Kitchen and Dining
- AeroPress (Palo Alto, CA): coffee press with microfilter can be used for hot or cold brew, and espresso-style coffee. The press uses immersion brewing. Set over a mug, add water to the chamber, and push down the plunger.
- Allegheny Treenware (Thornton, WV): wooden spoons, utensils, and kitchenware handmade from West Virginia hardwoods
- Ann Clark, Ltd (Rutland, VT) copper and tin cookie cutters in every imaginable shape, even shapes for dog biscuits!
- Best Manufacturers, Inc. (Portland, OR): American-made whisks and other kitchen tools. I have one of the whisks, and they really are the best!! (I got so tired of the cheap imported ones that spring apart when used.) Available from Portland's Kitchen Kaboodle
- Bujno Pottery (Adamstown, PA): hand-decorated pottery crocks, perfect for storing the cooking utensils you use most often. Crocks can be personalized.
- Chop-Rite Two (Harleysville, PA): meat grinders and sausage stuffers made from cast iron using a pattern invented in the 1800's. Available from Lehman's. [Affiliate: I earn commission on purchases through this link]
- Crooked Brook (Utica, NY): men's and women's chef coats, server jackets, vests, and aprons made in USA. (Fleece products imported.)
- CUTCO (Olean, NY): manufacturer of kitchen cutlery, tables knives, and flatware.
- DMT (Marlborough, MA): Diamond Machining Technology makes diamond sharpeners for kitchen, garden, and workshop tools. Diamond crystals bonded to a metal plate, will not break or chip. Available from their online store
- Enclume (Port Hadlock, WA): handcrafted gourmet pot racks keep your cooking pots within easy reach, and add a gourmet look to your kitchen. Enclume Pot Racks are made in USA, and "Rack-it Up" brand products are assembled in US from imported components. Also available from Wayfair
- Epicurean Cutting Surfaces (Superior, WI): cutting boards, trivets, and pizza peels made from layers of paper bonded together with a food-safe resin. Products are lightweight, will not dull knives, and dishwasher safe. Interesting options, including boards that fit together to create larger work surfaces, and a really well thought-out BBQ Salver with cups for sauces and a tray for BBQ tools. All made in USA.
- Fletchers' Mill (Newport, ME): beautiful salt and pepper mills, shakers, and rolling pins of rock maple, handmade in Maine. (Previously Vic Firth Gourmet).
- GrainMaker (Stevensville, MT): hand-operated grain mill for grinding grains, peanuts for peanut butter, and coffee beans. Heirloom quality, from the folks at Bitterroot Tool & Machine
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GelPro Mat by Let's Gel (Austin, TX): gel-filled floor mats to ease the discomfort of standing on hard kitchen or office floors. [Affiliate: I earn commission on purchases through this link]
- Grill Time, LLC (Salem, OR): Super Skewer BBQ skewers, stainless steel in flat blade or double-tine styles, with wood handles. Great for meat, fish and veggie kabobs. Small, reusable metal fruit picks also available.
- Hampshire Pewter (Somersworth, NH): cute pewter kitchen magnets, cake testers, wine charms and birthday cake candle holders from a company that handcrafts pewter products of all sorts.
- House on the Hill Cookie Molds (Rosebud, MO): hand-cast resin Springerle cookie molds that are pressed onto a firm cookie dough, often flavored with anise, to create a beautiful raised pattern. Springerle cookies date back to 14th Century Germany and are perfect for holidays and other special occcasions. Cookie molds available from Gingerhaus and additional recipes available from King Arthur Baking Company.
- J.K. Adams Co. (Dorset, VT): beautiful and functional wooden products for the kitchen, including spice racks, wine racks, cutting boards and servers, rolling pins, and kitchen furniture
- Jacob Bromwell, formerly Bromwell Housewares of Michigan City, IN, this company makes an amazing collection of flour sifters, collanders, popcorn makers, chestnut roasters, and LOTS more, since 1819! Bromwell housewares are made in their facility in Markle, IN and copper products are crafted in Richmond, VT.
