Order your martini on the rocks at New York’s Il Matto restaurant, and don’t be surprised to find one in your glass. Their stone martinis are served with - just as the name suggests - an actual stone. Functional chic or over the top? More

When I was at the Fancy Foods show last spring I stopped by a little booth in the back that was enveloped in the most wonderful aroma of chocolate. I stopped and watched a woman froth up a short pot of fresh hot chocolate with a long, elaborately carved wooden tool — a molinillo. More

We’ve been nursing a major crush on this gadget ever since spotting it on the Williams-Sonoma website a few months ago. We finally got our hands on one and immediately cleared our schedule for an entire afternoon of pasta-making. And boy, was it worth it! More

Q: I am looking for the cork puller that Alton Brown picks up at 7:58 in this episode of Good Eats — he demonstrates how to use it.

Does anyone know what brand it is and where to buy it?

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Well, here's something new. A waffle maker that makes... waffle shots? More

Picnicking this Labor Day weekend? Making up a batch of hot dogs or weenies? This creatively-shaped weenie roaster is one hands-off way to grill your sausages. It's just one of many from RoastMyWeenie.com, and not all are, um, so family-friendly. More

Q: I was up late one night, and I purchased a Wolfgang Puck electric pressure cooker on impulse.

Now I'm somewhat scared to use it. And the recipe book didn't excite me either. Help!

Sent by Susan More

I was recently given one of these Toastabags to try out. It sat in a corner of my office for weeks. To say I was skeptical of this as-seen-on-TV product would be understating it. A bag for the toaster? Please. Well, I have to eat my words. No — actually, I ate a marmalade-and-mozzarella sandwich, fresh from the toaster, and it was amazingly easy. More

This, folks, is a soda water maker. I've wanted one for a long time, and now that I have one, you'd have to pry it out of my hands. More

Q: Last summer, we bought the KitchenAid ice cream maker attachment, with hopes to be churning out gourmet homemade ice creams like nobody's business. Thing is — I've tried it a number of times with absolutely NO success. Last night, I gave it one last try on my own (following The Kitchn's recipe for vanilla ice cream), and after 90 minutes, it hadn't even started to thicken or become ice cream-like.

Is there a trick to this attachment that I'm maybe missing? I have followed the directions, but am wondering if anyone else has had similar experiences?

Sent by Amber More