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Crowned with a heart, this ladle from Peten Wood Artisan Sculptors is the ideal kitchen companion, whether for cooking or serving. The ladle is carved by hand from natural jobillo wood, which is a sustainable wood with brown to dark red and golden hues.

Please note that hot and/or spicy food may dye the natural wood, yet spoons can be filed and finished with oil to return to natural coloring.

Aside from being a stylish way to serve salsas and many other sauces, this serving spoon crafted by the Peten Wood Artisan Sculptors in Guatemala is eco-friendly because the artisans purchase the local jobillo wood from a certified source, which means that it has been collected in a way to protect and preserve the forest and its resources. The spoon is hand-carved from a single piece of wood and covered with cooking oil for a shiny finish.

Perfect for savoring familiar flavors, this serving spoon is offered by the Peten Wood Artisan Sculptors of Guatemala. You can support the small-town artisans of Peten with this spoon, which is hand-carved from a single piece of jobillo wood that displays a beautiful natural grain with rings and waves.

Prepare herbs, spices and sauces the way our ancestors did--with handmade stone tools. The Comonfort Group presents this heart-shaped basalt bowl, crafted by hand in a labor-intensive process.

The artisans recommend that the bowl be "cured" before the first use. To cure the molcajete, place some dried beans, corn or rice in the bowl and grind with the pestle until pulverized. Allow the pulverized grain to sit for 15 minutes. Once this has been done, the molcajete can be hand washed and allowed to dry. This step will ensure that any stone dust remaining from the carving process does not affect the food.