My love for dishware that looks like food started in childhood. Summer Saturdays were spent cruising the streets of Cape Cod with my grandparents in search of yard sales. I learned two things from my yard sale days. I learned two things from my yard sale days. The first was how to haggle. My grandfather was a master haggler, and he considered all sticker prices to be opening offers (regardless of whether the sticker read $25 or $0.25).