Now that we’ve passed the busy week of Halloween, marathons, time changes, and elections, it’s time to start thinking ahead to Thanksgiving. Here are some items and gadgets we’ve come across to aid in preparing, serving, entertaining—and enhancing that fabulous harvest feast to come.
Pumpkin Smock Apron, Sur La Table
Glorify Thanksgiving kitchen endeavors with an apron that sets the seasonal theme. Cascading autumn leaves and a field of pumpkins adorn this smock, making clear that it’s the time of harvest and abundance.
Electric Spice Grinder, FinaMill
Freshly ground seasonings add more flavor than dried, and producing them is effortless with FinaMill’s one touch electric grinder with interchangeable refillable pods. Fill the pod and one effortless touch produces fresh-ground or grated pepper, spices, and herbs for full aroma and flavor. USB or battery powered, shipped with two pods, the devices are offered in eight different shades of color.
Sync OneWireless Thermometer, Typhur
Ensure a flawless turkey with a thermometer that controls cooking temperatures remotely. A probe inserted into the bird links to the device base with an app that monitors temperature in real-time and allows for customizing cooking alerts, doneness preferences, and flavor settings, ensuring that the star dish of the harvest feast is cooked to perfection.
Orange Turkey Tealight Candles, Colonial Williamsburg
Scatter a set of sculpted turkey tealights to bring Thanksgiving to the table, mantle, or entry. Colored a vibrant burnt-orange shade, with feather details, the nine-piece set of flickering flames imparts holiday coziness and warmth.
Telestrations, Eureka Puzzles
Before or after dining, encourage interaction among friends and family with a session of Telestrations. The award-winning game calls for participants to sketch and pass along drawings for other players to guess, resulting in hilarious, engaging miscommunication.
Larder Cocktail Napkin, Piecework Puzzles
Avoid calories altogether by merely looking at food!! Olives, pickles, tomato soup, and a tin of sardines are depicted on a set of 100% linen cocktail napkins. The clever designs bring a shelf-stable charm to cocktails and snacks, an alternative, or at least a prelude, to the formal Thanksgiving feast.
Drumstick Hair Claw, Jenny Lemons
Embrace the holiday theme by dressing up for dinner in a drumstick. Each-one-of-a-kind, hand-painted, “perfectly roasted” hair claw holds updos, French twists, or everyday styles of long, thick, or curly hair, imparting an appropriate holiday touch.
Turkey Place Cards, Meri Meri x John Derian
Turkey is “served” at each place setting with three-dimensional place cards. Stand-up birds, assembled by connecting the slots, glitter with gold accents on the wings, and there’s space at the top to write guests’ names on the tail feathers. Designed in England, they are part of the collaboration between Meri Meri and celebrated decoupage craftsman John Derian.
Forest Walk Acorn Napkin Rings, Tuckernuck
Festooned golden acorns and oak leaves cluster to form napkin rings to enliven each place setting. Handcrafted in multi-colored iron the mini garlands bring a touch of forest elegance to holiday tables.
Wood Salt and Pepper Mills, L’Objet
Salt and pepper mills, hand carved in European oak with brass detailing, compliment silver flatware and porcelain plates, bringing a touch of nature to the Thanksgiving table. The high quality metal grinding mechanism ensures consistent condiment texture in the devices sold in both the natural and smoked oak finishes.
Dark Chocolate Turkey, See’s
Top off the pumpkin or mince pie with a final taste of turkey, chocolate turkey, that is. Smooth and creamy dark chocolate is a grand finale, a just dessert, to the holiday feast.
