Classic Verterra bowls and plates. Check out Verterra giveaway!
I love to entertain and believe in the motto, the more people, the better.However, my love of entertaining has always clashed with my environmental side since I had to use paper plates. Who has service for over 20?
What about biodegradable plates, you might ask? Unfortunately, there is no commercial composter near me where I can dispose of them. My backyard composter is just too small. So, what is a party girl supposed to do?
Verterra to the rescue!These stylish plates and bowls are not only reusable, eco-friendly, but they make a handsome table top statement as well. The dishes are made of 100% renewal and compostable fallen leaves and water, and best of all, do not contain any chemicals, waxes, dyes or harmful toxins.
How do these plates hold it together?The Company simply applies steam, heat and pressure to the fallen leaves to create this disposable dinnerware, which will naturally biodegrade in two months. According to the Company, you can throw them right into the composter. Don’t have a composter? No worries. They will decompose in a landfill.
That’s not all, folks. Verterra tableware are fair trade products as well. All products are made in South Asia where their employees receive a fair wage, work in safe conditions and have access to health care.
How did Verterra come to be? The Company is the brainchild of environmentalist, 30’s ish Michael Dwork. While doing an internship in India, he encountered a woman pressing water soaked leaves into a make shift waffle iron. She thereupon pulled out the plate and used it to serve food she was selling. It was an epiphany for Dwork and he spent the rest of his summer and his business school years at Columbia University MBA program refining Verterra’s dinnerware.
How many of you are germ-phobic? It is okay to admit it. We are all friends here. I know some of you are wondering if these plates are sterile. When the leaves are brought to the Company’s owned factory, they are sprayed with high pressure water, steamed, and then UV sterilized. Go ahead and use the plates right away. No need to wash them before use.
Ones to the left were washed. The ones to the right were never washed.
The plates are intended for single use, but I have used my plates several times. I clean them with soap and water. The plates end up looking a little wobbly, but I put a couple of apples on them to serve as paper weights to flatten them again.
Oven, microwaves and freezers do not scare these dishes. According to the Company, it is safe to put the plates in the microwave for two minutes or in the oven at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. You can even store food on them in the fridge or freezer. Talk about hard working dishes!
Think these plates are too good to be true? They are, except one problem. They stain. Other reviews I read said that the plates stained for tomato sauce or ketchup. Mine did not when I put ketchup and tomato sauce on them. Perhaps, I am too obsessive and wash my dishes too quickly after we are done eating. However, pizza oil stained them. (See picture above.) Beets will also stain the plates.
Verterra hexagon plates
The Company offers their classic line of 6” hexagon bowl ($7.99/8 pack or $43/for 100), 6 by 9” plate (8.99/8 and $43/100) 7” round bowl ($8.99/12) and 9” square plates ($9.99/8 and $50/100.)
In addition, the new Signature line, which can be pre-ordered for delivery in March, 2009, is a sleeker adaptation of the classic line. The plates and bowls come in various sizes ranging form 4 by 4 to 12 by 12 for holiday belt loosening eating. The bowls come in either 6 by 8 or 8 by 8 sizes. Dwork is obviously a party animal himself, since he has left no rock unturned on this alternatives tableware. Verterra also sells platter ranging in size from 7 by 8.5 to 14 by 16, which you can easily fit a roast on. The Signature Line‘s prices vary, and some of the lines can be bought in bulk quantities up to 300 dishes.
Future plans for the Company? A newer seamless e-commerce site and undisclosed distributors will be selling the plates. The web site will have a store locator for your nearest distributor.
Super Bowl and Valentine’s is right around the corner. Even the NBA All Star Weekend VIP party and NFL Super Bowl VIP party chose Verterra’s dinnerware for their parties. How about you?
Even Martha Stewart would love these stylish plates! Compostable, nontoxic, stylish, and Fair Trade. What is not to love?
In fact, Verterra has been kind enough to offer the following tableware to one lucky Green Talk reader:
(4x) 6″ Square
(4x) 10″ Square
(4x) Bowl
(2x) 7″ Tray
In order to enter the giveaway contest, you must live in the US or Canada, and be 18 or older and follow the rules below:
• Leave me a comment here as to your favorite party food or dish (green or otherwise). If you don’t have one, just say so.
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• You must enter by February 9, 2009, 6 PM EST time to win.
• A winner will be chosen at random on Tuesday, February 10, 2009. Good Luck everyone!
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Interesting looking dinnerware. My favorite party food is those hot dogs in pastry.
