Cutlery mustard spoon and lettuce fork. Steel was always used for more utilitarian knives, and pewter was used for some cheaper items, especially spoons. From the nineteenth century, electroplated nickel silver (EPNS) was used as a cheaper substitute for sterling silver. In 1913, the British metallurgist Harry Brearley discovered stainless steel by chance and this metal has come to be the predominant one used in cutlery. An alternative is melchior, corrosion-resistant nickel and copper alloy, which can also sometimes contain manganese and nickel-iron. Plastic cutlery is made for disposable use, and is frequently used outdoors for camping, excursions, and barbecues for
Julie Strauss-Gabel Julie Strauss-Gabel Julie Ellyn Strauss-Gabel is an American publisher and editor of books for young adults who is notable for getting numerous titles on "The New York Times Best Seller list". Strauss-Gabel grew up in a suburb of New York City called White Plains, the daughter of a forensic photographer and a teacher of home economics. She attended Amherst College where she edited the college newspaper, "The Amherst Student", and met her future husband. She graduated cum laude from Amherst, then graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Strauss-Gabel was associate editor at Clarion Books and was later an