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Posts tagged “Gadgets”

How To: Use a Waiter's Key Corkscrew

This may seem elemental to many of you, but we are constantly surprised by how many friends don't know how to use our simple, no-frills corkscrew. Blame it on the Rabbit and other easy-open wine contr...

Hot or Not? Monogrammed Steak Brand

OK, we need some help here. We have never understood the appeal of a monogrammed steak brand. Is it for the grillmaster who already has everything? Is there some deep satisfaction in burning your init...

Good Product: Easy Drain Produce Cleaning Net

Take a look at this "floating net" - a very practical small-space solution. It takes up way less room than a colander, but it gives you plenty of space still to rinse all your fresh produce from the f...

SensorfreshQ Meat and Poultry Freshness Detector

Here's something new and interesting. We just happened across this "freshness detector," which promises to determine the freshness of your meat and poultry. ...

Hot or Not: Rotary Garlic Slicer

We're obsessed with all the garlic gadgets on the market. It seems like we see a new one every day! While we pretty much stick to our chef's knife, we are still curious about all these unitaskers - ah...

Specialty Tool: Best Oyster Knives

We usually leave the oyster shucking to the professionals. We've watched rubber-gloved guys behind the counter at Casamento's in New Orleans open and loosen hundreds of raw oysters, jamming their blun...

Good Product: Soda Siphon for Homemade Fizzy Water

We're big fizzy water drinkers in our house and we've been thinking about investing in a soda siphon for quite some time.They seem fairly straightforward to use and maintain: You fill the container wi...

Hot or Not? Negi Cutter

We came across this recipe for Asparagus Linguine with mint pesto on No Recipes and noticed the cutting tool used to cut the asparagus into julienne strips. It's a Japanese kitchen tool called a negi...

Summer Treat: Best Popsicle Molds

We haven't bought or used a popsicle mold in quite a while. It's one of those tools you have as a kid — or as a mom with kids — but not as an adult. And while we love our ice cream maker, we're no...

Favorite Tool: Simple Wooden Reamer

There are plenty of posh lemon and lime-juicing gadgets on the market these days. And there are times — about 15 minutes into squeezing limes for margaritas — when we would welcome an electric jui...

Hot or Not? Spoon Scale

We've been seeing this spoon scale around the food blogs lately, and while it's nice to think of being able to measure with such accuracy, we're curious about who would measure their cinnamon, baking ...

Look! Do You Know What This Is?

It's something that starts to come in handy around this time of year......

Thursday Giveaway: VeggiChop Food Processor from Chef'N

Giveaway: A DOZEN (12) Chef'N VeggiChop manual food processors Find it: Buy at Cooking.com, $29.95 We ate our first dish out of the garden last night - a green salad with chives and herbs -and now we...

Cocktail Gear: Three Good Muddlers

One essential tool for summer cocktails is the muddler. Spring and summer cocktails (as you've seen so far) call for lots of herbs and fruit, which have to be mashed and bruised to release their flavo...

Thursday Giveaway: Power Plant Mini from Prepara

Giveaway: Three Power Plant Minis from Prepara Find it: Buy through Prepara directly for $39.99 We have a treat of a giveaway for you today. We have been looking forward to this ever since we saw thi...

Good Question: What Is This Mystery Mill?

Here's a mystery from reader Ihor. He says it's a mill, but not for pepper... What is it for?? No access opening, prongs hold contents against base plate blade slots, might be for truffles, garlic, ...

Hot or Not? Microplane Box Grater

Here is something new and exciting - four Microplanes in one! This box grater has four of Microplane's patented stainless-steel cutting blades in one tool. We are huge fans of the Microplane graters...

Look! New Cool Grill Gadgets

We're just about to crank up our barbecue for the first time this season, and we're already dreaming of what we'll cook on it this summer. Sure, we could stick to burgers and dogs, but the grill has a...

Product Review: Pancake Puff Pan

Late night infomercials can sometimes be ridiculously tempting. No matter how useless or flimsy the product is, somehow at 1 am, it's easy to convince yourself that you need it. Most of the time, by m...

Etsy Treasure: Extending Kitchen Tongs

Take a look at this hardcore set of extending hand-made tongs - made by a real blacksmith! Grilling and outdoor cooking are on the horizon (or perhaps the back stoop, if it's warm enough where you ar...

Hot or Not? Get a Grip Wine Glass Holders

We met a few of the good folks from FRED at the Housewares Show, and we thoroughly enjoyed their high spirits and witty sense of humor. This sense of humor infuses all their products, most of which st...

Straining Ladle from The Spoon Sisters

As we see more and more small kitchens in this year's Small Cool contest, we have been thinking about multi-use utensils and appliances, and the dozens of spoons and spatulas jammed in our kitchen dra...

New KitchenAid Stand Mixer Attachment: The BeaterBlade

Remember the SideSwipe Spatula Mixer Blade? It's an attachment paddle for your stand mixer, and it seems like they were on to something, because here is another whole crop of custom paddles that help ...

Product Review: Benriner Mandoline

We have talked about our love of the Benriner mandoline and slicer before now, but I personally had yet to try one out. Yes, shockingly, I didn't own a mandoline - waiting until I had a bigger kitchen...

Thursday Giveaway: Linden Sweden Double Grinder

Giveaway: Double Grinder from Linden Sweden Shop: Available from Amazon for $62.99 As you've cleaned out your cupboards for the Kitchn Spring Cure, you may have realized that you need a real pepper g...