Winter is (hopefully) completely behind us and y'all are waking up from hibernation and have recovered from the big holidays! It is time to have family and friends over and connect over delicious meals and beverages. Here at Blackhawk Hardware we have a wonderful selection of entertainment accessories from napkins and guest towels to serving [...]
Many fond childhood Christmas memories of mine involve Christmas cookies. My German grandmother would bake for days filling tins upon tins with a delicious assortment of baked goods. And what fun we had shaping cookies with different cookie cutters and later decorating them with my Mom?! Now that we have a child of our own [...]
We hope you are having an amazing gardening season with a bountiful harvest! I don't know about you but by half-way through the summer growing season we are wondering what to do with all the fresh tomatoes, jalapenos and cucumbers. Despite that fresh, grown under the sun taste, there are only so many tomato sandwiches [...]
Are you fretting over what to do with your holiday leftovers? Some of our favorite kitchen storage helpers are by French designer Charles Viancin, who developed an amazing range of air-tight lids inspired by nature. The lids function similar to a suction cup and you can literally pick-up a bowl by the lid. Come to [...]
Eucalyptus Stoneware Baskets put the FUN into FUNctional and are staple merchandise at Blackhawk Hardware! [] 100% American handmade [] Produced in Del Mar, California [] Lead-free glaze [] Oven/Dishwasher safe [] Warm basket in oven [] Cloth-wrapped bread will stay warm throughout an average meal [] Airy weave keeps fruit fresh [...]
New on the shelves of our Housewares Department, is a line of pretty amazing, extremely colorful kitchen measuring spoons and cups, bowls and KitchenAid mixer utensils. You guessed right – it’s POURfect®! This line is ergonomic, efficient and MADE IN THE USA. THE SPOONS The set comes on a removable ring that holds 12 [...]
When I moved this summer, I downsized a fair amount. My kitchen is definitely smaller with less storage, so it’s been a squeeze. I have one less drawer and it’s amazing the impact that makes when configuring the most efficient way to store items. I have a set of knives that I use all the [...]
Remember back a decade or two ago to those plastic utensils we used in our Teflon cookware so we wouldn't mar the finish? They were awful - thick and inflexible and they also melted alarmingly easily in hot pots and pans. It was inevitable that they would soon meet their demise with a series [...]
Growing up in Cape Town, Autumn was a relative non-event. Sure there were deciduous trees that lost their leaves, but it wasn't spectacular. My mom's garden had flowering plants year round so there was always color. When I made my first October visit to the Appalachian mountains, I was in awe. The amazing vistas in [...]
Snip-snip with herb scissors A good friend gave me a pair of herb scissors for Christmas last year. They are so useful for quick herb chopping! I later saw that we carry them here at Blackhawk on the wall in the Housewares Department. The stainless steel scissors have 5 blades so they are [...]
