I am on a quest for the ultimate bowl, spoon, knife, whatever table item you could ever need.  Finding the perfect size, weight and balance can make all the difference to anyone trying to eat while pursuing any of the finer male activities:

• Watching Sports on TV, or any seriously violent action flick
  
• Playing Video Games (console or computer)
  
• Feigning interest in whatever your guests are saying

I'm always on the lookout for food containers and transport devices (fork, spoon...) that are particularly well suited to the above situations.  Here are my basic criteria:

• Weight - It has to be heavy enough that it will remain stationary and perfectly balanced even when placed on a couch cushion or any other non-hard surface.  It also must not tip when accidentally bumped or when you shift your weight.  This is important when you're watching a game and something major happens, you don't want to jump up off the couch and spill your chili all over the carpet.  Also, if you're particularly clumsy like I am, you don't want to be able to nudge it with your arm when you're not paying attention.
  
• Size - Ultimately, when it comes to containers, you only ever need a bowl.  Plates just aren't versitile enough for the discerning male of the species.  Bowls can hold everything from pasta to salad to a steak.  So the proper bowl has to be BIG.  The smallest I'll ever go is it has to at a minimum hold one full can of soup with enough room to not spill over the edge when walking with it to the couch.  Idealy, I should be able to fit my head inside the bowl.  Women call these mixing bowls... I call them perfect. 
  
  Now when it comes to utensils, they should be pretty sizable too.  I have a set of heavy steel soup spoons from New Zealand.  They're huge and weigh a good bit.  They can hold a ton of soup/stew/chili/whatever without problem.  Forks are pretty standard so I don't care about them so much.  Someday I hope to find a large heavy steel spork with slightly elongated tines.  I'd be in heaven.
  
• Balance - It's important that a utensil (ok... spoon) be weighted properly so I can hold it with minimal effort.  The above mentioned spoons have a nice balance point where I just have to sit my pointer finger under it, and just kind of hover my thumb over it without touching it (in case I get bumped or move).  This is great as I can become absorbed in whatever I'm doing (or take a nap with my eyes open if I'm dealing with guests) and not worry about dropping my spoon full of whatever all over the place.
  
• Heat Conductivity - One of the most important items really.  If you're eating something hot, the last thing you want to do is burn your hands or lips on the bowl/spoon (I've given up the idea of forks almost completely now... you can eat just about anything with a spoon anyway).  Heavy materials act as better insulators and are slower to heat up.  Heavy ceramic bowls and heavy metal spoons are the best.