We’ve had a string of bad luck in the kitchen. Things are breaking left and right. It’s as if our entire collection of plates and cups and bakeware woke up one day and was like, “That’s it! We’re done.” The dishes are gathering like lemmings to jump out of the nearest inconvenient hand or fall off a ledge. They are just biding their time until the opportune moment arises. A slight slip of the grip, a brief distraction, and SPLAT.
The first few deaths were traumatic. A roast chicken went to waste because the bakeware exploded like a suicide bomb. We had to put up Hazmat warnings and keep Alexa from crossing the barricade until the coast was clear. Now the incidents are less dramatic, more of a whimper than a bang. The latest was a plate that emerged from a 45-second pleasure cruise in the microwave with a slow, sad crack.
I know the rest of the dishes want to put out of their misery, so I’ve been looking behind their backs for their replacements. It’s not like the plates were ever any good at anything except overheating, anyway, so our next plates could only be an improvement.
In the meantime I’m easily distracted by pretty things. That is the catchphrase of this blog, after all. “All the shiny things.” All the non-suicidal kitchen things. Only happy kitchen items need apply.
I haven’t found a replacement for the dishes yet, but I found some other cool kitchen gadgets and goodies. Behold:
So, a word to the wise: I realize that spending $500 on candy jars (1) is out of control (but the jars are oh so cool). But it would be crazy not to buy a cherry pitter (2), considering how much I love cherries but hate spitting out pits. I love the kitchen conversion chart (3) because I can never find the right measurement when I need it. Hello palm-tree cookies (4)! Polka-dotted flatware (5) is subtle and pretty.
It may be over-the-top for some, but I would love to wipe my hands on an octopus dishtowel (1), wouldn’t you? We go through honey like it’s free in this house … it so isn’t … but I would much rather look at this honey jar (2) than the squeezable bear one more time. How cute are the ice-pop molds shaped like fish (3)? I need a damn good coffee mug (4) for my damn good coffee. Sneaking a treat out of a cactus cookie jar (5) might be worth the calories.
P.S. Even more pretty kitchenware.
What about you — have you seen any cool kitchenware recently that you just couldn’t pass up?
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