When operating a meal for guests, food styling can play an important role in your own kitchen. Presentation is everything, no? Have we forgotten about the fantastic meal? Listed below are 20 magnificent dishes you may not wish to cover up with dinner. — Kristin Guy from The Cuisinerd
Etsy
Sergeant Bosco Portrait Plate Altered Antique From BeatUpCreations
If elected president, Mr. T would be at each dinner table on the planet. Seriously, how amazing is this?
Design Public
Jason Miller Seconds Dinner Plates – $130
Set a bird on it! I couldn’t resist.
cachette
Enamel Plate, White And Gray – EUR 14.50
If x marks the spot, this plate is an bullseye of devotion.
The Conran Shop
Coupe Monochrome Ubend Dinner Plate – $24
This plate is obviously channeling all of the PULP fever I am seeing in my FB feed this week — Brit pop!
Gretel Home
Taika Dinner Plate – $39
This owl is really a know-it-all. He knows you shouldn’t have had that next slice of cake.
Etsy
Palm Beach Villa Vanilla Plates From The Gilded Tassel – $74
These plates make me want to throw onto a muumuu, jump in my car and floor it to Palm Springs or Miami. Fabulous!
Bauer Pottery Company
Grill Plate – $28.60
For all those design fans who prefer to have their sides separate from the rest of the activity.
Supermarket
When East Meets West, Gold From Hygge & West – $95
Shouldn’t each meal comprise an arcade subplot?
SAFARI LIVING
Japanese Pattern Plate – $30
This looks like most of my origami projects — unfinished.
Hunkydory Home
Becky Baur, Sitting Fox – GBP 20
This is about as close as I’ll ever get to getting a pet fox. It’s adorable!
Jonathan Adler
Positano melamine salad plate – $9
This plate was made for outdoor dining table. Preferably by a pool, paired with a pretty cocktail.
Amazon
Alexander Girard Design Plate Set – $52
Bold and glowing like an Eames circus, this set is a few serious midcentury-inspired eye candy.
Bloomingdale’s
Diane von Furstenberg “Graphic Batik” Decal Dessert Plates – $69.99
Let’s be honest, this is not getting covered by food, is it?
UncommonGoods
Buddha Belly Plate – $28
Not all functional items are pretty. Not all pretty things are practical. I believe I’ve found an outstanding compromise.
The Conran Shop
Black Lace Dinner Plate, Red Trim – $48
Hang those velvet drapes, this dinner is about to get medieval chic!
Gretel Home
Fish Platter In Pistachio – $119
Whimsy reincarnated: Plate variant.
The Conran Shop
Seletti Daily Aesthetics Dinner Plate – $28
I break for fine dining which looks disposable!
City Plate, Mumbai – $48.99
I am a massive fan of this series, since I get to travel across the world with each meal.
Buy
Supermarket
Poketo The Middletons Plates – $40
These dreamy plates are begging to be turned into an animated music video, or my new screen saver.
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