The first single-use food service item was the paper plate, invented in 1904. Paper cups followed soon after. Over the next century, disposable cups, utensils and plates were developed in increasingly ...

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Part of adulting is buying plates and bowls so that you can, you know, eat dinner. It's necessary. But with a caveat. Better than a bowl and better than a plate is a hybrid of the two shapes; a blate, ...