We’ve seen Top Chefs make judges drool with their perfectly-cooked sous vide short ribs and heard Thomas Keller declare the wonders of sous vide cooking as evidenced in his French Laundry kitchen. But we’ve never really considered sous vide cooking at home. Until one of these machines was sitting on our counter, that is. More

Remember those Toastabags we showed you a few weeks ago? These reusable bags let you make quick, no-mess grilled cheese sandwiches in the toaster. Well, reader Jess wondered if she could find an even easier, cheaper alternative. Here's what she came up with! More

We make zero claims as to the authenticity of this dish, but we do know that it's extremely tasty! We love how the tortillas get soft and chewy during cooking, absorbing some of the salsa and providing the perfect vehicle for lots of oozy cheese. This is one of our go-to meals when we're out of ideas, and it always hits the spot. More

It's Italian Week here at The Kitchn, so we're pumping you full of Italian recipes and other inspiration to make you feel like a real Italian cook. Of course, that means pasta.

Maybe you've been rolling your own for some time, but have you experimented with shapes? I got turned on to the hand-crank pasta machine years ago, but it was only recently that I figured out how to make some of the fancy-pants shapes like rigatoni and bucatini from scratch.

Turns out there's a KitchenAid attachment that has six interchangeable disks and it will spit out small and large macaroni, bucatini (thick hollow tubes as above), spaghetti, fusilli (corkscrews) and rigatoni (short ribbed tubes). I love using it; I feel like my own little pasta factory. More

You can call me crazy, you can call me what you want — I just recently brought a food processor into my home. Don't get me wrong, I always knew how popular they are, but I just never thought to purchase one myself. More

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

This morning, a total kitchen tragedy occurred. My professional Kitchenaid mixer wouldn't turn on. It has seen me through countless recipes — cakes, cupcakes, icings, breakfast treats and more — but today it decided that enough is enough. 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

Yesterday I professed my love for this fancy professional-quality ice cream maker, but the truth is, you don't need to spend nearly $300 to make great ice cream at home. While there are advantages and a convenience factor to the compressor-style models, the inexpensive freeze-the-bowl models also do a great job. In fact, this newer model from Cuisinart really surprised me — it has some real improvements! 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