When I moved into what had been my grandparents’ apartment, the kitchen cabinets and drawers were full of all the stuff they got on their wedding registry (1928). Cast iron pots and pants, silverware, serving platters, crystal glasses.

The crystal stays in the cabinet, and grandma sent the good china to my mother in about 1980, but I still use the cooking gear.

There’s a cheese slicer I’m particularly fond of, a wooden base and a wire-on-a-handle that goes up and down. Sorta similar to this: