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Continental appeal

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The Boston Globe, May 17th, 1998

FLATWARE There's a quiet revolution brewing in flatware for the American dining table. Thanks to European influences, especially British and French, Americans are rethinking the basics of sitting down to dinner. It all has to do with the size of our silverware. Though most Americans have grown up with, and grown used to, American-made spoons, knives, and forks, the utensils with which we set our tables are actually smaller than their European counterparts. Anyone who's dined well in Europe can tell you that forks and knives there are bigger (knife blades are generally rounder, too) and that de...

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