Canter Bridge

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This sturdy ceramic kitchen compost holder has become an old friend, one of those dependable if inert gizmos that’s there waiting by the coffeemaker every morning, prepared to do its job without complaint. If I find myself experiencing the odd sensation of affection for a piece of mass-produced pottery, I find some justification in the countless late-night trips on which it’s accompanied me, summer and winter, dutifully bearing its load of fruit and veggie waste out into the backyard darkness to the compost unit.

If only all friendships were so enduring, so reliable, so devoid of drama and emotional taxation.

But you don’t want to know all that.

Just buy the compost crock. It may well be the most uncomplicated decision you make this week.