for portability, and ease of use, I like the wine waiters corkscrew (the rabbit has too many peices IMHO): http://www.biggestlittlekitchenstore.com/merch/profile.shtml?index=1010988257_14361&cat=barware_wine_ent&loc=&listpage=1 for...

So, I love vintage kitchen and barware, and lately I’ve been drooling over the bakelite and chrome coffee sets on ebay – snazzy little numbers with sugar, creamer, tray, and a coffee maker. I assume these are...

of organizations that have such events, and even when someone donates just one bottle of wine or liquor, we were able to combine those with other donations of food or barware, or gift certificates to restaurants, etc., to make...

And beer isn’t marked up? Actually, I think for what you get, beer is more marked up: the actual mark-up is at least as high (more than three times retail), plus they don’t spend nearly as much on training, serving...

. I don’t see myself ordering all these different glasses; however, I’ve got stemware and barware coming out of my ears, services and sets from various makers, with varied shaped/sized bowls. If I ever learned enough...

a chance to time-travel, culinarily. This particular theme comes from a love of the tails from that period (the Pink Lady should be revered like the Manhattan and Martini, in my opinion). Also, I have some great barware from the...

and selection were good, and their catalog/web system made things easy on those without easy access to a local store. We also registered at a department store for linens and silver. One word – painful. Stemware – We...

-coated waiters and the frozen-in-time quality of everything in the place, including my spaghetti and my friends' steak, and especially my sidecar glass that came with a sidecar of sorts :) I found a set of barware like that at...

make barware as well, so you can use their highballs and old-fashioned glasses if you want to go matchy-matchy. (Another option is to go with the Riedel stemless, which can do double-duty.) Dinnerware: First, learn a bit about the...

, plastic cups or the cheapest barware available for water. You get the point. That to me is a hole in a wall.

; you’d better order something else. (But in reality, I give everybody at least one chance.) Part of the problem in Boston is that there are scores of places with good barware, twenty yards of super-premium liquors, and an...

, hand-carved Kold-Draft ice, house-made bitters (make that house-made lots-of-things), vintage barware and glassware, the greatest emphasis on and skill with punches. Drawbacks: a little off the track, a nibbles menu that gets...

of my food/drink/cooking related collections: shot glasses and barware; teapots; sifters; assorted cooking utensils, especially with red handles or nobs (see CookieWeasel’s post); cook books and recipe clippings; restaurant...

will drop thousands on flat screens and fancy barware, but don’t have the sense to start up a webpage for a few dollars a month. To me it’s amazing. I even know a few places that have been open for a while that have...

I’ve been in the same situation as the hostess and I just grin and bear it. The sinusitis should not be contagious (I have certainly never gotten my guests sick), though I would not share utensils or barware. In the past,...