I love my wooden kitchen goods, a big wooden salad bowl, some great wooden spoons , and of course the cutting board which serves as cheese platter, breakfast plate, and good old utilitarian chopping block. Which is why I was totally psyched to find these wooden care products from Christopher Pourny. First question to them was, "Do you use petroleum products in your wood finishing products?" And they had the right answer, "Absolutely not, we've been in the furniture refinishing business for 25 years and have developed these non toxic care products based on traditional old time formulas!" Sign me up. But the proof is in the pudding and I couldn't be happier with how the cutting board tonic is performing. A little bit goes a long way and now oiling my wooden utensils is just one more pleasure of being in the kitchen.
Stephanie Pearl, she of Marche/Provisions fame, once shared with me the formula for seasoning a new wooden bowl or implement and so I'll share it with you. She suggests you oil your new piece once a day for a week, once a week for a month, and once a month for a year. After that, I typically oil as needed. Pick yourself up a bottle of this oil next time you're in and guaranteed your wooden spoons will thank you.
