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The Beautiful Art of Cooking

Connecting Your Hands to Your Food

Handcrafted in Pennsylvania using Wild Cherry Wood

I love everything about cooking, from shopping to cleaning up and everything in between. My one self-imposed rule is that my utensils have to be as lovely as my food. That’s a tall order considering the gorgeous colors of nature.

These spoons are not only gorgeous, but are useful in all ways you can use a spoon in cooking. Durable, comfortable in any grip, they bring an ease and elegance to cooking even the simplest, humble recipe.

I will caution you about these spoons. They’re like potato chips in the best possible way. You can’t just stop at one!

Meeting Jonathan

I met Jonathan in 1996, as Christina Cooks was about to begin production of its premiere season on national public television.

I was at a craft show and I saw these stunningly beautiful and graceful spoons in a display. Picking one up, it was as though that spoon was designed to be held in my hand. I never wanted to set it down. I turned to find myself face to face with the loveliest smile and kindest eyes.

If you have known or met him, you know that I had met the man himself, Jonathan Simons, the tender genius behind the sustainable cherry wood spoons that bear his name.

Products I Love

Blackened Little Wiggle Spootle® 10 inch
Blackened Little Wiggle Spootle® 10 inch

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$24.00

I use each and every one I own at some point, but the ones I use daily, for three meals and baking are the Little Wiggle Cat Tail Spoon (10-inch) and the Blackened Little Wiggle Spoon (10-inch). Both of these delicate beauties fill almost every cooking need I have, from stirring to folding. Don’t let their delicate style fool you; these spoons are workhorses.

Spoon Rest Blackened  3×5 inch
Spoon Rest Blackened 3×5 inch

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$30.00

And finally, being a neat freak, I love my Blackened Spoon Rest (3 x 5-inch) to keep my countertop and stove clean while cooking.

Blackened Spaghetti Fork 14 inch
Blackened Spaghetti Fork 14 inch

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$25.00

The Blackened Spaghetti Fork (14-inch)…well, I am guessing you know what I use that one for. Any long pasta is challenging to serve, but not anymore.

Cat Tail® Medium Ladle 11.5 inch
Cat Tail® Medium Ladle 11.5 inch

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$55.00

The Cat Tail Medium Ladle (11.5-inch) is perfect for doling out the gorgeous soups I make daily.

Kitten Tail® Spoon 7 inch
Kitten Tail® Spoon 7 inch

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$16.00

My Kitten Spoon (7-inch) serves us well for hummus, jams and preserves, salsas and relish

Blackened Forked Salad Set 12 inch
Blackened Forked Salad Set 12 inch

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$50.00

In the winter the Blackened Forked Salad Set (13.5-inch) lends a dramatic look to my cold weather salads.

Cat Tail® Forked Salad Set 13.5 inch
Cat Tail® Forked Salad Set 13.5 inch

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$60.00

In the summer, the Cat Tail Fork Salad Set (13.5-inch) graces my salad bowls.

Blackened Spootle® 12 inch
Blackened Spootle® 12 inch

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$30.00

Both Robert and I love the Cat Tail and Blackened Spootle (10 and 12-inch). The brilliance of this spoon is how easily it gets in all the edges of a pan, ensuring no yumminess is left behind or sticks in the pan.

Flame Blackened Wide Serving Spoon 12 inch
Flame Blackened Wide Serving Spoon 12 inch

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$50.00

There’s nothing like serving whole grains, pasta or veggie dishes than with the Cat Tail and Blackened Wide Serving Spoon (12-inch). I’m so crazy for these spoons, I decide which one to use based on the colors in the dish!

Cat Tail® Wok Tool 14 inch
Cat Tail® Wok Tool 14 inch

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$34.00

I don’t wok cook very often, but when I do, the Cat Tail and Blackened Wok tool (14-inch) so that I can easily move my ingredients around the wide surface of the wok and the gentle contours of the tool keep things cooking evenly.

Cat Tail® Spoon 13.5 inch
Cat Tail® Spoon 13.5 inch

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$40.00

My workhorse spoon, the one that actually travels with me everywhere I go, if I am cooking, from friends’ houses to Europe to cook for a group is my Cat Tail Spoon (13.5-inch). It’s strong in my hand; efficient in its work and the all-around best utilitarian spoon for day to day cooking task.

Cat Tail® Stirring Spoon 12 inch
Cat Tail® Stirring Spoon 12 inch

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$24.00

My Cat Tail Stirring Spoon (12-inch) is used for…stirring. I love it for cake batters as it smoothly combines my ingredients when I am folding.

Little Wiggle Cat Tail® Spoon 10 inch
Little Wiggle Cat Tail® Spoon 10 inch

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$24.00

I use each and every one I own at some point, but the ones I use daily, for three meals and baking are the Little Wiggle Cat Tail Spoon (10-inch) and the Blackened Little Wiggle Spoon (10-inch). Both of these delicate beauties fill almost every cooking need I have, from stirring to folding. Don’t let their delicate style fool you; these spoons are workhorses.

Tasting Spoon 13 inch
Tasting Spoon 13 inch

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$25.00

I love the Tasting Spoon (13-inch) because after a lifetime of burning my fingers on hot pans, this long-handled elegant beauty allows me to taste without damaging my hands.

And So My Love For Jonathan’s® Spoons Began

As we chatted about what I was doing, Jonathan offered to produce spoons for me to use on set and at home, and so my love affair with Jonathan’s Spoons® began. I have not used another spoon in my kitchen since. We travel a lot, so I find myself in various kitchens in hotels, rented houses and apartments. I miss my Jonathan’s so much that I began traveling with them a few years ago. Now I feel at home in any kitchen at any time; my spoons always at the ready.

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