Before they started to test solar cookers, America's Test Kitchen-ers were skeptical—could anything simply left in a pot or box to cook in the sun actually taste good? They had good results with some (but not all) of the recipes they tested. One big caveat: You need a lot of sun to make dinner in a solar cooker.
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This
lattice pie mold isn't the first such mold that Williams Sonoma has created. It follows the apple shape, the star, the heart—all things that were amazingly cute, but amazingly unpractical in my humble opinion. With this addition, I finally saw a glimmer of functionality, but did it meet expectations?
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Himalayan rock salt on its own is most certainly not a gadget. But what about an entire slab of it? Sur La Table thinks it counts, so I gave the heavy rock a whirl.
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I bought my
Silicone Slip-On Pour Spout on a whim, intrigued only by its unassuming shape and inconsequential price tag. Like my
silicone universal pot lid, it's become one of those surprise accessories that rarely finds its way off my pots.
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Taking your French press to go seems like a brilliant idea—spare me four more minutes in my morning and I'm yours—which is why I jumped at
Bodum's new
French press travel mug.
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We demand a lot of our most basic kitchen tools—wooden spoons, slotted spoons, spatulas and flippers are used for anything and everything when we cook. It's strange to think that they've rarely evolved to better suit the hundreds of functions we employ them with, but that's just what
Epicurean's gourmet series of utensils sets out to do.
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I'm not an expert when it comes to smoking, but there's no better time to learn than the first few weeks of summer. To aid in the process, the new
Double-V Smoker Box by Steve Raichlen comes in handy.
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Last week's gadget got everyone chatting about the role of unitaskers in their kitchens, a theme I kept coming back to as I tested
Taylor's Digital Scale and Measuring Cup. It's an odd couple pairing of two single-purpose gadgets, but is it a worthwhile purchase?
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This
Mini Donut Factory is tragically out of stock on
ThinkGeek (what a tease!) but we can watch it in action here, and hope someone in a factory somewhere is producing more pronto. The waffle iron-resembling gadget pops out six donuts in less than four minutes. But a very important question, are these
really donuts if they're not deep-fried? Aren't they just donut-shaped waffles? Watch the video and decide.
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If you're not familiar with the German staple, most people would describe spaetzle as tiny egg dumplings, but I like to think of spaetzle more like a fluffier orzo. Either way, it's delicious, and simpler to make than pasta—if you have a spaetzle maker, of course.
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