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Curious Kitchenware

A place setting at Blue Hill at Stone Barns includes Moore's bone china water cup and plate as well as a charger made from soil.

The Artist Turning Bones Into Beautiful Dishware

Gregg Moore uses 18th-century techniques to transform a restaurant's leftovers into bone china.

Rebecca L. Rhoades January 17, 2025

The Sweeney bowl is five feet tall and 225 pounds.

4 of History's Most Epic Punch Bowls

If your party doesn't feature enough alcohol to float a rowboat, you're doing it wrong.

Sam O'Brien October 3, 2022

The top of a Strickland spoon.

The Macabre Mystery of a British Family's Skull-Topped Spoons

The 17th-century artifacts were likely christening gifts.

Sam O'Brien March 8, 2021

A Whirla-Whip creation, flavored with with Nutella.

Stanley, North Dakota

Whirla-Whip Ice Cream

The pharmacy's retro ice cream mixer is one of the last of its kind.

Banta

This sweet and salty Indian drink keeps an endangered soda bottle in business.

Butter Molds

These intricate stamps are relics from a time when dairy farmers beautifully branded their products.

Guksi

These beautiful wooden cups are traditionally carved from birch tree burls.

Antica Aguzzeria del Cavallo

Once known for its horse-powered knife sharpening, this 200-year-old shop offers an array of blades and hard-to-find culinary tools.

Port Tongs

Sabering champagne doesn’t hold a candle to this method of cracking open wine bottles with red-hot iron.

Puzzle Jugs

These tricky pitchers turned pouring into a complex drinking game.

The Boston Stabber

This praised oyster shucker is as elegant as it is dangerous.

Cucumber Straightener

Victorians used this glass tube to keep their cukes from curling.

This "selfish samovar" is about 10.5 inches tall.

Selfish Samovar

This device bucks the Russian tradition of sharing a cup of tea and makes just enough hot water for one person.

A matera with the owner's thermos and bombilla sticking out the top.

Materas

These purses help Uruguayans drink mate anytime, anywhere.

Golden Spurtle

At this Scottish porridge-making competition, contestants vie to be the champions of breakfast.

Absinthe Spoon

This flat, silver spoon holds an exalted place in the mystery and ritual of absinthe drinking.

Broasted Chicken

This style of fried chicken is pressure-cooked while it fries.

Pythagorean Cup

A timeless practical joke, brought to you by the ancient Greeks.