The Best Kitchen Gifts for College Grads, From Practical to Sentimental

These graduation gifts will make them feel at home in a new kitchen—and kickstart their culinary adventures.

Stackable items such as Our Place’s Short Night and Day Glasses, can help save on precious counter and cupboard space. Courtesy of Our Place

The world after graduation is full of exciting, intimidating steps. It’s a time of new beginnings, self-discovery, and, often, setting up your very first kitchen space.

Shortly after my own college graduation, I got married and moved across the country. My husband and I lived in a tiny basement apartment, complete with confetti ceilings and a fridge that hummed loudly throughout all hours of the day.