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Icy Treats With a Surprise Inside: Volcano Ice Pops

We never got around to buying a set of popsicle molds this summer, but now we have an eye on these Volcano Ice Pops from Prepara. They offer a twist on the usual popsicle molds; they have a hollow cen...

LEGO In the Kitchen: 5 LEGO Kitchen Accessories

We can't help it; we are total nerds for LEGO stuff. Remember this slightly goopy attempt at a LEGO birthday cake? And LEGO fosters that nerd-nostalgia for building blocks of youth with all the kitc...

Summer Project: Make Vegetable Maki Sushi With Kids!

Here's a really fun and easy DIY project to do with kids this summer - hand-rolled vegetable maki sushi rolls! The ingredients you'll need are cheap and easy to find. Making your own maki sushi roll...

Cherry on Top: Reusable Cupcake Toppers

Take a look at this sweet cupcake with a cherry on top. Well, it's not actually a cherry; it's just as cute but more practical. ...

Good Product: The Batterfinger!

We received this cartoonish spatula as a gag gift a few months ago, but it's actually come to be one of our favorite and most-used kitchen utensils! Surprised? Read on......

Children's Book Recommendation: Let's Cook! by Robert Crowther

We usually leave this type of thing for our friends over at Ohdeedoh, but we're absolutely in love with this interactive "Press-Out-And-Play" cooking book for kids! So much so that when it came time t...

Hot or Not: Gourmet Kids' Play Kitchen

Last week Kitchn readers successfully funded a project through Donors' Choose to put a Kitchen Center into a kindergarten classroom in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Congratulations! (Now we're on to helping ...

Toad in a Hole and Birds in a Nest: What Are Your Favorite Food Names?

We had some British relatives visiting this past weekend, and one night (over burgers and pints, of course!) we got into a conversation about "silly" food names from both sides of the pond. Hear a few...

Flickr Find: Plush Easy-Bake Oven from Yummy Pancake

When searching for a picture of a (real) oven on Flickr, we came across this hand-crocheted creation from crafter Yummy Pancake. Could this be any more adorable? We have some bad news, though......

Breakfast for Father's Day: Stacked Pancakes Stars from Williams-Sonoma

We're liking these stacked pancakes from Williams-Sonoma - what a clever idea. ...

Cooking with Kids: Permission to Play With Your Food

Kids can certainly be the pickiest of eaters (we know, we were one of them!), but when it comes to getting into the kitchen and doing some hands-on cooking, we've found that children are almost unanim...

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International Home and Housewares Show 2008

We've predicted that silicone is on its way out, but we saw more of it than ever at the 2008 Home and Housewares Show. Silicone's heat-resistant properties are still super popular in commercial ...

Silicone Placemats and Table Runners from Modern-twist

We usually avoid placemats on our small dining table; we feel like it clutters it up visually. We prefer tablecloths and runners. These silicone placemats though, with their hint of transparency and...

Fill Up Your Brain: Equal Measure Cup from FRED

Have you ever wondered how what 6.8 billion grains of flour look like? This, incidentally, is also how many people live on our planet. How about twenty thousand grains of rice? Or maybe you want to ...

Daily Preserves: Cookie Mag's Pumpkin Butter

Pumpkin butter, sweet and spicy - it's good on bread, scones, and crackers. We really liked this Pumpkin Butter from Cookie Mag, a recipe to go along with their equally yummy Flaxseed, Fig, and Waln...

Popsicle Fun: Sail Pop Kit

This Sail Pop kit caught our eye - we're thinking striped layers of purple grape juice and white pudding, or red and yellow cranberry and tangerine juices. We like the big size and sturdy handles, too...

A Few Good Things: For the Kids

To close out Kids' Design Month, here's a few things that might help get kids into the kitchen. We looked for simple things that encourage creativity and home cooking - if you have other suggestions, ...