Yesterday we took a look at a few favorite gifts for cooks and food-lovers under $10. Today let's step it up just a bit and look at some pretty kitchen accessories and practical tools under $25.
BEAUTIFUL
• 1 Ombre Wooden Spoons in Pinky Purples - $18 from o ME and o MY - Love these bright and pretty spoon sets! They come in green and blue too.
• 2 Mini Creamer - $20 from Pigeon Toe Ceramics - A modern classic.
• 3 Handy Kitchen Conversion Chart Tea Towel - $18 at Knife in the Water - Love the dark color and handsome graphics.
• 4 Beer - Four color silk screen print - $25 at Man vs. Ink - The story of beer!
• 5 Concrete Hexagon Coasters - $25 at Culinarium - Modern and beautiful.
USEFUL
• 6 Stainless Steel Colander - $19.95 at Sur La Table - Everyone needs one more colander.
• 7 Ozeri Ultra Thin Professional Digital Kitchen Food Scale - $25 at Amazon - A very practical tool that belongs in every kitchen.
• 8 Danish Dough Whisks - $12.50 at Lee Valley - An unusual gift for a baker.
• 9 French style maple rolling pin with tapered handles - $20 at Olive and Elmwood - A perfect little rolling pin.
• 10 Lifetime Measuring Cups - $19.95 at Lee Valley - My favorite measuring cups!
Related: Smart Food Gifts $10 and Under
(Images: o ME and o MY; Pigeon Toe Ceramics; Knife in the Water; Man vs. Ink; Culinarium; Sur La Table; Amazon; )
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Those spoons are really gorgeous!
I ordered those measuring cups (probably based on another Kitchen post) and the corners of the handles have super sharp corners, not comfortable in the hand at all.
Those spoons are really beautiful. The Etsy seller does say that the coloured handle shouldn't come in contact with food though. With the colour going that close to the spoon bit I'd be afraid of getting cookie dough, pasta sauce etc. on the coloured part (hey, I'm a messy cook, what can I say?). I may need to buy them just to display though. Beautiful. Love the Avocado colour she has as well! The creamers are beautiful too.
I was thinking the same thing Michelou. I was about to grab the green ones but saw that warning.
I don't think I'd buy a boring colander and measuring spoons as a gift, but all the others are certainly cute!
Leslie, I have a set of steel measuring cups that are wonderfully heavy and soft at the edges. I've had them for ages, but they are made by AMCO, which is a readily available brand. I think I bought mine at a Barh and Beyond. They come in different styles -- mine has a more contoured handle rather rather than the flat one.
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And, on a completely off-topic note, I love those whisks and the sleek looking scale. And the tea towels are practically a must =)