A Fine Balance

This neat-looking food scale weighs ingredients in either grams or eighths of an ounce up to 2 pounds and has a digital readout. You can add successive ingredients and weigh the total or press the tare button between ingredients and weigh just the addition. It has a battery-saving automatic switch-off.

Terraillon Electronic Food Scale available at Cookin’ Stuff, Tarzana.

Candle Cups

These old-fashioned creamers, coffee cups and teapots hold candle wax and wicks. A clever idea, and we like the fact that when the candle part has burned down, you still have the cute retro tableware.

Visual Design Retro Dinner Candles are $12 to $18 at Jumping Dog, Sherman Oaks Fashion Square.