Famiware Ceramic Utensil Holder

At the stove, you stir and set down the spoon. It needs a place that catches the drips and keeps the handle from rolling. This ceramic holder does that. The set gives you two sizes, one for the spoons you use while cooking and one for the spatula or the ladle. They sit on the counter, paired or apart, through a weeknight braise or a Sunday stock.

The speckled glaze shifts between the two holders. They look like a pair, but they are not identical. That charm turns to trouble if one breaks. The survivor will not match another holder from a later batch. So handle them gently. The pair is a unit only as long as both last.