For those spontaneous meals that involve browsing a new recipe from the internet, the task of balancing your tablet can become cumbersome—especially when your focus needs to be on that sizzling frying pan or boiling pot of stock. Nils Wessell of Brooklyn Butcher Blocks used his woodworking skills to come up with a simple yet shrewd solution that also saves space: adding a slot for …
A quality wood cutting board will last a lifetime and only improve with age and use. With summer barbecue and picnic season in full force, we wanted a board that would stand the test of time and look good along the way. Pidge Boards from Boulder, Colorado-based artisan Ryan McMurray are just the board, and with occasional mineral oil treatment—necessary for all wood cutting boards—Pidge …
When product designer Geoffrey Lilge agreed to outfit the kitchen and dining room of his wife Cindy’s future award-winning restaurant, Highlands Kitchen, he unknowingly started a new career. His newfound love of solid woods and their simple purity led to OnOurTables, an evolving collection of artisan-made kitchen objects. Making hand-polished, solid wood charcuterie boards, cutting boards, butcher blocks and other kitchen accessories in his Alberta …