- Kwik-Kut Mfg. (Mohawk, NY): stainless steel choppers, eggrings, and koffee kooler (other products imported)
- Lamson Products (Westfield, MA): formerly Lamson & Goodnow, the company continues to manufacture American-made LamsonSharp cutlery and kitchen tools since 1837
- Lehman's (Kidron, OH): stainless steel bowls, flour sifter, whisk, cooking fork, icecream scoop, can opener, spatulas (keyword "USA made"). Also a fun place to if you are ever in Ohio. [Affiliate: I earn commission on purchases through this link]
- Mason Jars Company (Erie, PA): purveyer of Ball® mason and canning jars and reusable lids, plus an assortment of jellies, candles, salves and more, all from small U.S. businesses. Shop Local! [Affiliate: I earn commission on purchases through this link]
- R. Murphy Knife Co. (Southbridge, MA): cooking, filleting and shellfish knives made from finest cutlery steel. Acquired by Dexter-Russell, Inc. in November 2018, but knives are still handcrafted in Massachusetts.
- Natural Whetstone Co. (Royal, AR): knife sharpening and polishing stones, mounted on a hardwood base, and made from native Arkansas stone.
- New Hampshire Bowl and Board (Contoocook, NH): cutting boards and all sorts of wooden kitchen utensils, beautifully carved from black walnut, cherry, maples or olive wood
- New West KnifeWorks (Victor, ID): beautifully crafted kitchen knives and spatulas, everything from paring knives to cleavers, Chef knives, bread knives, steak knives and more. "Fine tools for the culinary artist." (Wood knife blocks imported). [Affiliate: I earn commission on purchases through this link]
- Ontario Knife Co. (Franklinville, NY): Old Hickory Kitchen Cutlery with wooden handles and brass rivets, as well as a full line of sporting/outdoor knives and other "edged" tools.
- Preserve Products (Waltham, MA): makers of kitchen and tableware, including cutting boards, colanders, bowls, and cutlery, all made from 100% recycled plastics in wonderful bright colors.
- Rada Cutlery (Waverly, IA): a great selection of cooking knives and utensils by Rada Mfg. Co.
- Steuby (Hazelwood, MO): whether for camping, being prepared for power outages or you just like to crank, this company manufactures the Ez-Duz-It can opener, a quality manual can opener. (Similar to the Swing-Away, but made in America). The Ez-Duz-It Can Opener is available from Amazon. [As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.]
- Tattler Reusable Canning Lids (Reed City, MI): reusable canning lids made from food-grade plastic (BPA-free) with rubber gaskets, can be used with standard mason jars and metal rings in place of metal lids.
- Vermont Rolling Pins (South Burlington, VT): many styles of rolling pins, hand-turned from cherry, maple and walnut hardwoods. A perfect housewarming or wedding gift.
- Vollrath Co. (Sheboygan, WI): although this manufacturer of stainless steel and aluminum kitchen products markets primarily to restaurants, hospitals and other institutions, their cookware, coffee urns, chafing dishes, and kitchen utensils (tongs, ladles, ice cream scoops, potato cutters etc) are available to individual consumers at Instawares.com (use keyword "Vollrath USA")
- Warther Cutlery (Dover, OH): hand-made kitchen knives and knife sets, made from high carbon tool steel with birch wood handles. I love their wooden pastry board with the engraved piecrust dimensions!
- Whetstone Woodenware (Silver Lake, IN): wooden kitchen tools of all sorts--spoons, scoops, ladles, tongs, cutting boards--handmade from American-grown and milled hard maple.
- Zeroll (Ft. Lauderdale, FL): Original and Zerolon ice cream scoops and spades are made in USA (EZ Disher is made in UK).
Specialty coffees roasted in Pennsylvania...
- 360 Cookware: in 2009, Americraft Cookware launched this new line of high-quality stainless steel cookware, made in West Bend, WI (in their Green E-Certified factory) from 7 layers of stainless steel and aluminum, with water-tight lids that allow cooking with less water or oil than traditional cookware.
- All-Clad Cookware (Canonsburg,PA): stainless, copper core, and copper cookware are manufactured in Pennsylvania. (Tools, and electric appliances are imported.)
