Drosselmeyer Nut Cracker

The Swedish-made Drosselmeyer nutcracker is a design so obviously perfect it makes you wonder what took so long. A nutcracker that needs no effort, that does not spray fellow diners with shards of shell and that suits every size of nut, it is unique. Named after the toymaker in the Tchaikovsky ballet, the nutcracker is shaped like a cone and has an outer trigger which when squeezed cracks the nut, simply brilliant.

Introducing the German-made Beepegg, the only egg-timer that measures both temperature and elapsed time. This ensures a perfect result every time. The cheeky little egg plays three different to alert you to the state of your egg, "Killing me softly" for soft, "Chick chick chicken" for medium and , of course, "It's a heartache" for hard-boiled. Pure German genius!