Natural shape olive wood mortar and pestle. Use it to grind up herbs and spices for seasoning or use it to macerate medicinal roots into a paste for applying. Use it to remove the juice from small seedy berries or grind up pine nuts. The mortar and pestle are a mixing and grinding kitchen essential. Grind your own pepercorns for bolder flavor, crush sea salt into finer powder, and grind up rosemary so there are no piney sticks!