A June 19 , 1983 "Woman in the News" story in the Times said Ride and Hawley "were quietly married, making them the first astronauts to do so" — meaning, perhaps, the first Americans (or the first to do so quietly) — and that their house was "laced with mementos of the space age," including "shuttle dishware".
A dish called "dog food," with "unfit potatoes and gravy" — made with offal and meat from a cow bred exclusively for milking, and served on a silver platter that looked like the sort of dishware that a billionaire in her eighties might use to feed her shih tzu — was nothing more than a slice of excellent meatloaf.
The restaurant is less frenetic than its namesake, but the room can get loud, and the impressive food arrives in the same colorful melamine dishware.
At Ain Sokhna, I got to know a young boss named Wu Zhicheng, who produces inexpensive plastic dishware for the Egyptian market.
There was Wu Zhicheng, who manufactures plastic dishware, and Wang Weiqiang, who makes head coverings for Saudis, and Zhang Binghua, who once sold lingerie and now produces thread.
He cannot reach any high cabinets, so he often keeps dishware and glasses on the counter.
Mr. Haapaniemi's woodland-themed Taika dishware for Iittala, for example, might have rolled off a troll's table in a Scandinavian fairy tale.
Next is the Point of View Diner, a kind of computer lab arranged on counter spaces evocative of a 1950s eatery, complete with brightly colored dishware, straws and cutlery.
"I can have a cocktail party for 20 or 30 people," he said proudly, opening the cabinets to show off his glasses and dishware.
That trend culminated in the '70s with "Happy's Curios," in which cups, pitchers and dishware imitating Mexican folk styles were displayed in wooden cabinets.
It wouldn't take much unruly behavior to shatter the dishware or the mood in this upscale restaurant.
