Do you want chilli with that? The soft kebab, from Haba

Sometimes I have to write about products simply because they make me laugh, and the Haba soft kebab is definitely in that category. I'm not sure exactly why that should be: perhaps because the kebab is not - not where I come from, at least - a common kids' food. No, in truth, it's typically thought of as the fast food you might grab on the way home after a long night in the pub. Still, I'm sure there are a lot of Greek and Turkish families out there who see the stuff quite differently.

Two things, though. Number one, this play set consists of enough parts to keep a toddler very, very happy fiddling about and assembling; number two, it might just expand your child's culinary consciousness. I say buy it.