Our First Home Engraved Cutting Board Housewarming Gift

The lettering is burned into the wood by laser, not printed on top of it, so the script Home and the words around it live in the grain as a darker tone. That distinction matters on a board: there is no ink layer to wear through, nothing to peel at the edge after a year of use, and the mark reads the same in ten years as it does on the day it arrives.

Most couples use a board like this for serving rather than chopping, with cheese, bread, olives and cured meat laid out on the engraved face when people come over and the knife work done on a plainer board in the kitchen. Hand wash it, never let it sit in water, dry it upright, and oil it with a food-safe finish a couple of times a year.

• Solid wood, laser-engraved so the design is permanent rather than printed
• Hand wash only; no dishwasher and no soaking
• Works as a serving and charcuterie board as well as a cutting board
• Re-oil occasionally with a food-safe finish
• Engraved in the USA; wood is the traditional fifth anniversary gift