Wired's Super Bowl Party Gadgets roundup starts out reasonably with a $45 Black and Decker food processor for guacamole, and immediately escalates to the $2500 grill with a sound system you see at left. I don't have to try too hard to justify that—it's a fair price, if you're serious about grilling and do a LOT of it, and anyway gadget roundups have to have at least one big ticket item—but then a few items later comes the $200 garbage can, notable for the infrared sensor that opens the lid without you ever having to touch anything. Sorry, but that's just obscene....
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I'm a gadget minimalist, but the following kitchen tools culled off the Well Fed Network's various sites are kind of intriguing: --The Food Loop, a kind of reusable kitchen string (for tying up joints of meat, piles of stockpot veg, etc.) --The OXO Angled Measuring Cup, so that you don't have to bend in half when you're pouring out milk or oil. This one, on the other hand, is just stupid: Spepper, a salt-and-pepper mix. But I LOVE these toasters by the Sarut group! Their Nemo whisk and graters are cute too, although they look less well designed....
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Okay, I pointed to these guys already but they keep giving and giving, I can't resist. Check out these (apparently discontinued, sadly) sushi USB drives, strawberry milk sausage, and sushi-making robot. This "head tired sexy knee pillow" has NOTHING to do with food but it may be my favorite thing on the site....
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In its default setting, the Microwave Vase looks like nothing more than a regular vase; once food is placed inside and the top knob is adjusted for time, then it becomes an actual microwave, cooking your food in a heartbeat. When the food is finished, the little green leaf on top lights up to let you know that your meal is ready. Wasn't this an accessory in the The Sims? Microwave Vase [Yanko Design]...
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Not yet available in the U.S., this device takes the Egg Muffin maker concept to the next level with the addition of a coffee maker. Here's an an ingenious way to make a complete breakfast at home without having to inundate your kitchen with single-use appliances. This new product from Japanese company Chuo Sangyo lets you make coffee, eggs, and toast all in one breath. It only takes 10 minutes and one outlet. Amazing. –Lisa Katayama One Machine Makes Toast, Eggs, and Coffee [TokyoMango]...
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Every weekday between now and December 22, I'm going to do a food enthusiast gift idea. There will be ideas for all gift-giving budgets, so if you find yourself stuck for a present, and the myriad lists other people have created can't help, you might spy something here. Today we begin with a Wine Knot from Modern furniture purveyor Design Within Reach. An "ingenious interplay of shape and color," Wine Knot holds six liter wine bottles, with space in the center for a magnum. This is a wine holder for display, not cellaring. $98 from www.dwr.com....
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