An ordinary white dinner plate takes a playful spin into culinary wonderland under the hands of food photographer Lauren Purnell. Purnell’s wildly popular Tumblr Culinary Canvas features ...

The seder plate has for centuries been a vehicle for artists to express religious devotion through beautification; Avishay Artsy explores how contemporary seder plate design reflects the evolving ...

Plate crazy: The dinnerware range that turns crockery into a canvas By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Published: 18:38 EDT, 24 June 2012 | Updated: 18:58 EDT, 24 June 2012 ...

Besides, I only just survived the 1980s with those great big, black, glossy square plates, whose shiny rims recorded more fingerprints than the police department.

Pieces range from elegantly rustic, traditional ware in olive green and cobalt blue from Provence, France, to one-of-a-kind platters and plates by U.S. artisans.

From 16th-century Italian painting to modern hyperrealism, the chefs at a James Beard Foundation's benefit dinner, aptly named the "Artful Chef," let their inspirations shine through with dishes ...