Crack your nuts in style
I love it when the Cox & Cox catalogue arrives, particularly now the Christmas one is here. Looking at it with a specific task of finding something for someone who adores food and everything associated with it is not difficult. It might be the only gift you give them that has no actual food involved! Here’s my choices:
1. For the home bakers and cookie queens, I would check out their cookie cutters. By Christmas Day it may be too late to give the festive ones, or it could be useful for next year. There are festive snowflakes, ones to make a cookie Christmas tree and also a great jigsaw piece cutter. If they are very artistic then they may like the gingerbread house cutters.
2. For home loving cooks with open fires I suggest the extending toasting fork. Can there be anything better than toasting a crumpet by the fire? Useful for use around the campfire too, when summer comes back around!
3. For those who love their nuts, then how about a fabulous chestnut roasting pan? Or crack their nuts in style with a cute but functional squirrel nutcracker. And for a bit of nut innovation, check out the walnut key which makes opening them an absolute breeze.
4. For lovers of liquid refreshments, I love the very stylish silver plated wine cooler. This looks incredibly beautiful and tasteful, as well as being expensive looking but without the price tag. A good edition, or for foodies who have taken the pledge, then the matching water jug is also very beautiful.
5. For the smallholders and keen gardeners with fruit trees, then the five drawer apple rack is perfect for keeping the fruit in great condition throughout the winter. You could also keep potatoes or onions in it, it’s beautifully made and sure you will find space for it somewhere.
6. For foodies with a love of the great outdoors, I would choose the “invaluable” picnic knife. As long as you don’t subscribe to the Japanese traditions, where you would never give a knife, it signifies the cutting of ties. If you’re confident in your ties, then this knife is perfect, particularly as it has an inbuilt corkscrew. Everything a perfect picnic needs!
If you’ve not got to know Cox & Cox before now, then Christmas is a perfect time to start. These are unusual things that you won’t find on every high street, offering something a little more unique for your loved ones.
