Recommend casual dishes to buy - starting from scratch

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Anonymous wrote:I like fiestaware. They are super sturdy and are still made in the USA so no weird chemicals. They are always on sale at Thanksgiving but you might be able to catch a Macy’s sale at some other random holiday.

All the stuff I have bought from crate and barrel looks good and then cracks into a million pieces. Their glasses are the worst.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like fiestaware. They are super sturdy and are still made in the USA so no weird chemicals. They are always on sale at Thanksgiving but you might be able to catch a Macy’s sale at some other random holiday.

All the stuff I have bought from crate and barrel looks good and then cracks into a million pieces. Their glasses are the worst.

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another vote for fiestaware. I’ve had mine for 10 years and the colors still make me happy. Nothing has ever broken. I always get compliments from guests. They still look great!

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Anonymous wrote:Many dishes have lead. I cannot figure out why those still are allowed. Pediatrician warned us about this when our first was born. Even if no kids, one might want to look into that and maybe prefer a set that is lead-free.

Huh? What is your source for this?

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We’ve had our Denby set for 15 years and it still looks beautiful. We have Imperial Blue, but they have other lovely patterns.

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I got some incredible dishes at Goodwill. They were just put out and I got lucky.

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Anonymous wrote:Many dishes have lead. I cannot figure out why those still are allowed. Pediatrician warned us about this when our first was born. Even if no kids, one might want to look into that and maybe prefer a set that is lead-free.

Huh? What is your source for this?

Not PP, but because of these lead issues I tossed a bunch of stuff (particularly vintage pieces) and replaced with Fiestaware (which is certified non lead now due to some litigation). You really can't trust the stuff made in China.

https://www.consumerreports.org/lead/why-you-should-test-your-vintage-or-imported-dishes-for-lead-a2722202665/

https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CCDPHP/DEODC/CLPPB/Pages/Q-A-Lead-in-Tableware.aspx#:~:text=Lead%20accumulates%20in%20your%20body,or%20served%20in%20the%20dishes.

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Amazon has tones. Set with white bowls and plates in two sizes for $41. Buy 4 sets

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Anonymous wrote:I prefer pottery - heath ceramics, east fork pottery, material things (local to dc) etc. but unfortunately spendy compared to Ikea and Correlle.

Correlle is glass but you can buy stoneware and porcelain lots of places including IKEA. The difference between what you buy from IKEA and what you buy from your list is mainly to do with manufacturing processes, not materials. I'm a potter and I adore what they make, I just think the terminology can be confusing.

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Porcelain / bone china will be the longest lasting and least likely to chip. We've had the worst luck with stoneware.

I used to have Fiestaware but it never fit well in our dishwashers and it is pretty heavy. We got the Crate and Barrel Roulette (in white) and have been very happy with it.

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So I bought 3 sets of white dinner and salad plates/bowls from Macys Le Cellar. They ticked the boxes of being white with no fru fru designs or decorations, set without mugs, inexpensive enough on sale that when someone chips something down the road it’s not a crisis. They’ve held up so far.

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Anonymous wrote:So I bought 3 sets of white dinner and salad plates/bowls from Macys Le Cellar. They ticked the boxes of being white with no fru fru designs or decorations, set without mugs, inexpensive enough on sale that when someone chips something down the road it’s not a crisis. They’ve held up so far.

Oh to add, the bowls were large enough that my son on husband who eat cereal were willing to get rid of the overly beat up, chipped pottery barn pedestal big cereal bowls that were fifteen years old.

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Anonymous wrote:My family had Corelle growing up and my sister has a pretty set that is 20 years old. I thought about getting one for myself but we have porcelain tile floors and I've had a Corelle dish EXPLODE after being dropped. This happens to Corelle. There must have been a thousand sharp shards all over the kitchen. I am still finding them. I can't recommend them for that reason.

But wouldn't any ceramic dish explode when dropped on tile? My corelle cereal bowl dropped on hardwood and shards everywhere and I was thinking how bad it would have been on tile.

That said, I love corelle and its designs. And I love my corningware from years ago.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My family had Corelle growing up and my sister has a pretty set that is 20 years old. I thought about getting one for myself but we have porcelain tile floors and I've had a Corelle dish EXPLODE after being dropped. This happens to Corelle. There must have been a thousand sharp shards all over the kitchen. I am still finding them. I can't recommend them for that reason.

But wouldn't any ceramic dish explode when dropped on tile? My corelle cereal bowl dropped on hardwood and shards everywhere and I was thinking how bad it would have been on tile.

That said, I love corelle and its designs. And I love my corningware from years ago.

Not like the Corelle. It explodes.