I love serving what I call Fritto Pie. It is a make your own dish. Start with a bed of Frittos. Pile on chili, cheese, sour cream, guacamole, onions, lettuce, tomatoes, salsa, olives, jalapenas
My favorite party food is my homemade Buffalo Wings.
fav dish is is fajitas or guac and salsa
I would have to say devil eggs or spinach dip.
I love to make a spinach artichoke dip for parties!
My favorite party food is Taco dip
My favorite party food is to order pizza.
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My favorite party food would be a cheese selection with an assortment of seasonal fruit!! something to please everyone!!
I’d say Chips and Onion Dip.
My favorite party food are taco balls
Favorite party food to make: Guacamole (fresh organic Florida Avocados are fantastic!) Of course, hearty corn chips and hoppy ale compliment the guac!
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The dinnerware is a fantastic idea!
I need this product – it is the perfect solution for my guilty conscience everytime we have guests throwing paper plates away! Thank you for this great invention.
My favorite party food is pesto/goat cheese dip
I do not have any favorite party food.
I don’t have a favorite party dish. Sorry. But not sorry that I am entering this giveaway.
My favorite party dish is stuffed mushroom caps – my neighbor makes the best ones!
bean dip.
I like serving individual spinach/mushroom quiches.
Jalapeno poppers!
my favorite party dish is
deviled eggs
My favourite party food are wee individual cheese puffs.
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I make a awsome toca salad. I love all your dinerware.Thanks for the contest
Pineapple Pecan Cheeseball with an assortment of crackers is my favorite, or Smoked Salmon log with crackers.
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spinach dip
guacamole is our fave!!
I make homemade mac and cheese with whole wheat pasta.
a square of cream cheese covered with green jalapenos
My favorite party food is guacamole which I would eat every day party or not!
My favorite company dish is chili and tacos. These plates are fantastic. My fiance really goes through the paper plates, and I hate them. These would be a great alternative. Good luck to everyone.
guacamole with shredded radishes and green onions
pineapple salsa with blue corn chips.
an assortment of fruits and veggies. radishes, tomatoes, cantaloupe, grapes, mango slices, cherries, green onions, sliced yellow, red, and green peppers, and a simple low fat dip. heart healthy and green. no meat here please.
Spinach-artichoke dip is the best
Pepperoni, and pepper cheese wrapped in a crescent roll.
I love 7 layer dip
I love chips and salsa.
I like making black bean and corn salad as a party dish! I love these dishes! What a great idea.
My favorite party food is my homemade Buffalo Wings.
Roasted Red Pepper and Arugula Rollups. They need to be made hours ahead of time so they don’t interfere with the time just before guests arrive. They are a bit unique and people really like them. Interesting dinnerware!
Now those are some classy disposable plates.
taco salad dip
Chicken wings are my favorite party food!
My favorite party dish is mini quiche, which I make in mini muffin pans.
My favorite party food is pizza.
Tabuli salad, gaspacho,and Salad Caprese.
I like to make a variety of mini cheese balls and serve them with ring bologna, crackers or small toast rounds.
I love my homemade salsa
It will warm you up on a 10 degree night !
I like lasagna, I’ve heard of plates made from leaves, would love to try these.
My favorite party food is cold shrimp with guacamole or cocktail sauce.
I love the 7-layer mexican dip, YUM!!!
Verterra is my new favorite party serving dish. For past parties I’ve served dips in hollowed-out bread bowls (I save the insides for other recipes). After we finish the dips we eat the bowls.
Thanks for the contest.
fav is avacado dip and fresh made chips
My fav party dish is nachos…quick and easy
Dip, dip, dips!!!
spinach dip all the way!!
my favorite party food is hot buffalo wings!
love using different plates with different types of foods
pizza baby!
PIZZA
My favorite party food is meringues. If you have a mixer, sugar and eggs – you can make this tasty treat. I like mine with peppermint oil and a few chocolate chips. The best thing is no cooking! You just warm the oven to 250, pop in your meringues, go to bed and wake up to tasty treats. I bet they would be GREAT in these dishes!
Our favourite “game day” meal is a souped up plate of Nachos with taco flavoured ground beef, jalapenos, cheese, tomatoes, green onions, refried beans & more cheese baked in the oven on a pizza tray! Yum!!
My favorite party food is my special bean salsa
I love cheese fondue with sour dough dipping bread!
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Pizza is a good party food.
my favorite party food is a salsa with corn, mango, chilis and black beans. It is so unexpected and refreshing, I always get tons of compliments on it.
