On the Saturday and Sunday there are stallholders selling food, drinks and cookware as well as talks, entertainment and children's activities.

However, Nordstrom, then as now, doesn't sell cookware, and the department code on the purported Nordstrom purchase order was for women's coats.

But in Greenpoint, where they live, and even in nearby Williamsburg, there were no shops selling high-quality cookware and other kitchen necessities.

In Europe, it is ARC who sells equivalent cookware to CorningWare under the name Pyroflam with a slightly different design.

It sells dinnerware, glassware, cookware and ceramics.

This friendly shop sells cookware, serving pieces - including lots of hand-painted Deruta pottery from Italy - and ingredients like olive oils and sea salt.

The shop also sells Japanese cookware and tableware.

Besides shows devoted entirely to food, the channel also offers food in shows that sell cookbooks and cookware.

She said, "You know how to cook, but they'll train you to sit behind a counter and sell cookware and speckles."

Nearby Doguyasuji, www.doguyasuji.or.jp, is one of the more curious arcades, lined with small eateries and shops selling cookware and even plastic food used as restaurant window displays.