If you’re wondering what your favorite cook might still want this holiday season, here are a few hints.

Anything colorful – polka dot measuring cups and brightly hued silicone lids for pots and bowls flew out the door at Urban Market, a hip Main Avenue housewares store. Down the street at Durango Coffee Co., downtown’s cookware and kitchen-gadget haven, they couldn’t keep anything red in stock, particularly Le Creuset dutch ovens.

Tea kettles, the old-fashioned kind you put on the stove, was a gangbuster gift. Ceramic knives in all sizes – they’re the trendy thing, lighter and with a longer-lasting edge than traditional steel varieties, filled many a stocking.

Moscow mules, hammered copper mugs, sold out in a second at Durango Coffee Co., while Urban Market did a surprising business in a gag gift, the flask tie, which includes a soft pouch behind the fabric for your favorite holiday beverage.

The best-selling cookbook? Mac + Cheese by Allison Arevalo and Erin Wade. And why not – what’s better than noodles and cheese on a winter day?