For me, a totally presented meal goes past dishes and glassware. Tiny details, like serving utensils, can make a big impact on the table. Seeing that summertime is in full swing which you are serving out potato salad and baked beans like a champ, it’s time to plug your side dishes with a few severe wow. Here are my top picks to help serve your guests in style. — Kristin from The Cuisinerd
Yolk
Sagaform Oval Oak Cake Serving Set – $20
All you need is a long outdoor table and a few Mason jars.
Ladies & Gentlemen Studio
Superior Servers, Slotted Spoon – $28
I’ve been drooling on these Ladies & Gentlemen servers for a hot minute now. Heck, we all have. These muted-color handles are actually getting me weak in the knees.
Amazon
French Bull Melamine Serveware – $11.75
If these don’t scream summertime by the swimming pool, I don’t know what does. Cannonball!
Zhush LLC
Sabre Tortoise Salad Servers – $72
Tortoise shell on my eyeglasses. Tortoise shell on my iPhone case. Now, tortoise shell on my salad machines. These are classy little broads.
LEIF
Marrakech Moroccan Print Teaspoon Set, Lime – $26
I love a spoon that takes some style risks.
YLiving.com
Jonathan Adler Enamel Serving Set – $78
May I present to you the Cadillac of serving collections? It is so effortlessly chic.
LEIF
Batik Olivewood Serving Utensil Set – $38
Let us go onto a side dish safari!
Emmo Home
Piano Serving Set – $140
I’ve already set out looking for the suitable bowl for this set. Finnish super models can’t just be paired with anything, you know.
Le Cadeaux
Yellow Pearl Serving Set
The colour and shape are absolute classics. I love a thing that can camouflage as vintage and new simultaneously.
Amazon
French Bull Melamine Serving Set, Multidot – $12.42
What’s a picnic with no polka dots? Not as much fun, that is what.
Crate&Barrel
Mango Wood Salad Hands – $19.95
Sometimes you simply want serving when handling that salad set. Enter: The claw.
Jonathan Adler
George Washington Serving Set – $12
Why not get a small patriotic with your coleslaw? George Washington approves of your own dish.
LEIF
Salad Serving Set, Bright Fuchsia – $34
My internal Barbie wants to use those servers for every possible event. They’re just precious!
Lumens
Whale Tongs – $50
Sometimes 1 piece can get it done better than two. This is an excellent, simple staple for any kitchen.
Amazon
Cake Knife and Server Set With Ceramic handle – $158
These sassy servers make me need to book another flight to Tulum, Mexico. Olé, indeed!
Etsy
MidCentury Tuquoise and Silver Plastic Salad Serving Set by Kitschy Vintage
I split for teal plastic flatware. You have no idea how badly I need these in my life.
Amazon
Fred & Friends In/Set Salad Servers – $12.62
You had me at “inset servers.” They’re genius.
Amazon
Core Bamboo Contemporary Bamboo Salad Servers, Magenta – $18
These are lovely in lavender! Yeah, yeah, yeah, everybody is nabbing on this dip design craze, but it doesn’t make me love them any less.
Jonathan Adler
Positano Melamine Salad Serving Set – $12
These servers demand a hammock and a sunhat — STAT!
Anthropologie
Two-Toned Wood Spreaders – $18
Cheese, jam, paté — you name it, and I am serving it with them. They’re perfection.
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