Expandable Cutlery Drawer Tray Organizer

bamboo cultery trayMoving into a new house or apartment always leads to a problem, what drawer does the cutlery fit into? Close to the stove? Close to the fridge? And then the dreaded problem…will my cutlery tray organizer fit into this drawer. My current tray of flatware had to have a hacksaw taken to it to make it fit. That type of frustration surely led to this product.

The Bellemain Bamboo Expandable Cutlery Drawer Organizer expands from 12.75″ to 17.5″ wide and it’s  18″ long and 2″ high. So go measure your drawer and see if you fit in the 12.75 to 17.5 inch range. When fully expanded it has 8 compartments for cutlery and 6 when closed. The bamboo construction is hardy and eco-friendly.

 Bellemain Bamboo Expandable Cutlery Drawer Organizer

Mahatma Gandhi’s Cutlery

mahatma gandhi cutleryHe always seemed a somewhat frail man and was know for fasting as a passive method of protest against  injustice. So the cutlery for Mahatma Gandhi has a certain irony to it I guess. His metal food bowl, two wooden spoons and a wooden fork that he used while incarcerated at the Aga Khan Palace in Pune is being sold. It is a private sale, not an auction and no word on where the estimated £75,000 will be going. Just that is being sold by a private collector.

The wooden spoons and fork seems so delicate and the fork shows a broken tine. For some reason this saddens me a little. But I want us all to take this moment to reflect on what our food means to us, how lucky we are to have it and the people around the world who work so hard for so little to create it for us.

Read the article at HindustanTimes.com

Mikasa Cocoa Blossom Flatware

mikasa flatwareI really like the design of the handles on this flatware set, they look to be substantial and lovely. Not your normal plain flat stamped handle on cheap cutlery.

This is a full setting for 12 people with teaspoon, soup spoon, salad forks, dinner fork, dinner knife. A serving set of sugar spoon, butter knife, large tablespoon, slotted tablespoon and meat fork are included. Made of dishwasher safe 18/10 stainless steel that comes with a limited 25 year warranty (you don’t see that very often). I would consider this a well priced replacement set for the embarrassing cheap set currently sitting in your cutlery drawer.

Mikasa Cocoa Blossom 18/10 65-Piece Flatware Set

Uri Geller wants 5000 spoons from you

uri-gellerI have fond memories of Uri Geller on the Johnny Carson show, he was bending spoons and forks with his psychic powers. He also claimed to have the ability to fix household appliances just by appearing on your television.  I also have fond memories of the Amazing Randi showing up on Carson on another episode showing exactly how Uri performed his tricks. Uri calls himself an illusionist now it seems.

And now Uri wants to build a giant gorilla statue out of thousands of spoons. He wants it for his backyard, because who wouldn’t? He is asking the public to donate spoons for his project, I assume because all of his are twisted. Much like this silly request of his…

Read more at Metro.co.uk