Bar-B-Q Brander - The picture says "Your name here" but it comes with a full set of letters, so actually you can write any message you want on it. It's probably not the best way to propose "Marry me, Marsha!" and I wouldn't exactly advise you to stamp "USDA Armadillo" on your steaks but it could be fun ...
Heart Wooden Spoon - OK, now this one is just plain sweet. I love it! I have a set of wooden and stainless steel utensils in a ceramic jar next to my stove, and I could SO see this nestled in among my other spoons. Much as I love wooden spoons, it's actually hard to find one with rounded enough edges AND a deep enough bowl to be useful at all, so I would really love to have this. I'm sure any other cook on your list that enjoys wooden spoons, either for cooking or decoration, would love it as well!
The two previous items were both found at FunSlurp.com along with lots of other fun kitchen items, ranging from fridge magnets that mimic iPhone ap buttons to dachshund salt and pepper shakers. (Warning, the site also features an array of gag gifts that might be rated PG-13 or so.)
From foodiggity.com we found these cool little guys. These would be great for the party of a kid who is into martial arts, or to serve for an open house at a martial arts school, or just to offer up something a little different that's sure to catch attention. Ninjabread men!
You might not think a can-opener is anything to get excited about, but I have to tell you, I was really excited when I saw this one. We had one just like it growing up, and every time we moved, my mother took it down and brought it with us to be installed in the new kitchen. Most of the things we had were inexpensive and not fancy at all, but this top of the line can-opener was worth it's weight in gold. If you've ever struggled with a difficult can-opener, you can appreciate how useful one that punches through the lid and holds it securely, and opens it on the first try, with an effortlessly turned crank is. When wall-mounted, it isn't much good on the huge 8-pound cans, but for anything smaller it's the best there is. We found this at The Vermont Country Store, and it is DEFINITELY going on my list ... I've been looking for one like this for years!
Oh, and one more item from FunSlurp we wanted to mention, just for the Savvy Shopper aspect ... Cool Beans Ice Cubes. Instead of wasting leftover coffee, pour it into these CoolBeans ice trays and make coffee-bean shaped frozen coffee, and later you can enjoy an iced java that rivals one of the expensive coffee-shop offerings, cooled with ice that won't water down your coffee. This one ranks as Savvy!
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