- C. Palmer Mfg. (West Newton, PA): cast aluminum cooking irons for making Italian (pizzelle) and Belgian waffle cookies, waffles, plus sandwich and pie irons for use over the campfire. The only American pizzelle iron maker, this company also makes pierogi and ravioli forms.
- CorningWare is now part of Corelle Brands, but the bakeware--including French White and the original, iconic white with blue cornflower "oven-to-table" CorningWare--is no longer made in USA.
- Calphalon One (Toledo, OH): the majority of their nonstick aluminum cookware is still manufactured in Toledo (all other products, including stainless steel and cast iron cookware and utensils are imported). Available from Macy's, and check origin in product descriptions.
- Duparquet Copper Cookware (East Greenwich, RI): hand-crafted copper cookware, truly beautiful and heirloom quality. Pots and pans have brass or cast-iron handles and are tin-lined by hand (with the option for silver-lined).
- Emerson Creek Pottery (Bedford, VA): handmade and hand-painted pottery for baking, serving, and dining. Beautiful patterns and an unusually broad range of products. Bakeware includes casserole dishes, decorative shortbread pans, loaf pans and bread bakers.
- Field Company (New York, NY): lighter weight cast iron cookware, manufactured in the Mid-West. I was interested to see use of their products to bake bread and pies, not something I normally associate with cast iron cookware. (Besides corn bread, that is!)
- FINEX (Portland, OR): unique octagonal cast iron cookware with steel spring handles to stay cool longer. Skillets, grill pans, Dutch ovens and sauce pots, all available with or without cast iron lids. These are really special.
- Granite Ware by Columbian Home Products (Terre Haute, IN): after more than 150 years, this manufacturer of the iconic porcelain on steel bakeware, roasters, and canners closed its doors in spring 2020. It wouldn't feel like Thanksgiving if I didn't get out that roaster! In future you may see Granite Ware in stores again, but it will no longer be made in USA. This one hurts.
- Lancaster Cast Iron (Conestoga, PA): lightweight cast iron skillets, plus Amish-crafted wooden cooking utentils, cutting boards and more. [Affiliate: I earn commission on purchases through this link]
- LloydPans Kitchenware (Spokane, WA): hard-anodized aluminum cookware, bakeware, and pizza pans, all with a nontoxic, permanent nonstick surface and all manufactured in their Spokane facility.
- Lodge Cast Iron (S. Pittsburgh, TN): the original cast-iron cookware, and now carbon steel pans, still made in USA. Classics include skillets, griddles, and Dutch ovens (Lodge Enamel and stoneware products are imported)
- Nordic Ware (Minneapolis, MN): perhaps best known for their cast-aluminum bundt pans and inventive 3-D cake molds, this company also makes a wide variety of cookware, bakeware, and BBQ products. Available from Kerekes Bakery Supply (Brookland, NY). [Affiliate: I earn commission on purchases through this link]
- Pampered Chef (Addison, IL): now a Berkshire Hathaway company, Pampered Chef is best known for its sales model of home-based cooking parties. However, their website offers a full line of American-made baking stoneware, including pizza stones and glazed and unglazed baking dishes. Their cast iron skillets and bakeware also are made in USA, though the enameled cast iron and non-stick products are imported.
- Pyrex (Greencastle, PA): now part of Corelle Brands, all Pyrex glassware is still made in USA but is now made from soda-lime glass, not the original laboratory quality (borosilicate) glass. Baking dishes, mixing bowls, and the classic measuring cups. (Plastic covers and metal bakeware imported.)
- Regal Ware (Kewaskum, WI): manufacturer of stainless steel cookware, including American Kitchen, Classica, Lifetime waterless cookware (available only from distributors), and Royal Queen. I purchased a set of American Kitchen cookware for a friend, and it's beautiful! I loved that the set comes with lids for all the pans.
