Comments on: More “Single Use” Tableware…

By: Ian Arinsol

Ian Arinsol — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 02:15:20 +0000

Hi! Just wanted to ask where I can buy steel-cut oats and flaxseeds here in Manila? I miss baked scallops…. Thanks!

By: natie

natie — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 00:05:20 +0000

MM, I’m also happy you’re back blogging…

By: marilen

marilen — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 18:15:34 +0000

MM, that is one reason why you have to continue the blog, even if hinay hinay na lang – BECAUSE it gives us a chance to sit in on the interesting and informative conversations like – between sister and bettyq and you and martinL – it is like being in a cyber tertulia. thank you.

By: betty q.

betty q. — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:00:50 +0000

thank you for the tip, Sister. You asked me once how big is my garden….I havea 25′ x 60′ plot in the community garden here. I t is a good location since it is part of an agricultural land …GVRD and therefore nothing can be built around it….the sun shines all day long. NOw, I can just imagine the size of your China cabinet, too!

By: millet

millet — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 08:56:10 +0000

sister, sorry to hear about the broken platter. you kept me in stitches about that big dinner in the sky…or wherever!

By: kim E

kim E — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 05:42:30 +0000

Wow! the scallops plate, i want :) very fancy….

By: sister

sister — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 23:07:10 +0000

Martini,
Old majolica plates go for a lot on ebay or at antique auctions, there is a very active collectors market, I actually just buy them to use. They are not difficult to find at French flea markets, there are always a few of them but rarer are complete sets of 12 in perfect condition. The ones MM featured were purchased for 60 euros for a set of 12 that looked like they spent their previous life in a cabinet. Sometimes a large serving platter is available as well, unfortunately it broke at the tussle at the airport trying to get the luggage under 20 kilos.

Betty Q,
No need to go to Paris for a tsokolatera, try Despana online or other Spanish sites like La Tienda. Enamelled ones you can actually put over a flame are available and they are more practical than the china ones from Limoges.

If you get to Paris there are two stores for a an energetic cook like you: Dehilleran and J. De Tou, the first for equipement and the second for every known baking ingrdient necessary for pastry.
Estate sales are wonderful hunting grounds for table top items.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 21:48:40 +0000

MartinL, yipes, $165 each? You’d have to eat a LOT of Coquilles St. Jacques to make up for the price… :)

By: MartinL

MartinL — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 21:46:59 +0000

MM check this out I saw this on ebay https://cgi.ebay.com/Majolica-VINTAGE-FRENCH-MAJOLICA-OYSTER-PLATE-LONGCHAMP-/220359787389?pt=Antiques_Decorative_Arts&hash=item334e77837d it looks almost exactly as the scallop plate

By: betty q.

betty q. — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:17:04 +0000

Oh, Sister….now more than ever, I have to see Paris before I croak. But maybe next best thing while waiting for the chance to go to France is to go to estate sales. Sister, I know it is a long shot ….but did you happen to see something remotely similar to a tsokolatera in the brocantes? If you do, can you let me know please as I have a friend who must go to Paris (where she is from) several times a year to look after her ailing mother. I know I can buy them at Williams-Sonoma but what I am looking for is something that has character.