Okay - I'm not sure that I need a warming drawer in my fridge - but we do use one in our new duel fuel oven. I am open to the idea...hmmmm...
"The new fridge from Sharp can not only keep food cold (crazy!), but also has a space in the middle that keeps food warm—up to 130F degrees. The idea is to keep leftovers toasty for working salarymen who have to stay late at the office. If the whisky proves warmer than their beds, though, the fridge can be automatically set to flip over to cooling mode after a set period of time. And in the next chamber over, it’s still making ice cubes.
We picked up one of these over the weekend. It's simply elegant and amazing. After putting in a cookie sheet full of olive oil and asparugus - the mitt got coated with oil. Well - BIG DEAL! Unlike a cloth mitt - we simply put this in the sink and washed it off. Awesome!!!
"Appropriately named, the ORKA oven mitt looks like a whale swimming in to pull lobsters from boiling water or lift a basket of French fries from the deep fryer. Made of non-porous, food-grade silicone, the mitt is designed to withstand temperatures up to 500 degrees F without melting, staining, or getting your hands wet. This makes the ORKA ideal for cooking with boiling water or oil or using over grills or open flames. Slip-resistant "teeth" on the mitt’s grasping surface provide a sure grip when lifting greasy or wet pots. At 11 inches long, the mitt is long enough to protect the forearm and fit either right or left hands of all sizes. For easy cleaning, the ORKA goes right into the dishwasher with the rest of your pots and pans. This product was the top gadget at the 2002 Excellence in Housewares Awards and has also been featured on Oprah, Good Morning America, and CNN. --Cristina Vaamonde
Okay - so it's not in the kitchen - but it could be NEAR the kitchen. :-)
I really want a whole bunch of outdoor options for the Summer. Last year we bought a gas grill and have really enjoyed it alongside our smoker and charcoal grill. I was a charcoal purist - but I think Hank Hill may have converted us.
"While countless frustrated outdoor grill enthusiasts will be watching, basting and praying in the hopes of moist, tender meats from their traditional grills, Orion Cooker owners should be enjoying other activities while their ribs, turkeys, roasts and salmon cook to perfection without so much as a quick peek. Well, that's if you believe the company's marketing material."
I love dish drainers (okay - dish racks). We are in the market - and this one definiely has some style.
"This product fills a much-felt vacuum in the market for a stainless steel drain board. To date, it is the only stainless steel dish rack that automatically drains water into the sink. You will never again have unhealthy pools of water collecting in your drain tray and you will never have to empty it either. You can say goodbye to unsightly and discolored plastic boards. This rugged self draining board keeps itself dry and clean while adding great style to your counter top. The open design of the dish rack allows for pots and pans in addition to dishes of all sizes and shapes. It has large capacity and gracefully curved lines. The cutlery holder also has large capacity and can also be hung outside the dish rack to create even more room inside. The feet are provided with plastic covers to make them slip resistant and prevent marking the counter top."
I don't even care if I cross contaminate my knives - I just want a big ORANGE KNIFE!
"The Kershaw Komachi knives may be cute, but the technology and color coding have a serious purpose: stopping cross contamination when preparing food. The fluorinated-resin coating on the high carbon stainless steel blade helps resist bacteria while the color coded, special-function knives help with safety by not using the same knife for all items. The attractive and innovative ergonomic resin handle is see-through, revealing logos for the type of food the knife should be used on."
Protect the bananas that leave your kitchen! DO IT!!!
"From Cultured Containers, this BananaBunker fruit tote serves at least one purpose: To protect your banana from asploding in your backpack or briefcase. Other uses might include an ice breaker for a picnic first date, or alternatively, an easy way to end a date that isn’t going well at all. Their tagline “pamper your Banana with the BananaBunker®� pretty much says it all. Purchase one for just $5.00 or 5 for $20. Backordered right now, which is no surprise to us."
Flip Flap: the funky solar-powered plant that never dies
I need this for my kitchen window sill. Even though there is a water source within a foot - any plant that is in the kitchen dies. Flip Flap will make my kitchen green - FOREVER!!!
"There's nothing like a bit of greenery to brighten up your desk, the only problem of course is that all that green-fingered enthusiasm tends to wane after a few days. Sadly, that means you're left with a dying plant on your desk, which somehow doesn't have quite the same Zen-like appeal."
"Combo kitchen, bathroom, storage unit.
Dutch design firm i29 rebuilt a compact (read really small) apartment in Amsterdam to create an "optimal spatial experience", making more out of less. The central feature is an elegant combination kitchen, bathroom, and storage unit situated in the heart of the home. Not unlike the unit found in Abito."
My mom loves making pickles. Now - I knew it was easy - but as easy as 1,2,3,4? WOOT!!!
