tableware

Describes changes in eating customs throughout the centuries and the origins of table manners.

Presents the story of Spoon, who has always been a happy utensil, but lately he feels like life as a spoon just isn't cutting it and thinks Fork, Knife, and Chopsticks have it much better than him.

Mr. Wishy-Washy is the best dish washer in the state of Washington. He gets carried away washing dishes and accidently washes the cat.

Spork sticks out in the regimented world of the cutlery drawer and is never chosen at mealtimes until one day when a very messy thing arrives in the kitchen who has never heard of cutlery customs.

"An illustrated history of the iconic New York City dish store Fishs Eddy"--Provided by publisher.

Thinking that Fork, Knife, and Chopstick have it better than he, Spoon begins to feel down about his status in the utensil world, but when others take the time to show him just how important he is, Spoon quickly comes to realize that being a spoon is the best thing to be after all!.

Having run away together, the Dish and the Spoon from the nursery rhyme "Hey Diddle Diddle" become vaudeville stars before turning to a life of crime.

An exploration of the history of forks.

Explores the history of the Oneida community, as told by a descendant of one of the Community's original families, discussing it's founding in the early 19th century by religious leader John Humphrey Noyes and his followers who built a free love community in rural New York, their eventual rejection of Noyes' sexual theories and belief in eugenics after his death, and their business success as a leading manufacturer of flatware in the 20th century.