Heart of the Home

Katryna Springer picks up the lid from a pot she’s displaying near a wall of windows in her store, Heart of the Home, pointing out the dimples on its interior. “These are self-basting, so that the pot keeps your meats, especially chicken or roast, really moist. So, you don’t have to make it in the oven; you can cook it stove top,” she says of the high end casserole dish by Zwilling J.A. Henckels. The protrusions on the lid create a precipitation effect, returning juices back into the food, and allowing less moisture to escape during cooking.

Despite her knowledge, Katryna did not grow up enamoured by cooking; she developed the passion after eight years of working for Call the Kettle Black, a now-closed kitchenware and gift shop that was also on High Street, very close to where Heart of the Home now resides. “Learning about all the different products, and how they can make cooking easier, and make your food taste better – I just jumped right in,” says Katryna.