Glassware: The Long and Short of It

Glasses come in all shapes and sizes.

Absinthe Will Get You in Trouble

Absinthe has a pretty elaborate set-up, which is part of the fun. The fact that real absinthe is illegal is beside the point.

Well-Preserved

New canning jars from Ball.

Cheap and Beautiful

High-impact tableware on a low-impact budget.

Crud Busters

New dish scrubbers make scouring easy.

Champagne Glasses

Celebrate with bubbles.

Cookbook Gift Guide

Give a gift that results in delicious food.

Budget Gift Guide

Finds for $15 and under.

Cake Stands

Elevate any dish to a new level.

Winter 2008 Gift Guide

There’s never been a better time to give.

will be easier with the lined bottom. Shape the meatloaf as a flat rectangle. The leftover meatloaf makes for good sandwiches, and the flat shape makes it easier to fit between 2 pieces of bread unless your using round rolls....

a votive holder exploded like a grenade when the candle burned down too low. We also lost a lot of china and glassware to tile countertops when we carelessly placed things down at just the wrong angle. Some things just chipped but...

Not so much about wine, though I feel that the glassware DOES affect the enjoyment of it. My complaint is the glassware used to serve wine in some, otherwise wine-friendly restaurants. I don’t mind a jelly-jar if I’m...

The one glassware issue that was strange to me was the wine glasses at Sette Osteria that have a logo and pour lines on them. Seems strange and slightly cheesy to me.

Oddly enough, I had this conversation with some friends about a week ago. We concluded based on our shared experience of about 8 restaurants that approximately half of restaurants use bleach on their glassware. The one I worked...