Updated: 2:09 PM CST Jan 21, 2021 Melanie Yates Senior Home Decor Editor
The humble dish towel is the invaluable understudy of kitchen accouterments. If the oven mitts and trivet are out of reach and a pan needs to come out of the oven, a large, thick cotton dish towel can fill both roles. If a jar of tomato sauce spills and you re on your very last paper towel, you can sacrifice a microfiber dish towel to do the dirty work just rinse, launder and bleach it afterward if necessary. Though there s no shortage of beautiful kitchen textiles out there, many run the risk of being all style and no substance.