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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Sophie Edwards

Martha Stewart designed a Valentine's Day twist on a 300-year-old kitchen essential – it's the uniquely romantic gift that will impress long after February

Martha Stewart.

Your partner doesn't want chocolate or flowers this Valentine's Day; they want a heart-shaped Dutch oven designed by Martha Stewart.

The doyenne of kitchens took to Instagram to share the launch of the Dutch ovens, and we're still not over how cute the Heart-Shaped designs are. Though it might seem like an unconventional present, these kitchen essentials have a storied and traditional past that stretches back 300 years. The Dutch oven, as we currently know it, was pioneered by Englishman Thomas Darby in 1710, who was the first to apply molding techniques from the Netherlands to cast iron. They are intertwined with American history, appearing in the homes of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. If something has stuck around that long, it's bound to be good.

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