- Smithey Ironware Co. (N. Charleston, SC): cast iron skillets in a range of sizes, plus dutch ovens, equally at home in the kitchen or over the campfire. [Affiliate: I earn commission on purchases through this link]
- Stargazer Cast Iron (Allentown, PA): cast iron skillets, cast in Wisconsin, machined in Ohio, and finished and shipped in Pennsylvania. [Affiliate: I earn commission on purchases through this link]
- Vollrath Co. (Sheboygan, WI): still making heavy-duty aluminum cookware in Wisconsin under the Wear-Ever brand (stainless steel cookware is imported). Fry pans in non-stick or natural finish available from Mission Restaurant Supply (keyword Wear-Ever) and the full Wear-Ever line (including sauce pans, lids, and stock pots) is available from Bargreen Ellingson
- Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry (Manitowoc, WI): manufacturing All American aluminum pressure cookers and canners, and Chef's Design cast aluminum griddles, grills, oven pans and roasters. Also available from All American Canner.
- Anchor Hocking (Lancaster, OH): manufacturing glass wares in USA since 1905, this company remains committed to "made in USA" and offers an incredible range of products, from baking dishes, drinkware, and glass food storage containers.
- Bauer Pottery (Highland, CA): bright and beautiful colored tableware and more, reminiscent of Fiesta Ware, but a bit pricier. The Russel Wright designs include some unique shapes, very lovely.
- Bennington Potters (Bennington, VT): stoneware dinnerware, bakeware, and serveware in traditional blue agate glaze, and more than a dozen other glazes. My mornings usually start with coffee in a Bennington pottery mug that I bought at the pottery.
- Corelle: famous for its chip-resistance and light weight, some Corelle dinnerware patterns are still made in USA. Even for these patterns, only the plates and bowls are made in USA-- all mugs and cups are imported. Be careful to check origin. [Affiliate: I earn commission on purchases through this link]
- Deneen Pottery (St. Paul, MN): handcrafted mugs in lots of shapes and colors, usually featured at gift shops in National Parks and historic sites with the custom medallion for each site (collectors beware!). Also available with the Deneen factory building medallion direct from the pottery. I especially like the round belly shape that seems to keep hot drinks warm longer.
- East Fork (Ashville, NC): ceramic dinnerware in subtle earth tones, organically beautiful. [Affiliate: I earn commission on purchases through this link]
- Emerson Creek Pottery (Bedford, VA): handmade and hand-painted pottery for baking, serving, and dining. Beautiful patterns and an unusually broad range of products, including tea sets, honey pots, vases, flower pots and other home decor.
- Fiesta Tableware Co. (Newell, WV): the former Homer Laughlin China Company was renamed in 2020 to reflect its long history as the maker of Fiesta Ware china in bright, bold colors and holiday themes.
- Glassybaby (Redmond, WA): blown glass candle holders, drinkers and whiskey glasses, plus corked carafe and cup sets for your bedside table. All products crafted by glassblowers at shops in Seattle and Redmond. The company donates a share of each sale as community mini-grants via the Glassybaby Foundation.
- Hall China Co. (Youngstown, OH) combined forces with Homer Laughlin China as the renamed Fiesta Tableware Company.
- Haand (Burlington, NC): handmade ceramics for the table, including mugs, plates, and serveware. [Affiliate: I earn commission on purchases through this link]
- Hanselmann Pottery (Corrales, NM): a full line of handmade stoneware with a creamy oatmeal-colored glaze, beautiful in its simplicity.
- Heath Ceramics (Sausalito, CA): hand-crafted and glazed tableware with timeless simplicity and elegance.
- H.F. Coors China Company (Tucson, AZ): dinnerware with Southwestern flair, including tableware, mixing and serving bowls, and chili pepper-shaped snack bowls. (Their cereal bowls are a particularly graceful shape.) The company also makes china for restaurants and other commercial customers.
- itemerie: an eco-friendly collection of home products, including kitchenwares, table linens, and beauty products. Look for the product badges for find handmake, natural or vegan, and made in USA and Canada. [Affiliate: I earn commission on purchases through this link]
- Lenox (Kinston, NC): fine bone china made in a 218,000 sq. ft. facility in NC, including 9 of the top 10 Lenox patterns (a number of patterns are now imported so search for "Made in USA").
