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NEWS: Mr. Pink Officially Closing

Have you ever been to the amazing Chelsea store, Mr. Pink? The small garden-level space on West 16th street always stocks an inspiring assortment of new and vintage housewares and table top — jell...

Japanese Design at the MoMA Store
The New York Times 5.1.08

The newest installment in the Destination series at the Museum of Modern Art travels to Japan for a collection of uniquely Japanese designs for housewares, gifts and oddities. Destination: Japan fea...

Jar Tops by Jorre van Ast

We'd like to hang on to many of the diverse glass jars that cycle through our kitchen. But with limited space for storage, many jars find their way into the recycling bin before their time. These at...

Absinthe Spoons and Servers

Since the crack-pipe chandelier is not for sale, you may have to settle for the Absinthe spoons and fountains to give your party some downtown cred. Designed by Daniel Jackson, the ornate spoons ...

Chromate Wall Grid by Amco

Up against the wall. That's where to store your pots if you want them to be on display. Get one or more Amco Chromate Wall Grids, mount them on your kitchen wall, and hang your pots with S-hooks......

Colorful Nilsson Dinnerware

Swedish Modern. We posted the beautiful Nilsson Pitchers back in January when they were new at Crate & Barrel. Now, there is an entire collection of colorful, modern Nilsson Dinnerware and Servingw...

IKEA Designer: Dawn Wintour

Real People. We admit that we don't normally read The Ottawa Citizen. But a post on Core77 pointed us to the profile of Dawn Wintour, the first Canadian designer at IKEA. A cutlery designer, Dawn's ...

Conmoto's Outdoor Fire Pits

Heating Up. We enjoyed our first barbeque of the summer this weekend (it's hard when you're in the city!) and now that we are fully ready to embrace the outdoors, we've been looking for modern grill...

Top 10 Coffee Machines

Coffee: Braun KF400 AroMaster 10-Cup Coffee Maker Braun FlavorSelect KF180 Jasper Morrison Coffee Maker - CT800 Bialetti Moka Express Chemex Coffee Maker Aldo Rossi French Press BODUM Columbia Coffe...

Best Products: Hess Pie Plates

A few weeks ago we had a pie at a friend's house and what caught our attention (before the delicious eating part) was the pie plate. Simple, smooth and noticeably attractive we had to ask, "Where did...

Best Product: Kettle by Sori Yanagi, 1994

We haven't even used this yet, and we want to elect it to the kettle hall of fame. Seen by SKGR in the MoMA store window this afternoon, it is just like the Chinese ones we love, super simple, but wi...

The Kitchen: Good Product - Mauviel Copper Mixing Bowl

Over at Apartment Therapy L.A., Alec is pondering the Mauviel 5-quart Copper Mixing Bowl. He's not so sure he wants to fork over $75 to Williams-Sonoma for something he'll be using for lemon storage ...

The Kitchen: Mario Batali's New Line of Cooking Tools

The man in orange, Mario Batali, is busy these days. Not only is he promoting his new book, Molto Italiano: 327 Simple Italian Recipes to Cook at Home, he's hocking his own line of cooking tools, cal...

Best Product: Windsor Quick Boil Teakettle

Having used this kettle for the past two days, we have to admit it to our kettle hall of fame. The Windsor quick boil teakettle is a British design with a simple, clean, metal body and wood handle, w...

Best Product: Chinatown Restaurant Kettles

Back in March we put up our list for the Top 10 Kettle and listed the Classic Chinese Restaurant Kettle, but we didn't have a pic at the time. We were at a friend's last night and snapped this one of...

Best Products: Lee Valley Stainless-Steel Rasp and Zester Holder

When Jill came back from photographing Alex and John's home in Vermont, she came back with a big recommendation for Lee Valley's stainless steel rasp grater. This really was designed as a wood rasp b...

Norpro Egg Rite Egg Timer

Dept. of Mini. We asked you all what the best, most useful, smallest things in your apartments were and got some great replies that were also surprisingly practical. The first one is the Norpro Egg ...

Boa Clam Knife Block

Just one more. If you love knife blocks but get scuzzed out by how dirty they become and just what exactly is growing down inside there, here's the answer. The Boa Clam Knife Block was probably des...

Magnet Timer

Just in time. Eva Solo, the ones who brought out the Tea Shirt last year (big hit) have just introduced a neat, small kitchen timer that is magnetized to stick to any metal surface and not budge when...

Microwave Your Cutting Board Oil

Tips. Lori made this comment yesterday and we just had to spotlight it. I oil my board every month with mineral oil, which is cheap and recommended by the maufacturer. I also heat it up in the mic...

What Is It?

Hmmm. Over the weekend we were given one of these small things and asked to guess what it was for. Made of orange plastic, with a ring-like circle on one side and a smooth curved surface on the othe...

Best Products: Arcoroc Glass Nesting Bowls

Mix it up. These are old favorites of our, having grown up with them, but we had completely forgotten about them until Tom jogged our memory. Arcoroc Glass Nesting Bowls: These bowls are amazing. ...

Black Chamba Ware

Plates so dark, you won't need to wash them. I just saw a set of Chamba Ware at a client's house and had to try and find them. Inexpensive, totally non-toxic, washable and bakeable, this extremely d...

Cookware & More Sale

Professional chefs and just plain good cooks, heads up! Don't miss this last chance to purchase All-Clad seconds (only minor surface blemishes) which are usually 20-30% off at an additional 20% off on...