Beehive Kitchenware’s gadgets will have everyone buzzing about your kitchen. Even the ho-hummiest food prep will be elevated to an art form with a little help from heart-shaped spoons and bird-themed coffee scoops.
Available at beehivekitchenware.com, $23-$92.
What do the grand and supremely talented chefs of Relais & Chateaux properties cook when they have the day off? Chefs at Home helps cooks of all levels channel their inner Thomas Keller.
Available at yeschefmagazine.com, $35.
The Houston-based company (whose mantra may as well be “death to cookie-cutter design”) searches every nook and cranny for the most unique housewares around, like ceramic egg racks, wine bottle tea light holders, and porcupine toothpick holders.
Available at greenergrassdesign.com, $15-$60.
Live Wire Farm’s John Robohm, who knows a thing or two about wood, carves household items like hooks, napkin rings, and spoons. All are made to order from dried maple, beech, or birch from Robohm’s own backyard.
Available at livewirefarm.com, $10-$50.
Bell’occhio torchons do double duty — they serve your sweet creations and clean up the crumbs left behind.
Available at bellocchio.com, $12 each.
A Haute Hostess apron wraps around the waist with a silky sash and ties in a bow in front. It’s cute enough to be part of your dinner ensemble.
Available at hautehostessaprons.com, $200.
This solid maple cutting board is both elegant and rustic. It’s ideal for serving freshly baked bread.
Available at heathceramics.com, $100.
Your style mantra: Blend in and, when noticed, look good. So you’ll love the tea towels from Flowie. Designer Yaling Hou starts with drawings, mixes in those of the electronic graphic variety, and screens the prints onto linen or cotton. Also available: wine and tote bags for hauling goods around town and aprons that jazz up the kitchen.
Available at flowiestyle.com, $18 per towel.
KitchenAid’s artisan stand mixer has become the gold standard for aspiring chefs and kissable cooks. With a countless array of attachments, it’s sure to make you a master baker in no time.
Available at surlatable.com, $300.
Kitsch’n Glam makes aprons that are so charming, cute, and clever you might forget to take yours off before sitting down to dinner. And, just to prove that there’s no such thing as too useful or too practical, many are reversible.
Available at kitschnglam.com, $30.
Get your game back with too-cute Tartella culinary accessories. Owner Andrea Daugherty screen-prints charming illustrations (berries, breads, cakes) onto letterpress cookbook marks with metric conversions, tea towels, organic wine bags covered with corks and brocade, and recipe cards with heartfelt instructions.
Available at tartella.com, $4-$46.
Family-run Meadowsweets specializes in crystallized, edible flowers — stunning confections carefully treated to preserve their natural color. If you’re cultivating your inner Martha Stewart, order the flower crystallization kit that comes with directions, samples, ingredients, and tools for crystallizing approximately 75 delectable blooms.
Available by phone order (877-827-6477), $2-$26. For more information, go to candiedflowers.com.
Entertaining experiments gone awry? Lindy Sue’s Wilshire Boulevard linen tea towels make a lovely, ladylike wipe.
Available at lindysues.com, $32 for a four-piece set.
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