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I side-eyed Sabre’s prices, then ordered a cheap set with cheerful plastic handles in various sherbet hues.

In “Flatware That’s Not Flat,” a 2018 hard-to-come-by compilation of modernist silverware, the authors explain that research has shown “the taste of food is affected by the weight, size, shape, and color of the flatware used to eat it … testers have rated the same yogurt significantly tastier and more expensive when sampled with a silver spoon as opposed to plastic.”

An assortment of plastic bugs and wooden shapes lay scattered across its surface.

The child tosses a soccer ball at three plastic bowling pins gathered in front of him, knocking down two.

More than 11,000 children under age 11 in the county are visually impaired and the center is equipped to address their needs — lessons incorporate smell and touch and include real objects like apples and pumpkins rather than plastic toys.