| Winter cold outside means time for chili indoors. | | | | - Rims on soup bowls are often wide, while rims |
| Family and friends keep warm inside by eating a | | | | on cereal bowls are narrow. |
| hot bowlful of your favorite casserole straight | | | | - Soups that are served with crackers do well in |
| from the oven. The menu might also include soup, | | | | cereal bowls. |
| stew or chowder, as well as a classic comfort | | | | - Some dinnerware manufacturers make both |
| food dessert like apple crisp and peach cobbler. | | | | soup and cereal bowls in their product lines. Others |
| In the warm days of summer, favorite foods | | | | make an all purpose bowl to use for both. |
| include crunchy and cool salads made with greens | | | | - Two-handled bowls in fine china patterns are |
| or fruits. Eat these as you relax on the deck or | | | | generally called cream soup bowls, intended for |
| patio. | | | | soups made with milk or cream. |
| All these foods, and more, are ideally served in | | | | - Wide soup bowls work great for green salads. |
| bowls. | | | | - Extra large soup bowls can double for serving |
| Dinnerware sets include at least one size of bowls. | | | | pasta, such as spaghetti or mostaccioli. |
| Casual tableware may have only one size, meant | | | | Depending on the menu, there is a bowl for |
| to serve a wide variety of foods. More formal | | | | every dish. |
| china has two, three or perhaps even more sizes, | | | | Vintage china sets may include types of bowls |
| from petite ones for fruit, wide ones for soup, | | | | not commonly used today, such as lug-handled, |
| deep ones for cereal, and even larger pieces for | | | | though you might remember them from |
| pasta. | | | | childhood. |
| Things you always wanted to know about bowls: | | | | Perhaps the special bowl you remember was the |
| - Cereal bowls are deeper, to allow for the bulky | | | | one you used at grandma's dining table, when you |
| flakes or squares, while soup bowls are often | | | | had your morning cereal or a special dessert. |
| shallow. | | | | What a special gift, to give or get: a set of bowls |
| - Some soup and cereal bowls have rims, and | | | | to use and remember those special times, eating |
| others are a coupe shape - that is, sleekly curved | | | | your favorite foods at home. |
| without a rim. | | | | |