White in the kitchen

By white in the kitchen I don't mean everything is white.  When I posted earlier that you should look inside the cabinets as well for easy elegance, I meant it.  The simplest place or item to start with is the white plate.
I tried colored plates and plates with colorful swirls and things, but somehow it just wasn't working.  The food on the plate just didn't look like it belonged there.  Then after years of telling myself white just couldn't be the answer, I came to the realization that it was.
Everytime we went out to eat, everytime we went to a catered event the dishes were plain white.  The colors of the food served on the white platters, dishes, bowls, etc just popped.  The food became the color I needed; it was the food that was the main focus.
I'm not saying to now go and throw out all your dishes and spend a fortune for white plates.  Simply start adding white to your collection. When the time came for new dishes I bought white, not an expensive set.  Then I slowly added other pieces of white over time. I found pieces in markets, at the grocery store and on my travels. 
The colored dishes and bowls I do have I use in combination with the white when I want to do something different.
I just recently purchased white melamime plates for outdoor entertaining. Simple and not expensive.  To give away my secret, I went to Target for that purchase.  I even bought it on sale which made it even better.
I will continue on my white kick with other things. But for now the white dish is the best place to start.