New Delhi, July 18 -- Every kitchen has drawers that over time become a museum for some "game-changing" cooking tools whose existence you've completely forgotten about. You know the ones picked up with great gusto, only to be buried beneath peelers, whisks and spare chopsticks. There's a whole world of memories in there: gifts from friends, novelty items spotted during those aimless strolls in local supermarkets-like that time I bought a set of beautiful wooden spoons in a Bangkok market. Or was it South Korea? In that moment, the spoons felt like the missing tablescape piece for that dinner I was hosting later that week. Of course, the spoons never made it out of the drawer.

But every so often, an object from the now famed drawer makes ...