I'd bet there's a pretty good chance someone in your family has a Stanley thermos stashed in the basement, or out in the garage. Although this 100-year-old company has been making durable outdoor food gear for over a generation, it's back in the spotlight thanks to the Americana/nostalgia trend of recent years. But lest you think they're still only making that mottled green design, you'd be wrong! Stanley has updated with the times.

It's a bit of a puzzle, but for some reason wall mounted dish racks are hard to find here in the US, despite the fact that they are very common in Europe and in Great Britain in particular. Perhaps our lack of exposure to this clever and attractive way to store dishes has kept demand down? With open-shelved kitchens all the rage right now, this might just be the moment for us to wise up. Luckily, a few forward-thinking shop owners have us covered with three very different approaches to the wall mounted dish rack.

Picture this: traveling around the world via yacht, shopping in local markets wherever you dock, and cooking delicious meals inspired by your travels back at sea. Some dream, right?! Try not to get too jealous when I tell you that Jane Coxwell has created just such a life for herself. She's personal chef to Barry Diller and Diane von Furstenberg aboard their yacht Eos. Yeah. Wow. But we're in luck! She has poured her culinary travels and cooking experience into this book: a collection of her favorite easy, low-key recipes with flavors from around the world.

I have to admit, when I first saw these posters I didn't understand them because I'm not a big beer drinker. However my husband, who both enjoys buying and brewing his own craft beer, recognized the names of all these hops and declared the posters "very cool" indeed. So, there you have it. Educational art for (lovable) beer geeks!

A spoon is a spoon, no? At first glance, Umbra's newest spoon looks ordinary: a basic wooden spoon with a black handle. But it actually has another purpose altogether. Care to take a guess?

Crisp and a touch lemony, fizzy with bubbles and chilled to ice-cold: this is the kind of beer that hits the spot after a day spent romping in the garden or lounging on the porch. When the summer's seasonal beers start showing up in stores, that's when I know that summer has really started. Here are five to look out for as we head into the long days of sun and heat — what's your favorite?

Item: Kyocera Ceramic Chefs Knife
Price: $69.95
Overall Impression: Lightweight and easy to care for. Excels at chopping hard vegetables and herbs.

The idea of a knife that stays razor-sharp for months — even years! — has a lot of appeal to me as a home cook whose knives seem to be in constant need of honing and resharpening. But a chefs knife has to wear a lot of hats in the kitchen, and I've always wondered how a lightweight, brittle ceramic blade would hold up when put to the test.

Q: I've been trying to figure out how to recreate gyro meat at home. Most recipes seem to bake it like a meatloaf, but it doesn't have the right texture. So my question is: How can you make gyro meat at home?

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The outdoors has much to recommend it — water, sky, woods, mountains! A break from technology and your noisy neighbor! — but it doesn't come equipped with a kitchen. No, you have to bring that yourself if you venture out into the wild and plan on doing your own food prep. You could totally rough it, of course, but if you'd like a little help with food storage, organization, and cleanup, then one of these five camp kitchens is a worthwhile purchase.

Perhaps you reached into the cherry bowl recently and did a double-take at the doubled-up cherry you found in your hand. These cherries — two whole cherries joined like Siamese twins and sharing a single stem — aren't weird mutants or products of a cloning experiment gone awry. Disappointing, at least little, isn't it? Here's what actually causes them...