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Are they using the british pound in DC these days?!?

So do you take the corks off and season your food, or are there holes drilled through the corks?

Nope, you take the corks off. They're exactly like beakers.

er, they're not exactly like beakers. they're exactly like Erlenmeyer flasks. ;)

I work in a biology lab with flasks and beakers all day. Good lab practice is to never eat anything out of labware... so I find these things a bit unappetizing. But I love lab decor outside the kitchen! Also, am I the only one who would accidentally dump way too much pepper on their food?

I love these! I actually have the test tube spice rack from Dean & Deluca. I studied biochemistry so I find these types of kitchenware fun.

I don't see these as being very practical - you'd have to be very careful so as not to spill a ton of seasoning on your food. Plus, cork breaks down really easily. They do look nice though.

They're cute, but who uses ground pepper? If the tops had shakers, I'd be happier.

There are a number of reasonably priced lab supply stores online and usually a couple physical stores around larger cities; no need to wait for flasks to come out at a home store if this appeals. Corks and rubber stoppers are usually also available from any place that's selling lab glassware.

I work with a genetics lab and love glass labware. I find though that every time someone tries to replicate the look for the home, they always charge way more than most lab suppliers do for basic glassware so I just get it from the lab supplier. My bar, which is full of erlenmeyer, flat bottomed boiling and volumetric flasks of liquor, looks like the bench of a mad scientist.

A good inexpensive one is Avogadro's Lab Supply (http://www.avogadro-lab-supply.com/) and they sell to the general public with no minimums. They sell rubber corks so conceivably one could purchase rubber corks for the flasks and drill holes in them to use the flasks as shakers.

If you buy from another supplier be absolutely certain the product is new and unopened. You can't buy used ones and just wash them out for use with foods and potable liquids safely.

These look like a pain in the ass. A big opening is never ideal for a table setting: I foresee a deluge.

No, thank you, we'll stay with our shakers and mills, even at the risk of not being IN.

Are they practical? No.

Are they hella cute? Yes! Yes!

Pretty, but totally impratical.

There are holes in the corks, so you can use these as shakers. More pictures on the designers website, with matching oil and vinegar drizzlers plus some other pretty cool stuff.