Good House Guest » china http://goodhouseguest.com Sun, 22 Feb 2015 03:39:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Ps&Qs: Use the good plates http://goodhouseguest.com/?p=3414&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=psqs-use-the-good-plates http://goodhouseguest.com/?p=3414#comments Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:04:26 +0000 http://goodhouseguest.com/?p=3414 Continue reading →]]> Good plates / Good House Guest Use the good plates. Uncrate your mother’s silver. Dust off the crystal. What are you saving those candles for? This is your special occasion.

I grew up in a house with an imposing china cabinet that smelled strongly of wood polish and rattled like a Waterford wind chime when you tip-toed past it. When those tall, hand carved doors were open it signaled party time, and my parents took great care in setting a table to welcome guests.

I’m too clumsy for cut-glass crystal and too impatient for the care of precious silver things, but my one indulgence: a good set of plates. I bring them out for everything from pizza to beef tenderloin. Because it’s not about what is served but rather, it’s about the people who traveled across an ocean or strolled a few blocks to spend time and share a meal with us. In fact, all about that.

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