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Kitchenware
Composing our selection of resources for this area has been enlightening, informative and entertaining. We have chosen a variety of excellent sources, some are sources that offer extensive selections of kitchens items, many are highly designed oriented & still others are having fun with functional items with a twist. If you are looking for an impossible to find kitchen tool or an exquisite serving piece or a beautifully designed apron - rest assure Food411 has found the sources! From a chinois to a artisanal tablecloth, its all right here.
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Foster's - Urban Homeware and Gourmet Cookware from Philadelphia is now online. Stock the finest in contemporary housewares and an array of products that cater to the home chef.
Kitchen Conservatory - A premier cooking school in St. Louis, MO. They offer all the tools and knowledge for the ultimate kitchen. Large selection of cookware, bakeware, cutlery, and a wide variety of useful tools, baking supplies - many commerical grade items.
Broadway Panhandler - High quality / great selection of cookware, cutlery, bakeware, tools and gadgets, barware, tabletop and kitchen linens. Extensive selection of the international brands (All-Clad, Wusthof, Cuisinart, Calphalon, Le Cresuet ) and many brands worth learning about(Sitram cookware, Pillivuyt baking porcelain)
Bridge Kitchenware - Imported cookware for the serious cook, appliances and accessories. Great list of kitchen essentials.
The Gourmet Kitchen - Everything a gormet cook could want - top brands, good pricing.
Chef Tools - Cookwares, dinnerwares, housewares all top brands.
Surfas Chef's Paradise - Commercial kitchen supplies and restaurant supply.
Fantes - A small family business, located in the heart of Philadelphia's historic Italian Market since 1906. Specialize in utensils for the kitchen, and feature products that may not readily be available elsewhere. Very large selection of gourmet cooking utensils, gadgets, appliances, pans, and other kitchen wares.
Sur La Table - Top quality cookware and hard-to-find kitchen tools.
The Gadget Source - One of the most complete selection of cooking tools on the web.
Home Canning - Supplies for home canning; pure and simple.
CrispyClean Bacon Broiler - Fresh broiled bacon in the micro! We found this easy to use and avoids the many greasy paper towel method.
Culinary Parts Unlimited - Replacement parts for kitchen appliances, even for appliances 10-20 years old.
Chefs Resource - Tools for the serious home chef.
Cooks World - Gourmet cookware store.
Kitchen Kaboodle - Pacific Northwest's leading resource for fine cookware, cutlery, appliances, bakeware, dinnerware, and everything for the kitchen.
Bachelor's Kitchen - A wonderful resource for the single guy (or anyone) just starting a kitchen/cooking) that wants advice with kitchen basics. In addition to being a wonderful resource, they offers excellent "starter" packages for the kitchen. Unique, thoughtful gift for anyone that is in need of the kitchen basics.
Complements to the Chef - Excellent cookware, cookbooks, kitchen gadgets, kitchen appliances, china, flatware, household accessories.
The Baker's Catalogue - All baking needs.
Crate & Barrel - Contemporary furniture, housewares and accessories.
Cutlery and More - Kitchen knives, cookware, kitchenware, cook's tools, bakeware.
Cooking.com - Small appliances, everything for the kitchen.
Dean & DeLuca - Fine foods/kitchenware.
Beyond Pots and Pans - Culinary supplies.
Gourmet Sleuth - Unusual/hard to find cooking tools/ingredients, ethnic specialties.
The Clever Cook - Specializes in custom kitchenware gifts.
Kitchen Kapers - Cooking tools.
Tabletools - Quality dinnerware, cookware, barware.
Happy Cookers - 358 catagories of kitchwares/food items.
Art of Cooking - NYC - "Sumptuously set tables and inspiring cookware products" all the vision of Kate Humphrey.
Zipper Gifts - LA based - Art meets form and function: Home and entertaining items - many great pieces.
eTabletop - Global tabletop experts. "A beautiful table is a gift you give to your family and guests... your tabletop is an expression of you to them".
Global Table - Beautiful tableware from around the world.
Fitzsu - Objects of desire and design for cooking/dining, more.
Sarut - Distinct products designed to "inspire, educate and entertain".
