When putting a tablescape together, whether a simple setting for your immediate family or an elaborate affair for hosting wider family and friends, there is nothing more important than the dinner set you use, bar none.
Of course, your glassware and cutlery need to work in harmony with your best dinnerware sets, but it's the plates, side plates, and bowls where the magic happens — the eating. And these items are the canvas with which you display your edible masterpieces (a far-fetched notion in my house, but for the seasoned cooks out there), so don’t underestimate them.
