Norpro Chicken Timer
This charming chicken-and-chicks timer will brighten up your kitchen counter while it keeps your cookies, cakes, roasts, and casseroles from burning. The ringing tone will remind you to take your pie out of the oven or check your pasta on the stove. The timer works best when timing longer intervals--the chime is triggered mechanically, and units of less than 10 minutes don't trip the ringer accurately--but this timer is a cheery way to keep track of most kitchen tasks.--Julija Gelazis