Note: I used the archive link.<p>How could anyone write this article and fail to include pictures of the spoons? The first thing I did was skim the article for spoon pictures or links to spoon pictures and was immediately disappointed.<p>Gotta agree with the other posters, this is a pretty shallow article.<p>However, seeing this makes me cognizant that there must be a huge cutlery fandom somewhere.<p>But in reality, there can be no perfect spoon. The ideal spoon will vary depending on your situation and use case. The best spoon is whatever's available on hand. The curse of expensive cutlery is that it only gets used on special occasions, in a betrayal of purpose.<p>One can imagine a fine dining experience where the spoon head is pre heated or cooled in preparation of a dish. This level of attention to detail is a delight.
It's really very strange how awful a lot of cutlery is in terms of ergonomics. Forks with only three widely-spaced tines, tines with huge blunt cross-sections, tails on forks and spoons that go the wrong way, sharp handle ends, circular cross-section handles that roll over, very few sets don't have any questionable design.<p>Personally I find Robert Welch Radford to be pretty good, though maybe the knives are a little back-heavy which makes them dive to the floor rather easily when clearing.
This reads like a paid ad for those spoons. I’d expect a “mad quest” to talk about trying many spoons, deep discussion of spoon properties. But no, this looks like standard-issue blogspam. We’re not far away from this shit being auto-generated.
Like a modernist chair, this spoon looks equally uncomfortable. The tapered butt lacks purchase, a functional faux pas.<p>I prefer 70+ years old serving spoons, like the Gorham King Edward[0]. The wide butt and thin neck feel great in the hand.<p>[0] <a href="https://www.replacements.com/silver-gorham-silver-king-edward-sterling-1936-tablespoon-serving-spoon/p/1797991" rel="nofollow">https://www.replacements.com/silver-gorham-silver-king-edwar...</a>
I'm a bit of a cutlery snob. Most high grade consumer brands are way too expensive. We finally found Salvinelli Grand Hotel, after dining at a small Italian restaurant in Amsterdam. I actually called them back the next day to find out which line they had. Salvinelli only sells b2b, as far as I can tell, per dozen an item. Their Grand Hotel line is a heavy 4mm. 2 dozen sets of 6 only set me back €480.
The best flatware ever made (IMO): WMF Nortica<p>The have a really nice balance, perfect weight and are practical while modern.<p>Unfortunately they are not longer manufactured and and now cost $240/set!<p><a href="https://www.replacements.com/silver-wmf-flatware-nortica-stainless-5-piece-place-setting/p/70240971" rel="nofollow">https://www.replacements.com/silver-wmf-flatware-nortica-sta...</a>
There's this cutlery by Danish designer Kay Bojesen from the late 30s which I've been eyeing for a while:<p><a href="https://kaybojesen.com/product-category/grand-prix-cutlery/" rel="nofollow">https://kaybojesen.com/product-category/grand-prix-cutlery/</a><p>It has very simple lines that work well on any table but also optionally comes with pretty much any accessory you can think of.<p>They're still making them new but I'm on the hunt for a large set popping up used eventually.<p>On a side note I bought a set of Korean stainless steel chopsticks and spoons on a trip to SK a while ago. I mainly got them for the chopsticks, but I noticed that the deep rounded spoons were really nice for eating soup.
I referred the Grey Kunz Spoon to my spouse who is a chef. Sounds like she may like it.<p>This whole article reminds me of Big Head, a recurring character in TES Morrowind and Oblivion, who is obsessed with forks.
It really is harder than you would think.<p><a href="https://youtu.be/Hu9nhExp5KI" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/Hu9nhExp5KI</a>
I highly recommend Parfait Spoons for <i>all</i> spoons.<p>They are great to get serving sizes down.<p>Smaller amounts of ice-cream seem bigger and you enjoy it longer. Don't care about the academic scandal around this, it works.<p>They rock for long jars. Stirring coffee. Finer control spreading. And getting out of the dishwasher is easier.<p>They are cheap as. Buy a 8 pack from the supermarket or Amazon. Try it.<p>I guess eating SE Asian parfaits would fail. Not sure how this Grey-Kunz would work for Khmer/Thai food.