Specialty: Inspired touches for your kitchen and beyond
Price Range: ($$) Mid-Range

The trend toward curated shopping makes me happy. I love discovering a new site with a smaller selection of charming objects that tell a story about the owner. Leif's story is that it's those little touches that bring big personality to a space. We couldn't agree more.
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Specialty: Small-batch sauces and spices aged in repurposed bourbon barrels.
Price Range: ($$) High-End

Bourbon Barrel Foods is a small artisan food company located in Louisville, Kentucky, the heart of bourbon country. But they don't make bourbon; rather, they repurpose bourbon barrels to craft small batches of bourbon-infused gourmet sauces and spices, like Worcestershire and soy sauce, sorghum vinaigrettes, even barrel-smoked paprika and sea salt. More

Specialty: Perfect touches for cooking & sharing
Price Range: ($) Budget

You may know Rachel Ball from her blog and jewelry shop, Elephantine. Mignon Kitchen Co. is her newest venture, where she brings her sweet, simple style to the realm of cooking.
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Specialty: Tableware and linens with clean lines and fun patterns
Price Range: ($$) Mid-Range

Huset is the Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish word for "house," and that's exactly what you get — timeless Scandinavian design to make your house a home.
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Specialty: Prints for food lovers
Price Range: ($) Budget - ($$) Mid-Range

Art in the kitchen should inspire you to cook. The homegrown style of Anek's prints depict simply prepared meals made with beautiful ingredients. Who doesn't want more of that?
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Specialty: Illustrated and calligraphic canning labels, dish towels, art prints, etc.

Price Range: ($) Budget ($$) Mid-Range

Bringing their drawing skills and penmanship to bear, the team at Yours is the Earth makes cute, colorful, and useful paper and textile goods. More

Specialty: Vermont-made cutting boards & tools for the home cook
Price Range: ($$) Mid-Range

In the middle of a tour of Vermont dairies, I happened upon this gem of a kitchen store down the street from the Ben & Jerry's factory. Built around the cutting boards and knife blocks made by local woodworkers for over 60 years, the store sells nearly everything for the most important room in the home, curated to include local artisans. More

Specialty: Wide selection of kitchen tools & cookware
Price Range: ($) Budget to ($$$) High-End

Looking for a no-brainer source for picking up quality, kitchen-related gifts this holiday season? Bookmark Chef Tools for all kinds of goods for food lovers and aspiring chefs. More

You may remember our interview with Mark Bitterman a few months ago, where he explained the simple truths of salt and let us taste several varieties in his beautiful store. Today we're back to give you a peek into this delightful shop. It carries all of Mark's essentials. Find out what this bon vivant considers the necessities of life.

Hint: these items are not on the USDA food pyramid. More

We've spent more time than we care to admit gushing over the lighting and copper pans in Michael Chiarello's Napa Pantry store. Although beautiful, they're not exactly in our budget, so instead we've rounded up 7 colorful picks from Michael himself, that are a little more in reach for home cooks! He loves them and so do we! More