What I like most during the holidays, it's Advent (and also the front ...), these generous first 4 weeks of Christmas well known for our little chocolate calendars bearing his name. Our cousins ​​- and some of our compatriots in the East - which are definitely very nice people celebrate Advent in a way that has always welcomed me and I always imposes a tradition to everyone around me Paris region: they concoct cupcakes (the Plätzchen) offered and eaten with family, friends or office. And when I say concoct I weigh my words, this tradition is a virtual institution that can address the whole weekend and mobilize the whole family. You may say that all this is far removed from considerations decorative, well think again ... All of my mouth too soon to indulge in the simple joys, I propose today an exclusive selection of utensils and culinary equipment that will allow you to detonate even in the kitchen, and why not glean here and there a few gift ideas "useful" and yet pleasing.

The brilliant designers Joseph Joseph have imagined and, with Nest8 , a set consisting of a bowl, a beaker, a strainer and spoons of different measures that fit into each other.

Here's a clever and stylish all-in-one that will fit in most kitchens cramped and you will have on hand all the basics needed for everyday meals.

Cooking rhymes with bake, and I have often learned to my cost that it was difficult to reconcile aesthetics and functionality with regard to rags, and other cooking gloves. Anyone who like me have one day burned his hands trying to get out with cloths or pot holder fabric made during the sixth and technology which is part of our first bunch of grown-up, share my enthusiasm for this oven mitt Hotheads Americans inventive Fred shaped frog, designed to withstand heat and facilitate the handling of all your small and large dishes.

Though not able to sublimate the erotic fiber lying dormant within us, the apron is indispensable to guard against all projections ups. Some years ago, I received a gift of a linen apron matches this model Stonehenge home Libeco which has since ceased to satisfy me. Home cooks or clumsy unrepentant, this message to you: flax is resistant, easy care - it does not require to be ironed and washed at high temperature - and is the fabric of choice for all haute sewing of extra time ... little advice: if you like you definitely stain, prefer strong covering dark colors ...

But let us return to the heart of the matter of our culinary preparations: I would like to pay tribute to two fundamentally dispensable accessories, but we can not yet too boast ... provided they fulfill their primary function: to shine and brighten our interiors, be they an ordinary work plan.

I am among those who each year promise to finally buy a kitchen scale that will supplement my measuring cup and I do not have to slash my pat of butter in me indulging in scholarly subtractions during the preparation of my pastries. And like every year I tell myself that there is finally a real poetry to customize a recipe according to my memories of elementary school. Nevertheless, the electronic scale chrome metal Uma here that could make me change my mind: first, by its very original design, very characteristic of Casa Bugatti , with its large curved and removable bowl, then, for its technology including its sprinkler system, ideal for all distracted and scattered my mothers ...

In a similar way, I'm still breaking walnuts and hazelnuts with a hammer, which allows me to indulge in long games of hide and seek with the shells or and kernels, which never fail to take the moment of impact their flight to the most unlikely corners of the kitchen. If I should no longer enjoy these little amusements, I'd certainly for Drosselmeyer nutcracker , who inherited his Swedish-born strength, functionality and sophistication. It is so perfect that it should be almost the sole purpose of decoration, but it would be silly to give up one of its strengths: it was specifically designed to fit all shapes and all sizes of nuts.

I hope this quick overview of commercial kitchen design will awake your fiber as well as your culinary inspiration ... See you soon for a new Christmas special appointment.