Made in the USA: Fiesta

When a server brought the lettuce wrap to our table at a Thai restaurant in Phoenix area, I noticed a familiar bowl containing the minced chicken mixture: a little green Fiesta bowl. These bowls are in my kitchen all the time. The bowls, officially called Fruit Bowls, are perfect size for feeding dry cat food for individual cats. The depth of the bowl is just right for them. My cats did not like any ordinary cat bowls from pet shops as cat bowls tend to be steep and deep. Going back to the restaurant episode, it felt a little odd eating out of what my brain recognizes as a cat bowl.

Since the introduction in 1930s by The Homer Laughlin China Company, Fiesta dinnerware has been loved by generations of Americans. The company continues to manufacture durable but appealing dinnerware in the Ohio Valley.

My kitchen cabinets can use some colors. It is probably time to get some colorful Fiesta plates for the humans as well.