Ceramicist Lisa Neimeth ( www.lneimeth.com) has an unusual studio space in San Francisco: an old chicken coop. "When we bought the house 11 years ago, I instantly spotted the coop as my future studio, ...

Reading the menu at a restaurant has become much more than scanning a list of dishes. In addition to ingredients there is a list of names; sometimes it’s the names of staff, sometimes it’s the names ...

Louis Gruber shaped a career from clay. The Hawley native, who now lives in Tarrytown, New York, churns out custom-made pieces that not only ended up in restaurants across the country but also landed ...

It’s incredibly soothing to watch clay being shaped and molded into plates, bowls, mugs, and cups, even with the pressure of knowing diners at some of the world’s best restaurants will be eating off ...

The way a dish looks has been important to the dining experience since forever, but perhaps never more than now. Relaxed and homey. Or vibrant and celebratory. And perhaps shareable, too. "Chefs know ...

In our advice column, Ask the Strategist, we take your most burning shopping questions and quiz our friends, scour the internet, call up experts, and draw from personal experience to answer them. As ...