Apples, peaches, plums, and pears: Early fall is prime time to enjoy the glorious colors and flavors of stone fruit. This time of year we almost always have a bowl of fruit in the dining room, and we like to use our prettiest bowls to display it. The beauty of fall fruit deserves center place.
Last week we had a reader request for a roundup of fruit bowls, so here are a few that we think could show off autumn fruit to the best effect.
While some of these bowls are extremely affordable, others are more pricey. We do think it's worth investing in a handmade, high-quality statement piece or two for the table. A big bowl — handmade by a craftsman, or made out of ultra-fine porcelain — something extra-special, is worth having along with the IKEA plates and other simple tableware we usually use. One big gorgeous bowl or platter can really make a table feel special.
TOP ROW
• 1 Wine Barrel Stave Bread Bowl, $95 at VivaTerra
• 2 Tripod Serving Bowl, $38 at A+R
• 3 Felted Fruit Dish, $38 at Valerie's Gallery
• 4 Mud Australia Nest Bowl, $108 at Rose and Radish
• 5 Oval Woven Clay, $32 at Bowls with Holes
BOTTOM ROW
• 6 Oval Wire Basket, $34 at Wisteria
• 7 Sophie Conran 13" Salad Bowl, $52 at Conran
• 8 Footed Bamboo Bowls, $12.95-$31.96 at World Market
• 9 Pressed Paisley Serving Bowl, $32 at Anthropologie
• 10 Coupe Flared Rim Serving Bowl, $10.99 at World Market
What do you like to display and store your fresh fruit in? We like to keep fruit out in the open as much as we can; it helps us remember to eat more of it!
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I never use a fruit bowl. The fruit ripens too fast, attracts fruit flies and crushes the tender pulp. If I need to ripen melons or soft fruit, I set them on a cloth towel to absorb moisture and keep the rot from forming on the bottom. The bowls above are pretty.
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aaah, they are all so pretty. too bad i always like to keep my fruit fresh in the refrigerator.
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Maybe if I had guests over and wanted to display fruit I'd do this, but fruit in my house either ends up in my belly or in the garbage. Especially grapes (the belly, of course).
But nothing really lasts that long that it would be worth, umm, displaying. Maybe apples, but even then that's just a week or so.
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There is a picture of our wooden fruit bowl at the end of this link:
http://www.se7en.org.za/2009/01/25/saturday-spot-the-kitchen-tour
I only put out our fruit for the day and use dried gourds to fill it, so it doesn't appear half empty all the time!
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