These days, and especially in summer, it's easy to highlight local food in the meals we cook: tomatoes from our gardens, peaches from the orchard one county over, eggs raised by the next-door neighbor. But what about taking it one step further and serving all that luscious goodness on a plate made by a local potter? More

When we profiled Wayfair on Apartment Therapy last week, we immediately recongnized them as a one stop shop for all things home. After digging deeper into their kitchen section, we've now realized they're chef'in amazing for cookware too. More

I was pretty happy to spot these bolts of 100% cotton tea towel fabric at my local fabric store. The edges are finished with selvages, so you just have to sew up either end and voilà! you have a lovely tea towel for considerably less than what it would cost to buy them pre-made. The fabric comes in classic stripes and checks as well as vintage patterns. More

A good drink dispenser (see some favorites here) is helpful at summer cookouts — it keeps lemonade or boozy beverages cold and makes it easy for guests to serve themselves without the need to constantly refill smaller pitchers. But beverage dispensers often aren't cheap, and honestly, I don't have room for such a bulky thing in my kitchen. This is why this idea is so brilliant — make a drink keg out of a watermelon! More

Yesterday Dana suggested serving heavily garnished salads on a platter instead of in a bowl to prevent heavier ingredients from falling to the bottom. Inspired by that suggestion, I went searching for beautiful, unusual serving platters. No plain white platters here! More

We're all familiar with 'sinkers', right? They're the delicious but weighty additions to green salads that immediately end up on the bottom of the bowl after one toss. Think radish, tomato, avocado, beets, any chunk of vegetable or nut that has a bit of weight to it. The solution? Forget the salad bowl and reach for a platter instead! More

If you have an old picnic table that's ugly and scarred, or if you're at a public picnic site and want to cover the table tops with something cheerful and easy to clean, consider this: oilcloth! A few yards will instantly add a bright and celebratory vibe to your gathering! More

When Geoffrey Lilge agreed to help outfit Highlands Kitchen, his wife's award-winning restaurant in Edmonton, Canada, he had no idea it would lead to a new career for him. He became obsessed with finding the perfect cutting and charcuterie boards, which eventually led to OnOurTable, a collection of handcrafted wooden kitchen objects that Lilge makes in his Alberta woodshop. More

Do you have a berry bowl? Berry bowls have holes in the bottom so you can rinse and serve berries in the same dish. Usually made of ceramic and often handmade, we think they're a pretty way to serve and snack on berries this summer! (And there's no reason you can't use them for small vegetables as well!) Here are five berry bowls we're particularly fond of: More

Marina's cookie-cutter New York apartment wasn't much to look at when she moved in, but she wrangled her design savvy and managed to soften the space and create a cozy home. The biggest challenge, as she recently told Apartment Therapy, was luring her downtown friends to her uptown apartment, but having a full bar—which is on fine display in her kitchen— and some mixology skills definitely helped. Now she says the first thing her friends say when they walk in and see her kitchen is: "Sweet! Can you make me a drink?" More