Cute Salt and Pepper Shakers
Robyn Lee (AKA The Girl Who Ate Everything, AKA Serious Eats's intern for the spring semester) is in Paris on spring break, where she found these amazingly cute salt and pepper shakers at a street fair. Unfortunately, she didn't get the name of the manufacturer, otherwise we'd be importing these like crazy.
IMG_9376 [Robyn's Flickr photo stream]
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12 Comments:
Those are knockoffs of the MoMA's "Hug" Salt and Pepper Shakers. Theirs only come in black and white.
The Hug shakers are famous and have won many awards. Worry no more - you can get them right here in New York!
Marco at 10:54PM on 03/14/07
That link didn't work for some reason, so here:
http://tinyurl.com/24e9ed
Marco at 11:01PM on 03/14/07
Thanks, Marco. I've been to the MoMA store several times and have somehow managed to miss them. I guess I should pay less attention to the Muji crap there next time.
Adam Kuban at 11:25PM on 03/14/07
Hmm. Having just visited the MoMA site, I kinda think these knockoffs are cuter. Vive la France!
Adam Kuban at 11:27PM on 03/14/07
You're right - they're shorter and fatter. But they're also in France. MoMA's version has the advantage of actually being available to purchase easily.
Marco at 11:40PM on 03/14/07
true. you've got me there, marco.
Adam Kuban at 12:41AM on 03/15/07
Adorable!! I've never seen 'em anywhere.
gypsysoul73 at 2:40AM on 03/15/07
With nothing else to do while eating my salad for lunch - I started browsing. I found these -
http://www.yessy.com/art/ceramics/salt_pepper_shakers.html?view=393522
Red & white, not black & white, but I could not find the range of colors that Robyn shows in my limited search.
pageycooks at 1:28PM on 03/15/07
You can also order them here, in b&w.
Mercedes at 10:42AM on 03/16/07
You can also find them at hug-salt-pepper.com as well. I order 11 colors from them! so cute. I look at them every morning to cheer myself up :)
tak111 at 1:19PM on 06/01/07
Street vendors in New York sell them as well. I think the last time I saw them was in the Upper West Side... around 72nd and Broadway.
JH4285 at 12:25PM on 01/12/09
@JH: Yeah. I've since found them here in NYC!
Adam Kuban at 12:29PM on 01/12/09