Table Talk - Unique accessories for your home and kitchen.
moss - Industrial design meets kitchen/table wares.
Fishes Eddy - Specializing in American sturdyware-dishware from diners and restaurants across the country.
Vivre - "A beautiful Life"; unique tabletop products; eclectic mix of both top international designers and little-known niche brands.
Easy Street Antiques - Vintage kitchenwares/aprons/potholders.
Lotta Jansdotter - Natural Linen fabrics with original screen prints; aprons, table linenes. Also makes ceramics.
Amelie Michel - Four unique collections of artisanal tablecloths. All the artisanal fabrics are made in France.
Christofle - France's famous designer creates iconic pieces of table ware.
MoMA Online Store - Kitchen/tabletop section; sophisticated designed kitchenware from NYC Museum of Modern Art.
Culinary Revolution - Time honored, hand turned tools for an authentic culinary experience - a joint venture for a father (the craftsman) and son (a professional chef).
Barry Gordon Woodcarving - Hand crafted table tools.
Nigella - Nigella Lawson's living kitchen products.
Lekker Home - Unique dinner/table/glassware.
OXO - Well designed cooking tools.
Penn Scale - Beautiful heirloom kitchen scales in a choose of 6 colors - a unique kitchen tool, as well as, a beautiful decorative piece.
Professional Cutlery Direct & Cooking Enthusiast - Passionate cook's resource.
Pastry Chef Central - Pastry and baking tool superstore.
Cast Iron Cupboard - The resoruce for cast iron cookware.
BBQ Woods - Planks, pellets, chunks, firewood. Designed for grilling/ smoking. Flavors include: Alder, Apple, Apricot, Birch, Cedar, Cherry, Grape, Hickory, Lemon, Maple, Mesquite, Nectarine, Orange, Peach, Pear, Pecan, Plum/Prune, and White Oak.
Earth Stone - Wood-fire ovens.
S-XL Cake Pan - A uniquely designed cake pan. This flexible mold features portions of varying sizing bulit into the pan! This will make serving the cake to a crowd easy - everyone takes the size they want.
Tagines - Tagines (aka tajines). They offer a wide variety ranging from the traditional Beldi tagine, to the berber Souss, or Rifi tagines. Moroccan spices as well as spice and condiment tagines.
Olde Thompson - The largest manufacturer of pepper mills in the world ; over one hundred fifty pepper mill styles to choose from/ nine different kinds of pepper; many varieties of salt mills also.
Home Chocolate & Fondue Fountain - Ultimate accessory for fondue lover and home entertainer. The elegance and fun of the larger chocolate fountains is now available for the home.
Cup a Cake - This unique container will hold a frosted cupcake in place with protrusions positioned in such a way that the cupcake will not move within the container if bounced, jiggled, or turned upside down.
The Original Chestnutter - Gadget makes X for roasting.
Zevro - Famous cereal dispensers of various materials and colors.
CDNW - Wonderful time and temperature products.
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Editor’s Pick
Effie's Homemade Oatcakes
The "perfect" extra for your tea/coffee. Nutty, crunchy but flaky and not too sweet. We LOVE these cookies. They are extremely addictive.
Featured Products
Redwood Hill Goat Cheese
Their French-style California Crottin with its wonderful rind, and robust, earthy flavor is our favorite. Redwood Hill produces the least processed goat milk products available anywhere. A family farm, they we use a natural approach to animal husbandry to hand craft their award -winning goat milk cheese and yogurt.
AJ Gourmet
Stuffed manzanilla fina olives from Spain, handpicked and stuffed with the finest ingredients, available at AJ Gourmet.
Featured Sites
Jacksonville Mercantile
JacksonvilleMercantile.com is a must see gourmet and specialty foods store. Awesome selection!
Lillie Belle Farms
One of America's Top Chocolate Artisans. Always Organic, Natural and Preservative free.
Chocolate Cravings
Poco Dolce
Their bittersweet tiles are impossible to forget - they are a perfect creation for real chocolate aficionados. Tiny dark chocolate tiles topped with grey salt - each with its own wonderful bits of ingredients such as Aztec chile, ginger, burnt caramel toffee, etc. Their creator Kathy Wiley has master the art of simple chocolate perfection.
