The Editors’ Cut: Finds for the Unplugged Summer Kitchen

Welcome to The Editors’ Cut, our monthly column dedicated to beautiful and useful finds for all over the house. In this installment: August is for icebox cakes, tomato sandwiches, cartons of berries on the counter, and ice cream dinners. Time to lean into the unplugged, old-fashioned, slightly retro kitchen, where you can toss together a meal from summer’s bounty and call it a day. — The R/G Editors

Enamel Colander

Above: For rinsing big hauls of summer berries (and eating them leaning over the sink). Shop now.

Stainless Steel Ice Cube Tray

Above: Go into the icebox for this buy-it-once, plastic-free tray; the XL cubes make even a glass of lemonade feel fancy. Shop now.

Gingham Kitchen Hand Towels

Above: We love Caravan’s thick linen kitchen towels, hardy but sweet in a mix of ginghams. Shop now.

Mechanical Kitchen Scale

Above: This analog scale comes in handy for baking summer pies and tarts—and adds a certain old-fashioned delight to the process. Shop now.

Metal Cookbook Stand

Above: For cooking from an actual cookbook—drips, splatters, and dog-ears included. Shop now.

Ceramic Egg Holder

Above: Made in Portugal exclusively for Nickey Kehoe, this stoneware tray holds a dozen eggs and can go from fridge to counter to table. Shop now.

Shortwave Dish Rack

Above: There’s something appealingly retro about this all-stainless drying rack, designed by Leon Ransmeier for Hay. Shop now.

Also On Our Radar

• Put down your phone; use a retro kitchen timer instead.
• A pretty butter keeper, anyone?
• Start a kitchen garden right on your windowsill with these vintage-y pots.
• And colorful clips to keep chips fresh for tack a note to the fridge (“Gone for a swim; back soon”).