For the Contemporary Cook
KITCHEN AIDES: Clockwise from left: Alessi Kaleidos basket in stainless steel, $190, Alessi, 424 Sutter St., S.F., www.alessi.com; pint ice cream server set, $79, For Goodness Sake, www.forgoodsake.org; Bengt Ek Design copper mechanical timer, $55, Umbra geo candle holder, $50 (set of 3), SFMOMA Museum Store, 51 Yerba Buena Lane, S.F., https://museumstore.sfmoma.org, all atop Blackcreek Mercantile and Trading Co.’s Black Line Collection white oak cutting boards, $180-$245 (multiple sizes), March, 3075 Sacramento St., S.F., www.marchsf.com; Tina Frey Designs white resin cream and sugar set (creamer, shown above), $66, brass Hans dish, $56, white resin Pete dish, $38, and brass Pete dish, $110, Tina Frey Designs, 1278 Minnesota St. S.F., www.tinafreydesigns.com; Heath Ceramics winter collection bud vase set of four, $104 (shown here in shell white and sunrise), Heath Ceramics, 2900 18th St., S.F., www.heathceramics.com; Stanley Saitowitz menorah, $395, Contemporary Jewish Museum, 736 Mission St., S.F., www.thecjm.org; Pigeon Toe Ceramics woven lidded carafe, $160, Makers Market, Westfield San Francisco Centre, 865 Market St., S.F., www.makersmarket.us; Chilewich Drift placemat in brass, $10, Bloomingdale’s, Westfield San Francisco Centre, 845 Market St., S.F., www.bloomingdales.com; Hudson Grace Dolce Vita bronze pewter flatware, $230, Hudson Grace, 3350 Sacramento St., S.F., www.hudsongracesf.com; Serena & Lily Bergen napkins, set of four, $68, Serena & Lily, 3457 Sacramento St., S.F., www.serenaandlily.com; Los Angeles-based woodworker and furniture maker Cliff Spencer uses salvaged offcuts of wood to create these attractive stainless steel-lined mitered countertop disposal containers; Norway countertop walnut compost bin, $150, www.cliffspencer.net; the patent for the cast iron used in these enamel-coated Dutch ovens from U.K. cookware company Aga dates back to 1707, $180-$350 (multiple sizes), March, 3075 Sacramento St., S.F., www.marchsf.com; limited-edition handcrafted Filson Alaskan King Salmon filet knife features a stainless steel blade, attached with brass Corby screws to a Hawaiian mesquite wood handle, and comes with a custom-made bridle leather sheath, $350, www.filson.com; Lagostina 4-quart risotto pan whose wooden lid doubles as a serving trivet, $199.99, Williams-Sonoma, 340 Post St., S.F., www.williams-sonoma.com.