Baltimore stocking stuffers: AVAM Crab Smasher

We've never exactly thought of the American Visionary Art Museum while breaking apart crabs, but what's more distinctly Baltimore than embracing outsider, unconventional art? Plus, the mallets are just how they should be: sturdy, unadorned, ready to do the job. None of those fancy crab smashers please. $4. Sideshow at AVAM, 800 Key Highway, Federal Hill. 443-872-4926. sideshowbaltimore.com

November 19, 2012