In case you haven’t noticed: It’s Tabletop Week on the Strategist, where I’m the kitchen and dining writer. I’ve spent over a decade working in food media, so I started this project by tapping my Rolodex of chefs and recipe developers, home cooks and avid hosts, and designers and prop stylists. I cast a wide but carefully selected net, ultimately surveying over 50 people about the items they use when they sit down to eat at home. (Of course, I asked my fellow discerning Strategist staffers to weigh in, too.) What turned up in my inbox was an overwhelming number of links to dinner plates, bowls, flatware, glassware, linens, candleholders, and more. To keep myself organized (as I and several other writers would eventually use much of this information in a plethora of stories for the site), I created a Google Sheet for myself. And on Tuesday, we’ll be sharing it exclusively with Strategist newsletter subscribers.
It’s got a link to every single product and who sent it. Want to know what Ruth Reichl’s soup bowls are? Or which water glasses Andy Baraghani drinks from? There will be plenty of curated deeper dives featuring these pieces published on the Strategist over the next several days, so keep your eyes out. But in the meantime, sign up to our newsletter to receive the director’s-cut version, with every single recommendation I got.
The Strategist is designed to surface useful, expert recommendations for things to buy across the vast e-commerce landscape. Every product is independently selected by our team of editors, whom you can read about here. We update links when possible, but note that deals can expire and all prices are subject to change.
