Kitchen gifts and garden products to transform your cooking space
(01/09/2008)

The Handpicked Collection's new catalogue features a selection of kitchen gifts and garden products guaranteed to transform your cooking space and make food preparation a breeze.

Everyday Essentials give a little bit extra, to create hollandaise even Gordon would be proud of, or just turn your kitchen into a haven of domesticity. The collection ranges from Chop to Pot Chopping Boards (£9.95), and Pastel Whisks, Spoons & Spatulas (from £3.95) to designer Eva Solo Spring-Loaded Kitchen Scales (£59.95).

Delia doesn’t have a monopoly on cheating. Innovative gadgets to cut include the Garlic Machine & Storer (£7.95). Press multiple cloves and store in the fridge for intense flavour when you need it. For perfectly poached eggs, get going with the Clip-On Egg Poacher (£5.95). And no more hungry guests with the great looking Konstantin Slawinski NOOOOdle Spaghetti Measure Trivet (£18.95) – and stylish trivet that doubles up as a measure for 1, 2, 3 or 4 portions of spaghetti.

Your fingers can be as green as Jamie and Hugh’s. Whether you’ve got a windowsill or acres to play with, The Handpicked Collection of garden gifts will get you growing. Line up a set of three ceramic Chalk Herb Pots (£14.95) on a sunny windowsill or turn a kitchen shelf into a herb garden with the Step Herb Ladder (£29.95). Create sowing and seeding pots from old newspaper with The Paper Potter (£9.95) and protect delicate crops with the Wicker Cloche Set (£27.95). Gather produce in the pretty pastel Wooden Trugs (£12.95) which also look great as a fruit bowl. And kickstart the kids with a mini Wheelbarrow (£24.95), Garden Basket (£12.95) or Cress Head (£6.50).