Entries tagged with 'gadgets'
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Breville's latest gadget, the
One-Touch Tea Maker ($249.99 at
Sur La Table stores), officially hits the market today, but we were able to get a sneak peak. If you love tea, this one's for you—in fact, this tea lover had mentally designed a similar gadget months ago in hopes it would one day exist.
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With things like rolling pins, you think, "A rolling pin is a rolling pin is a rolling pin." Right? Well, usually. This silicone version I found recently at Williams Sonoma changed my mind about that.
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The last time I
covered a lunchbox, you all chimed in with your requests for a suitable adult version. I'm digging the design of this new product by
Black + Blum, the
Box Appetit ($22). It's extremely clever: Not only does the box have compartments for your miscellaneous lunch needs, but everything wraps up in a Velcro-sealed
tote ($7) that
completely unfolds to become a picnic-like mat.
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A modern-looking twist on the old-fashioned mortar and pestle, Jamie Oliver's
Flavor Shaker promises to grind, crush, and blend its contents into a nice, homogeneous marinade. It's a big claim, but if Jamie's gadget could do that successfully, he'd have a whole other kind of food(ie) revolution on his hands.
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If you've suddenly found yourself with a new
knife block with space to fill, consider this:
J.A. Henckels' Fine Edge Pro Knives are almost a quarter the price of the classic collection. So what's the difference? The Fine Edge Pro Knives are made in a different way:
They're stamped rather than forged, which is generally a much less expensive manufacturing technique. Here's the more important question: Does it matter?
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I was curious about the
Kapoosh universal, hold-all-your-knives-and-utensils block from the get-go. The pictures were unclear—something mysterious was clearly going on. But the concept lured me in, and the purchase proved my doubts to be all wrong.
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Unless you've invested in a temperature-controlled wine cellar, chances are you've been drinking your reds far too warm. Thanks to a pair of Canadian entrepreneurs, there's a solution: the
Ravi Instant Wine Refresher, an object that goes on top of a wine bottle and chills the wine en route to your glass.
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Sure, maybe early man got away with a fire and a stick, but any budding kitchen sleuth, or even a good home cook knows that
the right equipment can make life in the kitchen a whole lot easier. So here we go, in no particular order:
The Food Lab's Top
10 Favorite Pieces of Kitchen Gear.
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It's easy to overlook the Brown Sugar Saver and Ceramic Pot Minder, two of the smallest—and cheapest—tools you'll find at Sur La Table. With such a small price tag and basically zero storage space, there's practically nothing to stop you from buying them. Before you give in to both, find out which of the two is worth keeping.
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This silicone lid promises to fulfill three functions rather than one: pot lid, splatter guard, and trivet. Unsure of the claim, we took it to the test kitchen and found a sizable checklist of pros and cons.
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