sets, so I bought a bunch of Crate and Barrel

Ha! I was just looking at glasses from Crate & Barrel.
http://www.crateandbarrel.com/verve-...-glass/s290017

> Everyday Essentials, plain white dinner and lunch plates. You can
> find similar stuff cheaper at Ikea.

DD bought white dinnerware from Macy's last year and I gave my DIL
white dinnerware from World Market for xmas. I prefer the WM version.

--
A kitchen without a cook is just a room

On 1/1/2015 5:24 PM, sf wrote:
> On Thu, 01 Jan 2015 14:15:40 -0500, Nancy Young
> > wrote:
>
>> I didn't need the whole cup/saucer/soup bowl thing
>> that is included in sets, so I bought a bunch of Crate and Barrel
>
> Ha! I was just looking at glasses from Crate & Barrel.
> http://www.crateandbarrel.com/verve-...-glass/s290017

Oooo, sharp. Very stylish.

I'm surprised myself when I look around, how much of my stuff
comes from C&B. Including my glassware.

Oh my goodness, even the bowl and spoon holding my wonton
soup right now.

>> Everyday Essentials, plain white dinner and lunch plates. You can
>> find similar stuff cheaper at Ikea.
>
> DD bought white dinnerware from Macy's last year and I gave my DIL
> white dinnerware from World Market for xmas. I prefer the WM version.

Sounds like a bargain.

nancy

On 1/1/2015 4:24 PM, sf wrote:
> On Thu, 01 Jan 2015 14:15:40 -0500, Nancy Young
> > wrote:
>
>> I didn't need the whole cup/saucer/soup bowl thing
>> that is included in sets, so I bought a bunch of Crate and Barrel
>
> Ha! I was just looking at glasses from Crate & Barrel.
> http://www.crateandbarrel.com/verve-...-glass/s290017
>
>> Everyday Essentials, plain white dinner and lunch plates. You can
>> find similar stuff cheaper at Ikea.
>
> DD bought white dinnerware from Macy's last year and I gave my DIL
> white dinnerware from World Market for xmas. I prefer the WM version.
>
I have white stoneware that I bought at Big Lots for $5 for a set of
service for 4. I have two sets. I figured it would last for a year or
two, but I've had it 8 years.

--
From somewhere very deep in the heart of Texas

On Thu, 01 Jan 2015 17:19:03 -0600, Janet Wilder >
wrote:

> On 1/1/2015 4:24 PM, sf wrote:
> > On Thu, 01 Jan 2015 14:15:40 -0500, Nancy Young
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> I didn't need the whole cup/saucer/soup bowl thing
> >> that is included in sets, so I bought a bunch of Crate and Barrel
> >
> > Ha! I was just looking at glasses from Crate & Barrel.
> > http://www.crateandbarrel.com/verve-...-glass/s290017
> >
> >> Everyday Essentials, plain white dinner and lunch plates. You can
> >> find similar stuff cheaper at Ikea.
> >
> > DD bought white dinnerware from Macy's last year and I gave my DIL
> > white dinnerware from World Market for xmas. I prefer the WM version.
> >
> I have white stoneware that I bought at Big Lots for $5 for a set of
> service for 4. I have two sets. I figured it would last for a year or
> two, but I've had it 8 years.

It was probably a decent value if you found it at Big Lots. I love
that place but ours is an awful mess, so I only shop at Big Lots when
I'm elsewhere.

My DIL's dinnerware has made it though an entire year with only one
chip which I think is pretty darned good, considering they have two
kids and no dishwasher.

--
A kitchen without a cook is just a room

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> Now my
>> breakfast toast? I will eat that on a cheap, white, paper plate. It's
>> not
>> like I am lingering over that meal. Just get it over with and get on
>> with
>> the day.
>
> I have never eaten that way, Julie. Just get it over with? Really?

Yeah. Toast isn't all that exciting to me. Maybe it is to you.
>
>
>> But after that? I like things to look nice. The restaurant we
>> had dinner in tonight had plain white plates. I didn't like that.
>
> I prefer plain white plates. My best are all plain white. They show
> off the food best. And that should not decide for you how the food
> tastes.

Not me.

On Thursday, January 1, 2015 6:32:08 PM UTC-5, sf wrote:

>
> It was probably a decent value if you found it at Big Lots. I love
> that place

I cruise thru my BL often, and find lurking among the foodstuffs such gems as Back to Nature Honey Grahams, and some decent low sodium chicken stock - I like to stash a box against the day when I run low on my own. Invariably, tho, I'll go back the next day or so, and some other shopper has wiped out the rest of the supply of whatever the gem du jour was.