Some cookware and kitchen tools are as beautiful as works of art. There’s no reason to hide them away in cabinets or drawers. Leave them out for everyone to admire on stove tops or countertops.

Orange Epiv Rere ceramic ripple pitcher by Yinka Ilori
$250, store.moma.org

Tea Rex
For the 30th anniversary of the classic tea kettle Michael Graves updated the little bird whistle to a fascinating mythological creature between a dragon and a flying dinosaur. Magnetic steel bottom suitable for induction cooking. $320, alessi.com

What if your sister got your grandmother’s cast iron skillet and you didn’t? Isaac Morton comes to the rescue with the line of contemporary cast iron cookware, like this 12 inch skillet, he developed at Smithey Ironware in Charleston. $220, smithey.com

Sculptural citrus squeezer. Juicy Salif design by Philippe Starck 1990. $130, alessi.com

A Tempo dish drainer by Pauline Deltour
$230, alessi.com

Enameled cast iron Dutch Oven 5.5 quart made in France
$269, madein.com








