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Leaf it to Maple and Linden for Dinner Table Conversation

Forget the spork, now we have whatever you get when you cross a maple leaf with a spoon. Spoople? Mapoon? I don’t know, but you’ll have plenty of time to discuss it over dinner when serving with the Jabihome 4 Wooden Spoons and Forks Set.

Taffy Apples Halloween!

I mean Happy Halloween! Here’s a 1973 recipe card for Taffy Apples. And Bob’s your uncle. I mean Happy Apple Bobbing! I mean Affy Tapple… oh, we’re all mixed up over here.

Taffy Apples 1973 McCall's Great American Recipe Card Collection 24n

…and yes, I know we don’t use Taffy Apples for Apple Bobbing. But that recipe is boring (Bucket of water, add apples). So here is the back of the recipe card for Taffy Apples:

Cook All Night With The Owl Crock Pot Slow Cooker

Crock Pot Slow Cooker- Rare Owl Pattern on Oval Pot 4qt

Slow cookers are slow, right? That’s okay; they are supposed to be. While they are sitting their doing their thing, flavors are developing into a deep, rich structure that is often well worth the wait. But that waiting can take from morning til night.

In anticipation of all day cooking, what better way than to think ahead and prepare with a nocturnal buddy? The Owl Pattern Crock-Pot Slow Cooker is a basic slow cooker with a fun, whimsical owl-themed design. Will it make for better food as an end result? Who knows?

Apple Shaped Salad Spinner Spins On The Shelf

Salad Spinner - 3-in-1 Apple Shaped Salad Spinner

Salad is great. Wet salad, not so much. Yet, we still gotta wash the lettuce, right? So, once upon a time somebody invented the salad spinner for drying leafy greens to make for a wonderful dry salad. (Before the gallon of ranch dressing gets added, that is.) However awesome salad spinners may be, there is room for improvement.

A salad spinner isn’t the most beautiful object in the kitchen. It’s a bulky item that usually just gets a utilitarian design. But not any longer. The Apple Shaped Salad Spinner brings a fun design to the oft-overlooked kitchen contraption. This particular one is on the small side, measuring 8 inches by 8 inches by 7 inches, so if it looks too good to use, you can always find a nice spot for it on the knick-knack shelf.

Reach For These Stacking Cactus Plant Mugs

Estaly Stackable Cactus Plant Mugs Set for Coffee or Tea

Know someone who may be a bit prickly before they get their morning coffee or tea? The Cactus Mug and Spoon Set understands. The countertop decor is whimsical and functional and provides a go-to drinking vessel that’s always within reach. However, depending on the morning, it may be the cactus mugs that end up getting pricked!

(Not So) Scary Halloween Kitchen Towels

Halloween Print Kitchen Towels

Soon, little ‘boils’ and ‘ghouls’ will be dressing in costumes and hitting the neighborhood streets going door to door asking for candy. One day out of the year, this surprisingly works! Perhaps this was all a big scheme cooked up by candy-makers, or perhaps it is the threat of tricks that earn these little costumed kids their treats. In any event, one thing is for certain: those little goblins are gonna come back sticky and covered in chocolate.

Be at the ready with these Halloween Kitchen Towels. They probably won’t be scaring anybody with their fun designs, but that’s okay — certainly, the prospect of candy-covered fingers touching everything in the house is much scarier than a smiling Frankenstein or ghost!