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My familys favorite dish is nachos and cheese. Thanks.
My favorite snack is mexican layered dip with hint-of-lime tortilla chips.
munchies and snacks
perogys..everyones favorite
My favorit party food is spinach and artichoke dip
Hotwings and sliced avocado.
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pizza!
Love chips and dip!
Spinach dip with bacon
I love chips and dip the best. Any kind. They are my weakness. Thank you!
I love the unique colors and the shape of the set -can be used for so many different dishes, including appetizers etc.
Homemade hummus and spelt crackers works well.
LOVE THE SHAPE AND TEXTURE
My favorite would be some bite sized crab stuff mushrooms.
Very interesting dishes. My fav is crab meat dip but chicken wings are also good
Antipasto and crackers, make me a winner,
I love to make green salsa.
My favorite party food is spinach artichoke dip.
Shrimp and cocktail sauce
Cooking days are over, so ordering out from a favorite place!
I like cooking in the microwave and eating it will be good I think so. But my family don’t like it as it get cold for even a short period..
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My fave party foods are any and all dips and spreads!
well they look great, we need more people making stuff like that for us who want to go out and save the world~ GO Green~
One of my favorite party dishes is seven-layer dip. Mmmmm!
My favorite party dish or food is guacamole.
Chips and Dip
Spinach dip!!!
My favourite party dish is plain ol’ boring spinach dip. I could eat it all night!
Certainly not the healthiest party food, but I love pizza! It’s too bad these plates stain. They are much too nice to use once and throw away. Thank you for the chance to win.
Chicken Wings and Ribs
My favorite party dish is simple: a platter of veggies and hummus dip!
my favorite is a nacho and dip combination that my wife makes.
I like those little weenie things wrapped in crescent roll dough.
green onion dip is always appreciated!
Center piece must have is a huge tray of veggies with about six dips. (didn’t say it was healthy) And another try of fruit and cheese.
Hummus and Pita for sure…thanks
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i love good ole chips and salsa
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one of my fav dishes is new mexican and it’s green chili stew
hot and just enough spice to give it such a good flavor.
What a great product! My favorite party food is homemade chips and guacamole. Cut corn tortillas into strips and fry them, and then mash up an avocado and add onion, garlic, and a little cilantro. Yum!
I love salsa with tostitos scoop chips!!
Love pizza, chips and dip. I love being green. Would love the dinnerware. Please enter me, thank you
I like snack mix, any kind that is savory.
I like to serve spinach and artichoke dip with tortilla chips.
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Pigs in a blanket is always my favorite party food!
Latest favorite is hummus (sans tahini) in organic celery hearts.
I like to make vegetable pizza.
Wow, your dishes are just lovely! Great prize. My favorite party food for the past couple of months is FONDUE! I am literally bringing it back in style with my family and friends. My old fondue pot was collecting dust in my basement, so I put it in our tag sale and no one even looked at it. My husband told me he used to love when we had cheese fondue and chocolate fondue, so I decided to keep it. And are we glad we did! Now this spring when we go to tag sales I will be hunting for fondue pots for my three adult children. They are big fans!
I like to serve guacamole at parties. Sometimes, I serve bite-sized spanokopetas.
popcorn for me
l like to make a fruit salad
i love to make mexican dip
My fave party food is nachos!
My favorite party food is artichoke dip. Love it!
i love to make twice baked potatoes!
My favorite side dish is spinich dip with organic tortilla chips. yum!
I’m amazed at these! awesome….my all time, never fail dish is homemade guacamole…sometimes just fresh veg’s and sometimes adding little baby shrimp, either way, it’s always a hit
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Lasagna!
I make a mean roasted garlic hummus!
I love cheesy nachos w/guacamole, black olives, diced tomatoes & lots of cheese.
I just LOVE Spinach & Artichoke dip.
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Pizza & wing dings
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I don’t have a favorite dish… we like everything!
I like artichoke dip or meatballs
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I am a subscriber. I love pizza.
I absolutely am IN LOVE with all of this dinnerware! It is unique, and even better that it is green!
My favorite dish (as stated by friends and family!) is home made chicken and dumplings. It is a must at every family get-together and work pot-luck!
I enjoy preparing a huge salad of seasonal fruits.
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I love a veggie platter with dip (especially hummus). Thank you!
taco dip or spinach dip
I’m not a party person, but I like pizza where ever it’s served. Please accept my entry. Thank you.
I love to make a big crock pot of turkey chili.
