Don’t be a square: Play up the personality of your beverage with an ice ball packed with herbs or fruit.
Available at prepara.com, $10.
Stash your most favorite treats in these most special storage bowls with screen-print illustrations, from the ladies behind letterpress shop One Canoe Two.
Available at 1canoe2.com, $28.
We never turn our nose up at coffee from the cart outside the office, but when working from home, there’s nothing like frothed milk in our own fresh brew.
Available at nespresso-us.com, $99.
Mix and match plates with collages made from etchings and tapestries from centuries past to create a collection that your children and their children’s children will fight over for years to come.
Available at shopjohnmurphy.com, $24 each.
You crave healthy. You need easy. This new cookbook combines the best of both. One hundred recipes — pumpkin pecan granola, soba bowls with tea-poached salmon, crunchy curried chickpeas — are the best of the beloved food blog by the same name.
Available at amazon.com, $16.50.
A candlelit dinner can seem contrived, but the jaunty stripes on these taper candles say, “This is nothing to be so serious about.”
Available at leifshop.com, $24 for two.
Dinner is in the bag when your storage solution for leftovers can be tossed into boiling water or the microwave for reheating.
Available at momastore.org, $20.
In a perfect world, the main food groups would be cheddar, blue, Camembert, and Parmesan. Honor all things fromage with a dedicated cutting board and matching knife that spells out your love (literally).
Available at corebamboo.com, $35.
Good intentions inspire market plans every Sunday. Hit snooze and transform the aesthetics of store-bought stock (coffee, spices, and so on) with German-made wooden scoops.
Available at ancientindustries.com, $20.
Store Nana’s family secrets and Pinterest discoveries in one place. Prop recipes on the top of the box, and there will be no fretting over tomato sauce on your laptop.
Available at susyjack.com, $35.
Judging by the pink Himalayan block sitting (unused) in your kitchen, salt is having a moment. Stay on the NaCl trend with finishing flakes harvested from Netarts Bay, Oregon, and pack a slide tin for on-the-go taste emergencies. Table shakers? Please.
Available at jacobsensalt.com, $10.
If you’re not a “little of this, little of that” type of cook, these beakers will measure up to your precise standards.
Available at oxo.com, $10.
How does your garden grow? The answer’s in the cards. Decrease the distance from farm to table by planning and planting your own backyard garden.
Available at fraustoandco.com, $16.
Leave the china in the cabinet and opt for a stainless-steel and wood pot that’s more suited to campsite than country club. Its sturdy form matches the sleek spout’s function of evenly and steadily dousing grinds or leaves.
Available at oldfaithfulshop.com, $70.
Be it a salad dressing, baking mix, or scrambled eggs, Normann Copenhagen’s colored gadget gets the job done and then zips closed for easy storage. You know what they say — it’s all in the wrist whisk.
Available at gretelhome.com, $18.
Home is where the heart is, but your stomach may have its sights set elsewhere. Delicious City showcases cities around the globe and the culinary delights they’re best known for.
Available at deliciouscityprints.com, $24-$34.
Chef John Barricelli conceived this cookbook with his family in mind. Nectarine-mango cobbler with blackberries was first made for his youngest son. Elenore’s plum cake is adapted from his mother-in-law’s recipe. All 135 sweet and savory dishes are seasonally driven and pretty easy to prepare.
Available at amazon.com, $23.
Full of form and function, the wood and metal cone design begs to be displayed, but the triple-function blade and wooden bowl catchall make this grater a kitchen essential.
Available at canoeonline.net, $60.
Kitchen clean-up need not be so drab. Spruce up your space with this bright idea for your counter. It has a drainage funnel for excess water.
Available at umbra.com, $30.
If you like experimental cooking, grab your lab coat (though an apron will do), and marry science and scrumptiousness as you turn your kitchen into a molecular gastronomy workshop. Chocolate spaghetti, anyone?
Available at molecule-r.com, $59.
Once you send the invite, cut the crusts off delicate sandwiches, and steep the tea, your lunch soiree will be easy as pie.
Available at shopterrain.com, $28.
Here’s hoping that Orla Kiely’s designs inspire your own prints charming to try his hand at dish duty.
Available at methodhome.com, $4.
Green thumbs deserve fresh greens. DIY a mini windowsill garden (choose from Japanese mustard, chrysanthemum, and diakon radish; or peas, carrots, and cabbage), then dish the goods on the bamboo lid that doubles as a serving piece.
Available at pottingshedcreations.com, $40.
Plenty pledge allegiance to corporate-claimed plastic varieties of green, orange, or red and yellow stripes. Sip your iced concoction with a speckled design you can claim as your own.
Available at house8810.com, $6.
For goodness shakes, this high design, ratchet-like salt and pepper cracker from Swiss company Kuhn Rikon makes you rethink how you season your food.
Available at amazon.com, $20.
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