Awesome Dishes

These split-compartment bowls are perfect for separating individual portions of chips and dips, snacks and sauces, nuts and shells, and more. They’re made from BPA-free high-density polyethylene and are dishwasher- and microwave-safe. Sold in sets of six colorful bowls.

Full Windsor presents a collection of magnetically-connecting plates and bowls that pair with their Magware utensils. These reusable steel dishes reduce waste and are great for picnicking and camping. They won’t blow away in the wind and stay neatly organized when packed. The side tabs make them easy to hold with hot foods inside.

We like to keep our dishes neatly stacked in our kitchen cabinets, but we don’t do it with this kind of flair. Somehow, through some kind of trickery, this stack of plates spins into place with the flick of a finger and drops down in height as it goes. We’re filing this one under “what kind of sorcery is this?”

Villeroy & Boch’s unique porcelain dish sets form a spherical sculpture when stacked, so you’ll be happy leaving them on display rather than hiding them in a cabinet. Each 2-person set includes two flat bowls, two regular bowls, two plates, and a serving platter. We can’t help but think of the Death Star when we look at these.

Lifelike goldfish illustrations by artist Kim Rody adorn the three compartments in her porcelain Golden Trio serving dish, keeping things like olives, nuts, and Goldfish crackers in their place. Microwave, oven, and dishwasher safe. Amusingly, Rody’s various goldfish platters come with a month’s supply of fish food.

Serve a meal on the most technical dinner plates ever. Dobreff Design’s square plates are handmade with real carbon fiber, sandwiched under glass to make them smooth and food safe. They look great, but aren’t very practical, as they’re expensive, handwash only, and not dishwasher or microwave safe.

Celebrate football season the right way this year, and serve up your snacks in one of Animi Causa’s playful stadium-shaped bowls. They’re made from BPA-free melamine, and measure 9.25 x 2.75 x 7.67 in. Available in US football or soccer field designs.

Best Made Co. and illustrator Ross MacDonald present a limited-edition series of enamel-coated steel dinnerware, featuring a rich blue backdrop and constellation imagery, inspired by the night sky while camping out. Available in mugs, plates, and bowls, each sold in sets of two.

Keep your sushi hydrated with some salty soy sauce, and the help of some of Star Wars’ most iconic characters. These ceramic dishes feature heads of Darth Vader, a Stormtrooper, C-3PO, and R2-D2. Even though they’re priced at $100, we still want them to turn up outside of Japan.

Designer Duncan Shotton came up with these nifty ceramic soy sauce dipping bowls which use their geometry and the natural color properties of soy sauce to create the illusion of impossible 3D shapes.

According to our calculations, you won’t be using a crystal bowl to hold your treats for another 30-40 years. Until then, place your mini candy canes, keys or extra coinage into this fun handmade cast iron skull, and savor your youth.