Product of the Week: Embossed Pewter Canisters

The Big Debate over Canisters Rages On…

My mother and I have always had a big debate over whether a set of kitchen canisters on the counter top is a)useful or b)cluttery. I have always maintained the latter. It’s not that I don’t want to have flour handy for a quick white sauce or sugar for a baking job, it’s just that I don’t like a lot of stuff (or anything, really) on my counters.

This may be because I have always lived in small homes, apartments and condos. Since I have been blessed with extra counter space in my current dwelling, I have been carefully rethinking my stance on the issue.

This decision came to me while juggling a bag of flour and a pot of melted butter while three toddlers took turns throwing raw zucchini slices at my head. The flour was spilling out of the almost filled bag, the butter was burning, and I was being pummeled in the head and back at a rate of 2 zucchinis per minute (not bad aim for 2 year olds).

In this moment of utter chaos, I somehow found the clarity to do some problem solving. I thought back to my mom digging into her beautiful green ceramic canisters for just a bit of flour or sugar, and decided that maybe she knew something that I didn’t.

So I say if you have the counter space and you like to cook (or have to against your will), by all means keep a few canisters on the countertop with whatever you use most often. In addition to providing you with valuable food storage, food canisters also make a beautiful design statement in the home.

These Embossed Pewter Canisters are on my wish list right now, elegant and almost airtight. They offer a decorative element, and also convey to the world (whether true or not), that you can cook.

Posted August 31, 2009, filed in Product of the week, New Products