What’s new, what’s great, what we rate – for Easter, Mothering Sunday and more
1. HEAVENLY HONEYCOMB
Holidays and festivals abound at this time of year, including Easter, Holi, Passover, Eid al-Fitr and Nowruz (Persian New Year – see p76). Here’s a special gift to bring your host as a gift, whatever the occasion: a slab of acacia honeycomb oozing with fresh, floral flavour. £19.95 for 500g, harveynichols.com
2. A SWEET BAKE IN THE POST
Ease the lid off this pretty tin and you’re greeted by a conker-brown, plaited-top babka, smelling of sweetness and spice. Created by Sarit Packer of Middle Eastern restaurants Honey & Co, the enriched bread is moist and studded with marzipan, candied peel and dried fruit – a glorious treat of a bake to open the front door to.
Limited Edition Easter babka (order from 20 March for Easter delivery), £35, shop.honeyandco.co.uk
3. SCALLOPED SERVER
Timeless meets contemporary in this eye-catching platter, handcrafted at Japan’s Kaneko Kohyo pottery. It’s sized for Sunday lunch sides, a small joint or happy pile of sweet things (see the macarons, right). We love the subtly glazed scalloped edges – the studio’s signature shape. Rinka large oval serving platter (30cm), £52, abask.com
4. CUP WINNERS
A soft boiled (or ‘dippy’) egg is one of life’s simple pleasures. Inspired by 1970s design, the pleasing assortment of finishes on Dutch brand HK Living’s egg cup quartet brings personality to the breakfast table. £20, minthousehome.co.uk
5. CRACKING BOOK
Featuring everything from mid-century-modern Egg chairs to Chinese 1,000-year-old eggs, The Gourmand’s Egg is an art-book-meets-cookbook. It entertainingly explores the cultural and culinary history of the egg, with spectacular imagery and essential recipes. There’s even an imagined correspondence betwe
