Please tell me that you are not selling un-sustainable single use, plastic flatware?

Use them in place of garlic cloves in a pasta dish like ogli olio. Roast them first and then chop them up. Delicious

Hi BeNeWe,

Thank you so much for writing in about this concern! As it turns out, we sought out this flatware because we saw a lot of interest in our polycarbonate reusable flatware (https://food52.com/shop/products/3899-outdoor-italian-flatware-16-piece-set) and liked that the Bella flatware was a more affordable price.

However, we agree that the messaging around the Bella version didn't appropriately highlight our favorite aspect -- that it's completely reusable (and even top rack dishwasher safe)! We're adjusting our language to emphasize that feature, as we agree that we all need to be using less disposable plastic. Our intention is that these are so beautiful you won't want to toss them, but instead keep them on hand for big crowds again and again! (Here's looking at you, BerryBaby.)

Thank you, again, for helping us make a better site for everyone!

Warmly,
The Food52 Customer Care Team

It is true that some pretty useful stuff is out there as disposable- i'd be lost without my Talenti ice cream containers. Of course, it's also true that Americans toss out just appalling amounts of non degradable stuff, and that the majority don't bother to recycle however easy they make it for us. Word is that the Chinese who actually do most of the work of recycling, are starting to rebel at the amount of contamination they get in the recyclables we ship over there; the attitude of "I'm through with it, let it be someone else's problem" is astonishingly pervasive among our presumably educated populace.

Can’t speak for Food52 but I wash and reuse plastic flatware and straws. Has to be over 15 years ago Starbucks sold reuseable, heavy, plastic straws. They have been washed over a hundred times in the dishwasher and are just as good today as when I bought them.