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The fondest memories are often made when sharing meals around the table. And since the mood of a tablescape depends partly on dinnerware, you want dishes that are as beautiful as they are functional.

From caramel pecan French toast in the morning to bok choy in black bean sauce for dinner, your plates, bowls, and other dinnerware do some serious heavy lifting in your kitchen, coming out every time ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Woman looking at dishware on store shelves - Kosamtu/Getty Images When it comes to home decorating, storage, and the essentials, ...

We chose dinnerware sets to test from across a wide range of materials, designs, and price points, from formal to fun. To compare like to like, we did limit these to individual table settings—sets ...