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Investing in durable camp cutlery, like this aluminum cutlery set, can also save money otherwise spent on disposable forks, knives, and spoons in the long term.
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Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 25 Sep. 2024
Mason’s Retreat is the name of this farm and ancestral seat, tumbledown in haute WASP fashion, a place of brackish marsh air, oyster shells, and drawers jammed with mismatched cutlery.
—Chloe Schama, Vogue, 18 July 2024
That sets the table, complete with sharp cutlery, for a bit of cat and mouse as the film jumps from present to past and fills in what happened that awful and deadly night.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 18 July 2024
But this isn’t the first time cutlery has gone couture.
—Jack Guy, CNN, 8 Aug. 2024
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Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 25 Sep. 2024
Mason’s Retreat is the name of this farm and ancestral seat, tumbledown in haute WASP fashion, a place of brackish marsh air, oyster shells, and drawers jammed with mismatched cutlery.
—Chloe Schama, Vogue, 18 July 2024
That sets the table, complete with sharp cutlery, for a bit of cat and mouse as the film jumps from present to past and fills in what happened that awful and deadly night.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 18 July 2024
But this isn’t the first time cutlery has gone couture.
—Jack Guy, CNN, 8 Aug. 2024
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Ammon lays it in his palm to circle with a knife, handing half to me and eating the other.Matt Thompson, SPIN, 5 Nov. 2024
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Republicans' narrow majority in the House of Representatives enters Tuesday on the knife's edge, with both parties possessing paths to control in the next Congress.Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Using a slotted spoon, transfer meatballs to a plate and set aside.Kelly Brant, arkansasonline.com, 6 Nov. 2024
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The rarest piece in the Museum set (Carney estimates that there may be four surviving in the world) is a porcelain salt spoon with a bowl the size of a hazelnut half and a handle that’s barely thicker than a toothpick.Anna Hezel, Curbed, 1 Nov. 2024
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Very large oysters can even be halved with the edge of that fork, although not easily.Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
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This fork design was commonplace on pre-1930s bikes.New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2024
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Keep In Mind It’s not designed to hold silverware and other small objects.Rachel Simon, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Oct. 2024
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The set includes plates, cups, napkins, and silverware for 20 guests, plus a banner and tablecloth.Kaitlin Gates, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2024
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The list included two cases of brandy, a box of tobacco, three beaver hats (two white, one black), and two silver watches.Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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The actress added on metallic open-toe heels and silver bracelets by Tiffany & Co., including one of the brand’s iconic Elsa Peretti cuffs.Alex Badia, WWD, 3 Nov. 2024
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Toss squash and shallots together with 1 tablespoon olive oil, sage, rosemary, 2 teaspoons salt, and pepper.Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2024
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Reduce the heat to low and whisk in ½ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon black pepper.Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Cutlery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cutlery. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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