Famiware Ceramic Plates and Bowls Sets, 24-piece for 8

Pick up a dinner plate from this set and you feel the weight of it at once. That heft is the stoneware body itself, fired until the clay vitrifies into a dense, nonabsorbent material that holds heat through a meal.

You can stack the plates two high without worry. The unglazed foot ring leaves a pale ring on the plate beneath, and the same ring keeps each piece from sliding on the table. The pack says both dishwasher and microwave safe, so these go straight from the table to the machine.