Rachael Ray 16-Piece Cucina Stoneware/Ceramic Dinnerware Set, Cranberry Red

This set is gorgeous. It exceeded my expectations when I received it and opened the box. I love the color, great for fall. The color was stated as being pumpkin but it's even better. Around the top rims of the bowls and mugs it has a rustic brown edge like it's been worn by age. It's beautiful. The mugs and bowls have a wavy surface on the outside and the edges of the salad plate and dinner plate have the same edge. The bowls are quite unique in size. They are small but deep...perfect for soup. They are dishwasher safe as described. I am lazy when it comes to dishes so I like to throw everything in the dishwasher...They came out great. No chips or scratches. I wish I had gotten 2 sets so I could use them for company too. Now if I can find a Rachel Ray silverware set to match. These dishes just became my new favorites for every day. I would recommend this set to my friends and family. I included pictures but they don't do this set justice.....It's much prettier in person.

This exquisite dinnerware is a beautiful collection by Rachael Ray. Each piece has delicate, subtle sculpturing inside and out that allows for getting a good grip while carrying, along with a painted antique-marking around every edge. Made of stoneware, the pieces of this set are extremely durable and strong, as stoneware is known for. The pieces each have the heaviness and glaze to withstand many years of use and cleaning virtually without wear. Named Cucina dinnerware, cucina in the Italian vocabulary means dedicated to the style of cooking preferred, for example, Italian, Mexican, or American cooking style. This fully-pumpkin color is one of the most festive for holiday and everyday décor in dinnerware that can be found. Such a match to the color of real pumpkin pie, this set brings me the feeling of deliciousness to every meal, salad, soup, or drink. Each dinnerware piece can be used in the freezer, refrigerator, microwave, and low temperature oven, and the glaze is safe in the dishwasher. The set can be used at the maximum Fahrenheit temperature of 250 for 20 minutes—perfect for heating soup, water for coffee, or warming a meal. Many matching pieces in Pumpkin Cucina are available to create a complete set for cooking, baking, and serving with this dinnerware: Oven safe to 400 degrees F- Nonstick 8.5-in. Skillet, PFOA free, oven safe, and hand wash only All microwave, refrigerator, freezer, and dishwasher safe: Oven safe to 250 degrees F for 30 minutes- 10x14-in. Oval Platter; 12x10-in. Oval Serving Bowl Oven safe to 500 degrees F- 3-1/2-Quart Oval Covered Casserole; 12-oz. Au Gratin Dish; 9x13-in. Rectangular Baker This sixteen-piece dishware set seems very good because of its exceptional quality and the value of these nice-looking and sturdy mugs, bowls, dishes, and plates. Be sure to notice the full-edge antiquing which is painted dark over the pumpkin color, in case it cannot be seen in photos of the set, when selecting dinnerware.