These plates are just so interesting I had to include the shot. Again, I'd be reluctant to see them "gravy-ed." (gravied?) I think I'm making up a new word here. How should I spell it?

IF YOU LIKE TO ENTERTAIN, DO BRING FINE SERVING DISHES--BUT DON'T BRING THE CHINA. In small quarters, it's hard to situate everyone as calmly as in a grand dining room, and plates and glasses can get broken more easily. If your servingware is classy enough and you set candles and perhaps wine about the room, the regular (or, yes, even paper) plates will be seen as whim not sparsity.