The Wild Kitchen
What else can you use a rack puller for?
June 16, 2023 • tim mcguire
Our Spurtle named one of "13 Ingenious Kitchen Tools You Didn't Know You Needed" by Wall Street Journal WSJ
June 16, 2023 • tim mcguire
The Wall Street Journal recently included our wooden Spurtle as one of their "13 Ingenious Kitchen Tools You Didn't Know You Needed"! Spurtles have many uses, from stirring oatmeal and porridge to flipping and scraping objects. They're a jack of all trades in the kitchen and many people say that once you try one out it'll be the only kitchen utensil you use.Read more about our Spurtle and the 12 other ingenious kitchen tools in the article below (will redirect to WSJ website) https://www.wsj.com/articles/best-kitchen-tools-you-didnt-know-you-needed-c0101728
Why we make and recommend a wooden shot glass / wooden cup
May 25, 2023 • tim mcguire
What Is a Spurtle?
October 23, 2022 • tim mcguire
There's a lot of misconceptions, half-truths and misinformation about what a Spurtle really is. We're going to do a deep delve on the history of the word itself and its uses. A lot of claims place the word in Scottish or Amish origins, but it's actually much older. Spurtle itself is etymologically cousins to Spatula and is much, much, older. In Ancient Greece weavers would work their vertical looms with a σπαθη ("spathe") which was a long, flat, piece of wood. Spathe itself is thought to be derived from even more ancient Proto-Indo-European spe-dh (Spade) which would be a long, flat, piece of wood. But...
The Perfect Oven Rack Puller
October 23, 2022 • tim mcguire
Over the years we've had countless customers come to us and tell us just how much they wish they would have had our 3-in-1 Oven Rack Puller to save them from minor (and sometimes major) burns. The beauty of this simple tool is that it's compact, lightweight, doesn't require you to take them on and off (like oven mitts) repeatedly and can accomplish many tasks in the kitchen. Need to push the rack in? Use the front nose slot of the tool. Need to pull it out? Use the hook. Need to scrape off something that got stuck on or get...