droolicious : cutlery

Bambu Goes Prehistoric with Bamdino Cutlery

Aaron Burgess — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:30:00 GMT

We've drooled over Bambu's kid- and eco-friendly cutlery before, so consider us already in line for the company's Bamdino utensils, due to ship later this month.

Handmade in China with a strict eye toward fair-labor practices, the paleolithic-style knife, fork and spoon are fashioned from 100% organically grown bamboo and finished with natural food-safe wood oil. Add them to your wish list now at Branch. [Babygadget]

Funny Food Designs from Paperchase

Aaron Burgess — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:00:00 GMT

As one of the least-expensive items in U.K. design house Paperchase's "Funny Food" series, this cutlery set makes a great starter piece. Once you check out the other items in the series, though, we're guessing you'll want to have the pounds-to-dollars converter at the ready -- they're too adorable to own just one. I

f you'd prefer just to deal in dollars, however, here's a tip: Check your local Borders store first to see what Paperchase goodies are in stock.

£3.75 (around $5.30 U.S.) from Amazon UK.

Compost Your Green Sprouts

Heather Kuldell — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:13:00 GMT

Plastic that can be composted? Those wacky scientists come up with the darndest things. iPlay’s Green Sprouts Baby Dish Set is made of cornstarch-based plastic that you can toss on your compost pile. It’s a good idea: You’ll probably only be using the baby stuff for a few years (maybe). The plastic is free of BPA, PVC, phthalate and petroleum-free and all those other things that may have ill consequences. Of course, compostable plastic has trade offs, such as the fact it must be hand-washed and shouldn’t be soaked. The dish set comes with one divided plate, one bowl, one fork, one spoon and one Aqua Straw Bottle. The set can be purchased at the Soft Landing for $39, or pieces can be bought individually.

Go Ahead, Kid, Rake Your Food In

Erin Behan — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:52:00 GMT

Leave it to the Danish to design children's cutlery whose odd shape defies traditional expectations, and models form on function. Designed by silvermaker Kay Bojesen (who also created time-tested kids wooden toys), this cutlery set has flat handles, which are easier to grasp for small hands. The foodpusher is less fork, more rake without tongs. To get your baby's hands on the heirloom quality pieces, you'll have to shell out $45 at Babygeared.

Let's See Junior Toss This Fork!

Erin Behan — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:40:00 GMT

I've laughed every time I've looked at this photo, and I expect to continue laughing for several more looks. However, in its ridiculousness is a pretty good idea--keeping your toddler's utensils and bowl where they belong, on the tray, by use of suction cups. The manufacturers (Dream Baby) claim that the Stay Put cutlery helps toddlers improve hand-eye coordination by subtly "forcing" the utensils into a general area, thus guiding proper placement (although I'm imagining a particularly savvy toddler tossing the fork down only to have it spring back up again). At $9.95 (in blue, pink or yellow) the Stay Put Bowl and Cutlery Set doesn't seem like too much of a risk to try this one out for yourself--especially if forks and bowls are synonymous with grenades in your house.

Droolworthy: Constructive Eating Cutlery Makes Eating a Big Dig

Mir — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 12:02:00 GMT

Early self-feeding has never been more fun: Constructive Eating's bright yellow cutlery set is perfect for little hands and big imaginations. The fork lift fork and front loader spoon would've been plenty, but no -- they had to top it off with the bulldozer pusher (perfect for getting smaller pieces up onto that fork all by themselves). Sure, you'll likely have to endure some truck noises at the table, but my guess is that the food will be disappearing at the same time.

$20 at FlyingPeas.