Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things

Waterford's Ballet Ribbon bone china dinnerware echoes the graceful forms and lines of the interpretive dance and the satin ribbons which adorn ballerinas' costumes and pointe shoes. Mix in the brightly colored accent plates to make your table pop or to blend the pattern into your dining décor.

For over two centuries Raynaud has created unique Limoges porcelain, with a marked preference for relief shapes and generously colored and gilt decorations. Metamorphoses is a striking pattern of red and gold with a butterfly motif.

Journalist Elizabeth Lane is one of the country's most famous food writer. In her columns, she describes herself as a hard working farm woman, taking care of her children and being an excellent cook. But this is all lies. In reality she is an umarried New Yorker who can't even boil an egg. The recipes come from her good friend Felix. The owner of the magazine she works for has decided that a heroi