- Libbey Glass (Toledo, OH): makers of juice, water, wine and specialty glassware. A growing number of Libbey products are made outside the USA, so check origin. The up-scale Libbey Signature wine, martini and pilsner glasses are all made in USA.
- Liberty Tabletop: American-made 18/10 stainless steel flatware made by Sherrill Manufacturing (Sherrill, NY), which purchased Oneida's flatware manufacturing facility in March 2005. Update: The company paused production for a time in 2010, but is now back in production and making a number of flatware patterns!
- Stoneware and Co. (Louisville, KY): handmade, hand-painted pottery and ceramics for table and home, since 1815. Some truly remarkable patterns.
- Lunt Silversmiths (Greenfield, MA) ceased manufacturing in 2007 after 107 years making sterling silver flatware and tableware.
- Mosser Glass (Cambridge, OH): beautiful molded and pressed glass serving pieces and tableware, including the translucent Jadeite.
- Oneida (Oneida, NY) no longer manufactures flatware in the U.S. However, after Oneida closed their last U.S. plant in 2005, the manufacturing facility, office and warehouse space were purchased by Sherrill Manufacturing. Sherrill Mfg now makes American-made stainless flatware at the facility.
- Pfaltzgraff: with the July 2005 sale of the brand and closing of the Thomasville, PA factory, Pfaltzgraff is no longer made in USA.
- Pickard China (Antioch, IL): makers of fine American china, including for U.S. embassies, elegant hotels and restaurants, and you! Available from Williams Sonoma
- Rowe Pottery (Cambridge, WI): salt glaze dinnerware, crocks, mixing bowls, and pottery lamps
- Simon Pearce (Windsor, VT): pottery and hand blown glass, including stemware, barware, vases, lamps and decorative items. The company also operates a wonderful restaurant in a refurbished mill in Vermont.
- Tervis Tumblers (North Venice, FL): insulated (double-walled) plastic drinkware and ice buckets, "Guaranteed for Life."[Affiliate: I earn commission on purchases through this link]
- Woodmere China (New Castle, PA): famous for its reproductions of Presidential china and patterns featuring Americana and maxims by American greats like George Washington, Ben Franklin, and Mark Twain, closed in 2012.
- Bee's Wrap (Middlebury, VT): ditch the plastic wrap and try these reusable beeswax food wraps, storage bags and bowl covers. Made in the USA with organic cotton, beeswax, organic plant oil, and tree resin. Wash and reuse for up to a year.
- Frost River (Duluth, MN): reusable lunch bags made from waxed canvas with leather closure strap
- Pyrex glass and Snapware plastic storage containers are made in USA.
- Re-Play (Winter Park, FL): colorful reusable plastic plates, bowls, utensils and snack containers, made from recycled plastic milk jugs (BPA and BPS free), perfect for the little ones!
- Splash Fabric (Seattle, WA): reusable lunch totes, made from laminated cotton (imported fabric).
- Sterilite (Townsend, MA): my favorite manufacturer of plastic storage containers, they come in all sizes with great snap lids and leak-proof seals, lots of sizes. There is even a small container with compartments, perfect for lunch and leftovers.
- Zip Top (Austin, TX): reusable food containers for snacks, sandwiches, and drink cups made from silicone, no BPA and safe for dishwasher, microwave and freezer. Also special zip-shut breastmilk bags with ounce markings. These are a terrific idea. [Affiliate: I earn commission on purchases through this link]
- Andrew Pearce Wooden Bowls (Hartland,VT): hand-turned wooden salad and serving bowls, cutting boards and other products made in Vermont from cherry, black walnut and other local hardwoods.
- Coffee Joulies: stainless steel "coffee beans" that absorb heat in your mug of coffee or other hot beverage and then slowly release heat to keep drinks warm longer. Made in USA by Sherrill Manufacturing (Sherrill, NY)
- Ellinger's Agatized Wood, Inc. (Sheboygan, WI): serving pieces made from powdered wood and resin, resistant to chips and stains. Products include trays, bowls, salad bowls and servers, and sets, in natural, terra cotta and black. Originally for restaurant use, but now available to the home market.
