The Design Files - Beautiful Plates from Pastificio Gentile

Recently I was in Umbria at my friend’s Elizabeth and Domenico’s house and I posted this photo on Instagram.

This view, tho!

Quite a few people DM’d,  or emailed, me to ask where the plates were from.

I remembered Elizabeth’s Instastories from when she visited Pastificio Gentile and seeing the plates.  This  family owned company has been making pasta since 1876.   Elizabeth wrote this post using their pasta to make two zucchini recipes.

Pasitifico Gentile also sells exclusive handcrafted plates painted by artist Rosalinda Acampora.  I thought the blue and yellow ones were lemons at first.  They’re yellow tomatoes (and on my wish list).  Wait, all of these are on my list!

I’ve read that bloggers have ruined Chevron forever but I don’t care. This plate is fantastic.

Click here to see the rest of their selection.

Elizabeth’s new book, THE ITALIAN TABLE,  will be released Spring 2019.  I cannot wait to read it.

This is her table setting for a simple lunch.  It was beautiful and delicious.  I love how Elizabeth mixed patterns.  The key is the color palette.

Table photos: Me and my iPhone

Plate photos: Pastificio Gentile