Without plates, dinner hosts would be forced to serve steaming meals on family portraits, but only after divvying out hors d’oeuvres with the special occasion slingshot. Savor a proper supper with today’s Groupon: for $35, you get $75 worth of elegant plates and bowls from The Plate House, plus half off shipping costs (free shipping on orders over $100).

An online retailer of sturdy and stylish tableware, The Plate House manufactures and designs a bevy of beautifully designed glass and porcelain pieces. The varied selection boasts curved containers made in Europe with careful craftsmanship, and most pieces are dishwasher safe, food safe, and safe substitutes for at-the-cleaners top hats. Buttress delectable eats with a rocks salad plate ($59.70), spin a perfectly grilled steak on a broomstick with a stripe square charger dinner plate ($59.70), and serve up helpings of homemade barnacle stew with a six pack of glory deep bowls ($59.70). Each refined receptacle invites ladling owners to garnish the gleaming insides with meals of equal artistic merit, so be prepared to serve crumbled statue soup on a far more frequent basis.