Fruits and Passion launched their Cucina line of products with two things in mind: gentle skin care for us “kitchen-inclined” folks, and making certain that those products smelled just as good as the kitchens they would inhabit. We think they’ve found their balance and struck it nicely! The products, which range from soaps to hand washes to lotions, contain kitchen-based ingredients such as olive oil, sage, rosemary, coriander, basil, ginger, lemon and even tomato! Trust Lulu’s in Mesilla to bring us yet another awesome idea.

From left to right, The Dutch Oven in El Paso offers knives by premier makers for all our kitchen cutting, chopping, slicing and dicing needs – Wusthof’s Trident Collection Santoku knife, Kasumi’s titanium 3 inch paring knife, Kyocera’s Santoku Ceramic knife, and Chroma’s dainty “Haiku” paring knife. Even the savviest home gourmets would be surprised and intrigued to find any of this cutting edge cutlery in their stockings!

Koziol is at it again, mixing whimsical design with functionality in combinations that keep us smiling. Their Coco Cake Knife is ingeniously designed to glide effortlessly through cakes and soft bread without leaving behind a crumb trail ala Hansel and Gretel. The bonus: it’s made of firm plastic so it won’t leave those tell-tale horrible metallic scratches on your cake plates. Lulu’s in Mesilla is your local source for these adorable babies!

Santa Barbara Ceramic Design brings together two of our favorite things – laughter and liquor – in their “don’t take life too seriously” line of martini glasses by Lolita. Each martini glass is hand painted and features the martini recipe that inspired its design on the bottom of its base. Fun, fanciful and fabulous, with themes like “Lipstick” and “Shopaholic” how can we resist picking up a few for our next holiday parties? Lulu’s in Mesilla, you’ve come through again!

Pylones brings wonderfully wacky and delightfully colorful ideas to the table … literally! These adorable vegetable peelers – complete with “skirts” to protect the blades as well as little curious fingers – are a just plain fun addition to your kitchen. The fact that they are completely functional is a bonus in our book, but we’d love them just as tiny pieces of artwork too. Lulu’s in Mesilla, folks. They seem to have it all!