We like to make our own fresh vegetable platter – carrots are a special favorite.
My favorite is artichoke spinach dip and bread
My favorite party dish is spinach/artichoke dip.
My family loves it when I make clam dip.
deviled eggs
okay so i love what your doing with the dinnerware i am getting ready to move out w/ my bf and have been trying to talk him into square plates hes been saying no but i think he might go for yours plus were kind of hippies so the fact that they are green is def plus
Favorite party food – Mom’s BBQ Sandwiches – and they’re just as good with Soy Grillers or Chik’n strips as Beef & Pork
seven layer dip is our fave!
Any type of veggie salsa dip.
I love to grill up cheese sandwhiches!
……..good old “Best of Bridge” spinach dip with sourdough bread is my perennial favourite.
I love to make spinach artichoke dip. Thank you for offering this giveaway! eyeslikesugar [at] gmail [dot] com
develed eggs, cheese platters and veggie platters with ranch dip
I love my mom Artichoke Spinach dip. It’s better than anything in grocery stores or restaurants. Thanks!!!
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taquitos and chips and dip are my fave party dishes
Usually veggie platters are really unpopular at parties, but with my mom’s secret dip recipe, the veggies are always the first to go! It’s my favorite dish to bring and eat at a party
Wow! That’s really very cool. Especially if they last that long. I’ve seen the Bamboo plates, and silverware which is cool, but nothing like this.
I love home-made cabbage rolls, very delicious.
Favorite party food: smoked tuna dip!!! Cheaper (made with canned tuna) and really better than salmon. Really!!
Cool stuff. My favorite is delicious raw veggies with ranch dip.
Cream cheese and black olive sandwiches on Rye bread.
My mom’s bean dip.
My favorite party food is a big pot of hearty soup or chili
Lil smokies in BBQ sauce… Yummy
nachos
I like cheese, meat and crackers, and salsa and chips
My favorite party food right now is popcorn with nutritional yeast and nori added to it.
I dont have a favorite dish but as a frequent disposable plate (recycled paper) I would love to find one that is durable.
My favorite party dish is hummus and tabouleh.
Deviled eggs
My Cajun dirty rice is always a hit at a party.
I like spinach dip in abread bowl.. no bowl to clean or throw away.
My favorite party dish that everyone loves is thin sliced ham with cream cheese spread on it wrapped around a dill pickle cut in half. The combo of these is wonderful.
Salsa and chips
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My favorite is salsa and chips and veggie tray.
Deviled eggs seem to go the fastest, every time.
We don’t have one.
If it’s made with avocado, it has to be good……and green, too.
I like serving kiw0carb salsa and salted cucumber chips. Thanks!
these look fab!
I love serving hummus
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My fave party food is buffalo wings.
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I like to make roasted potato wedges with a tofu sour cream dip.
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My favorite party food is clam dip.
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My favorite party food is chips and salsa.
I think my favorite party food are deviled eggs. I love them but only make them for parties.
Pizza and beer is my favorite
My favorite party dish is a hot crab and artichoke dip.
My mother-in-law is strictly a Deviled Egg bringer, my mother plays the casserole game for any event. I am a baker. I bring cupcakes or cookies or brownies. My kids think its great but I DO wish to broaden my reportoire.
My favorite party food is homemade sweet potato fries.
My favorite party foods are chips and salsa or chicken wings.
fajitas
My favorite party food is cheese sticks.
I love Chex Party Mix! Thanks!
My favorite party food are ruffled potato chips.
I really don’t have a favorite, but these look great!
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My favourite party food is veggies and hummus.
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Nachos and chicken wings. I can deal with the stains!
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I love lil smokies or chips and guacamole.
Gaspacho!!!
green green green is the only way to go
we will be toast if we do not go green
Green is the only way to go: or else
we need to teach the kids GREEN IS NECESSARY.
I love these! My favorite party food is Spring rolls.
Hi, I love artichoke and spinach dip with chips made from baked tortillas. Thanks, Cindi
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I love VerTerra’s Party Perfect Trays. This is a really awesome idea and they are so nice looking and unique. My favorite food at a party is devilled eggs. Simple and basic, I know, but I can’t get enough of ‘em.
I love to serve mini cheesecake bites!
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My favorite party food is 7 layer dip.
These plates are so cool! My favorite party food would have to be hummous and pita bread (with all kinds of yummy toppings and drizzled with olive oil on top)
spinach artichoke dip
We like to make Corn Dip! Its really delicious.