- Great Alaskan Bowl Co. (Fairbanks, AK): wooden bowls of all sizes, plus cutting boards and other wood products made from Alaskan birch. This site also carries a variety of other goods made in Alaska.
- Hampshire Pewter (Somersworth, NH): pewter serving and tableware, cups and goblets, plus candlesticks, lamps, and a great selection of charms
- Holland Bowl Mill (Holland, MI): wooden bowls, salad bowls, and cutting boards
- Just So Posh (Port Canaveral, FL): personalized mugs, platters, laminated placemats and canvas wall art. Look for "made in USA" logo in product descriptions. [Affiliate: I earn commission on purchases through this link]
- Mosser Glass (Cambridge, OH): beautiful molded and pressed glass serving pieces and tableware, available from Food52
- New Hampshire Bowl and Board (Contoocook, NH): beautiful wooden bowls, servers, utensils and cutting boards, all made in New Hampshire from a variety of hardwoods.
- Salisbury Fine Metal Artisans (Easton, MD): formerly Salisbury Pewter, this company makes fine pewter and silver wares, cast or formed on a spinning lathe. Everything from baby rattles and cups, to bowls and trays, picture frames, and trophies. Handcrafted in their facility on Maryland's Eastern Shore. (Cast aluminum products are cast in Mexico and finished in Maryland.)
- Tableboards by Spinella (Fairfield, IA): all-in-one cutting and serving boards of maple with cherry and walnut inserts with non-scratch feet, plus smaller cutting boards and pastry boards, made by Amish craftsmen.
- Vermont Bowl Company (Wilmington, VT): salad bowls, cutting boards and more, made in Vermont from American black walnut, yellow birch, cherry and other beautiful woods.
- Wilton Armetale (Lancaster Co., PA): long-time manufacturer of metal serveware closed its Pennsylvania foundry in mid-2009, and all products are now made in Mexico and China.
- Woodbury Pewter (Woodbury, CT): wonderful pewter serving dishes, soup tureens, coffee/tea sets and lots more.
Alice's Cottage kitchen textiles at Amazon (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases)
- Alice's Cottage (Hagerstown, MD): festive kitchen linens and home textiles with original artwork, made in USA for over 30 years. They have a spice-filled hot drink coaster that I love, plus pot holders, tea cozies, flour sack towels, gift totes, and even catnip toys for feline members of the family.
- Country Cottons (Locust, NC): old-fashioned cotton dish clothes and dish towels. I first came across Country Cottons at an Amish country store and I was hooked. Beside being pretty, the dish clothes are much more sanitary than that old sponge that is just a breeding ground for germs, ick!
- Heritage Lace (Pella, IA): making all manner of lace textiles for the home, including lace tableclothes and table runners, at their North Carolina mill.(Other product lines on their site imported, so check product descriptions.)
- Homespun Tablecloths (Lancaster County, PA): classic homespun tablecloths, napkins and placemats, made from 100% cotton fabric woven in USA.
- Horchow: a retailer that offers a selection of table linens made in USA from imported fabrics (keyword "table linens USA")
- Linoto (Buchanan, NY): linen tablecloths and napkins, plus linen bedding and towels, made in USA from Belgian and Italian linen. [Affiliate: I earn commission on purchases through this link]
- Mountain Weave Table Linens, made in Dorset, Vermont, available in primary and pastel colors from The Vermont Country Store
- Splash Fabric (Seattle, WA): aprons, napkins and tableclothes for indoor or outdoor use, made from laminated cotton (imported fabric).
- Sweet Pea Linens (Oregon City, OR): placemats, runners and other table linens specially designed for round or oval tables. Also offering matching chair cushions and window valences. Lots of fabric choices and terrific holiday patterns. Made in New Jersey by Spar Tex.
- Warped and Wonderful (Boise, ID): handwoven cotton tea towels and dinner napkins, plus handwoven throws, scarves of silk, cotton, and merino wool, and baby and crib blankets.
