"glassware" news and stories

I love it when I find kitchen stuff that I would actually buy. I tend to be pretty picky and frugal, but every once in a while I come across something that speaks to me and invites me to spend my hard-earned money on it.

This pair of beautiful double-walled, hand-blown glass cruets made in the Czech Republic would look absolutely perfect on my kitchen counter. They're available from the MoMA store, and are really quite reasonable at $52 for the pair. Maybe for my next splurge!

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Scrolling through my daily Thrillist email blast, I found a tout for "Sommelier Wine Glasses." Ever feigning an earnest and legitimate interest/knowledge of wine, I clicked through, only to find this truly stellar stemware.

These kegger-cups-cum-wine-glasses are ideally suited for people like me who pretend to care about Viticulture, but are actually throwin' back jugs of Carlo Rossi.

Just remember, these are hand-blown glass, so try and refrain from playing Wine Pong. (Or worse, Flip Cup.)

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You don't always have the baking pan that a recipe calls for, but here's what you can do when you need to use something else.

The fashion in wine glasses is for them to be varietal, which means that the shape of each glass is specifically designed to enhance the flavor and aroma of that type of wine. It also means that connoisseurs have to buy a lot more stemware if they want to have the best experience with their favorite wine. A new type of glass, the Zafferano Esperienze glass, promises to be the ultimate in wine tasting. These glasses are varietal and come in 15 different shapes. The rippling at the base of each glass is designed to allow the wine to develop its optimal flavor by giving it maximum exposure to the surface of the glass.

The glasses were recently recommended by David Rosengarten (who loved them) and mentioned in the New York Times, so perhaps there is more to their design than just hype. They are $29.99 for four and will be available at Macy's, followed by Bloomingdale's and Bed, Bath & Beyond, later this month.

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