This 11"x15" silkscreened poster from Etsy seller Brite Lines Creative will help you remember the precise internal cooking temperature recommendations for beef, lamp, poultry, and pork. Yes, you could look it up on your laptop or phone, but this way you get some artwork for your kitchen as well as a helpful resource guide! More

Have you ever wanted a cast iron skillet shaped just like your home state? What? You didn't know that was a possibility? Indeed it is, thanks to Alisa Toninato, an artist in Madison, Wisconsin. She has created the entire contiguous United States out of cast iron skillets! More

Take a look at this galley kitchen. Looks pretty ordinary, right? It has nice light, and a bold wash of color... and then, turn your head. That's an enormous, gilt-framed painting on the wall, smack dab in the middle of this otherwise modest kitchen. Wow! What a statement! What do you think of this? More

Last week a New York-based photographer, Miho Aikawa, emailed me with a project that she wanted to share with our readers at The Kitchn: a photographic series exploring the way real people eat, and what their mealtime environments look like.

As I paged through the photographs of her project, titled Dinner in NY, I found myself face to face with young professionals, eating on their beds and watching television; a mother feeding her baby while Skyping with grandparents; an extended family at a raucous and lively table; a monk from Myanmar about to share food with his neighborhood. I found the series both touching and insightful and it evoked in me the exact question that Aikawa is asking: "What is a quality dinner?" More

Coffee geeks are intense folks, and there are perhaps few as intense as the good people at Sweet Maria's, the Oakland-based outfit that equips and encourages truly committed coffee lovers to roast their own beans at home. We're big fans of Sweet Maria's, but when browsing their site this week, we stopped short at their 2012 calendar. This isn't your ordinary company calendar. More

Restaurant menu design might not be a frequent topic of conversation among home cooks, but food lovers (and what home cook isn't a food lover?), design buffs, and those who love to cook for a crowd have much to glean from the creative menu's play on type, color, and presentational style. Art of the Menu, launched last August by graphic design enterprise Under Consideration, showcases great menus from around the world, and it's a fascinating look at the way we, as eaters, are inspired and enticed by food. More

There aren't many folks who truly love doing dishes, but you can add a bit more joy (and frequency) to the task when your sink is nice place to work. Today I went in search of pretty scrubbies (technical term, you know), bottles, and containers for all your dish-doing needs. More

2012 Buy Local Calendar Tea Towel by Claudia Pearson

• $16
• Claudia Pearson

I love illustrator Claudia Pearson's bright, season-inspired prints and kitchen linens. This Buy Local Calendar for 2012 is charming and simple, a cheerful reminder of the bounty of the seasons. More

A Morning Without Coffee Print from ReStyleshop

• $21
• ReStyleshop

A morning like coffee is like... sleep. Yes, we couldn't have said it better ourselves, and we think this Cathrineholm inspired print belongs in a cheery little breakfast nook.

11.7 × 16.5 inch and printed in the Czech Republic. More

Tiny toy figures are hard at work in a world of giant food in Chris Boffoli's photography series Disparity. Humorous and occasionally dark, the scenes depict food in a way that is both beautiful and a little monstrous. The Seattle-based photographer, food writer and avid cook spoke with us about his creative process, the ingredients he works with, and his thoughts on Americans' relationship with food. More