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I’m a sucker for nachos!
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Thanks for the ‘awesome’ giveaway offering! And my favorite party dish is my home-made ‘Chicago-styled deep-dish pizza!’
vegetarian pizza
I make these little phyllo shells with sauteed mushrooms, panccetta and swiss cheese filling. they are so yummy and so fancy looking, but really easy to make. always a big hit at parties.
My favorite party food is any kind of fattening dip. Artichoke dip, buffalo wing dip, taco dip, swiss almond dip, those all ring my bell!!
These are some really cool plates. Would love to have them. Use them for all the foods. Yummy
I love making 7-layer dip for parties.
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I love 7-layer dip, although it is a pain to make!
my fav party food is spinach dip in a bread bowl.
No signature dish here. Just depends on the occasion or theme of the party. I don’t discriminate against any kind of food, but like to serve people with discriminating taste.
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I like Lemon Bars and Ice Cream!
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I love dips of all kinds, like hummus, tapanade, black bean dip, with crackers or pita. Yum!
These plates would be nice for my son’s upcoming 1st Birthday.
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These dishes are absolutely beautiful. Sure would look nice on my table at my next gathering. My favorite party food would be Hot Wings that I make.
my favorite party dish is veggies and dip
My favorite party dish is the oriental meat balls I make with ground pork instead of beef.
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my is favorite is spiniche dip inside round sour dough bread,and the bread pieces for dipping into it.You are left with no dishes to clean,too.
In the winter months I love to make chili for parties. Love the Simply Organic chili seasoning – yum!
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I can’t think of a party food that I don’t like! Deviled eggs have been my favorite since I was a kid.
Plain old chips and a delicious salsa is a favorite of ours.
My favorite party food is a crabmeat dip I make
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Mmmmmm, Seven Layer Dip with chips. Can’t beat it!
Thank you for the opportunity
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Our favortie party food is Boiled Crawfish with corn,potatos & Jalopeno’s.
I love deviled eggs!
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My fav dish for a party:
My homemade guac of course.
You need dice the following and just mix them together in any order or all at once.
6-8 ripe avo
4 huge tablespoons sour cream
2 pinch of reg salt, garlic salt, blk peper, chili pepper, chili powder, cummin
1 large lemon- cut and squeeze out juice but not seed
2-4 large crisp red toms
1 big teaspoon of mild/hot salsa
After all mixed reaaly well, place in choice of serving dish and top with a bit of sour cream, a sprinkle of garlic salt and blk pepper, and a little spread/sprikle of shredded sharp cheddar cheese.
This guac rulz!
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I like a meatless lasagna with lots of cheest.
My favorite party food is empanadas
Spinach and Artichoke dip.
mmmm…
i like deviled eggs, so good!
My fave party food is always Tortilla chips and Dip(sour cream, cheese, beans, guacamole & tomatoes)
Congradulations to Keith for winning the contest. I loved, loved your responses. So many of you choose a dip or pizza. Tony Slawson even gave us a complete recipe!
I wish I could offer the plates to all of you. Keep checking back. I have some fun dog giveaways coming down the pike, LED light, and filters made out of recycled materials. Anna
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Penny, welcome aboard! I have lot of great green giveaways and the other part of the site…you know the tip part…well, it isn’t too shabby either. (LOL) But the best feature of Green Talk is its readers and contributors, so don’t hesitate to add your 2 cents in to the article. Every comment is welcomed. Anna
The article is written as though Michael Dwork or Verterra invented the idea of making plates from leaves, and as though the poor Indian woman was just the helpless apple that fell onto young Newton’s mind. Leaf plates are very common in all parts of India, and have been for centuries. Just go to a Hindu temple in South India, and see what they serve the holy offerings (or prasad) in? It will be a plate or cup made of dried leaves.
If mass producing such wares is Mr. Dwork’s claim to fame, even there he is not the first. Many Indian companies have been producing such wares for a longer time than Mr. Dwork ever visited India. Just google for “Areca Leaf Plates” and you will know how many Indian companies have been producing what Mr. Dwork apparently spent his entire MBA program “inventing”.
If you are interested in getting the same products for a fraction of the cost, just direct order from those companies.
RVHG, Michael states that he saw a woman making the plate which inspired him to create a company around the idea. No one said he invented the plate idea.
Thanks for the tip of other companies making the same product. Any suggestions? Anna
WOW! I never knew such a thing existed! I am still trying to imagine how they can be in an oven for so long and not burst into flames! Guess I am just going to have to try them out!
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