"IT'S EASY! With our DZ Pickle Kit you can have perfect pickles every time!
Step 1: Choose a recipe from your recipe book. Fill the jar 3/4 of the way with washed cucumbers. Then add smashed garlic, fresh dill and one bag of DZ Pickles special brine.
Step 2: Fill jar with cucumbers until full.
Step 3: Add water until it covers all pickles. Do not over pour.
Step 4: Close lid tightly and shake jar 7 times to mix brine and leave it on kitchen counter at room temperature...
...and a week later you have the best pickles you will ever taste!
I'm pretty sure I need this. With 4 different grilling options - I could easily make a steak, with eggs, and some grilled cheese sandwiches all in the same grilling session.
"With four separate cooking options, it can handle everything from pancakes to sausages to grilled cheese to steaks, hamburgers and panini. It helps you prepare more servings of more kinds of food in less time, so you can cook for a crowd -- no one has to wait! Simply change the cooking plates and adjust the floating hinge to use the Griddler as a Contact Grill, a Panini Press, or your choice of an extra-large double Open Grill or Griddle."
Ummm...wow. If you get really mad cooking - you can stab this instead of someone nearby.
"You can't buy this Knife Block, designed by Raffaele Iannello, from Vice Versa—they aren't the buying sort of catalog—but you can lust after it all the same. The best meat is murder, after all. (Thanks, CrazedAdMan!)
Has anyone else tried these? Do they work for cookies? How about meat? Vegetables?
Professional silicone baking sheet transforms any baking sheet into a non-stick surface. Reusable thousands of times. Withstands temperatures from -40F to over 550F. Made in France. 11" x 17".
I have to admit. This may be better than the stupid electronic timer on our new dual fuel range. This may be in my future...
"Fridge door, range hood timer.
Any metal surface in the kitchen will do for this stainless steel and silicone rubber magnetic timer from Eva Solo. The rubber element is the protective backing that prevents scratches and marks on those stainless steel surfaces. There's more from Eva Solo for the kitchen including an integrated magnetic metal notepad holder and pencil and a porcelain bowl with a hold (handle)."
It's like an aircraft hangar for drying food. Launch the dehydrator!!
"Computer controlled heat sensor analyzes temperature 60 times per second to ensure stable drying. Up to 12" square feet of drying space. Great flavors of fresh fruit, vegetables, herbs and meats are concentrated and enhanced. Comes with 6 trays - can be used with up to 20 trays at one time. Extra trays available separately - see below. Adjustable thermostat. L'Equip. Style # 528. Catalog #"
I need this right now. If I can get it by the weekend - I'm sure I can have rotten teeth by Monday, dentures by Friday, and then another round of cotton candy the following weekend and no more teeth issues to speak of.
I love sugar.
"This tabletop candy floss machine from Prima (£29.99) is relatively small and plugs into the mains. It also reads pretty easy to use: add one measure of ordinary, pure granulated sugar, switch on the machine and watch it spin. You don't have to wait long either, and in just two to three minutes you should be able to savour your own sticky stuff."
Tuna Juice Hands Be Gone! Stainless Steel Can Strainer
I really need this stainless steel can strainer! How many times have you opened a can of tuna, only to get tuna juice all over your hands. Well - no more. Just pick up one of these gems and you're all set.
"The can strainer (£5.50) lets you separate the liquid from your canned foods without any fuss. Comes in a stainless steel finish and fits most can sizes. What more can I say? Should be great for tuna and other fish stuff..."
WOW! I'll take 7 donuts to go please - at my house - in my kitchen - while I sip single serve coffee. I'm going to get so fat after our kitchen is done in our new house with one of these...soooooo fat.
"The Prima Doughnut Maker (£19.99) promises to make mouth-watering, lip-smacking, dunkable doughnuts (with holes) in minutes. It rustles up seven mini-sized doughnuts in less than ten minutes and the non-stick surface means it's easy to remove the doughnuts after cooking. It should be pretty easy to clean, too. You'll find recipes enclosed for the good 'ol plain doughnut, or you can try chocolate, chocolate and pecan, cinnamon, cinnamon and apple, or even sour cream. Is it just me whose dribbling?"
I'm just not sure. I keep thinking I do - then I think...no. I need my radio and NPR - but not a TV. That's in the living room where I eat...because dining rooms suck.
What do you think?
"Don't waste valuable counter space by hauling the extra TV into the kitchen — enjoy the super-slim under cabinet design of this all-in-one TV/Radio/CD player. This unit features a 7" wide-screen LCD color panel display, FM/AM digital tuner, CD-R/RW playback and a Mega Expand/Mega Bass® Sound System. The TV cable tuner includes VHF/UHF channels 2-to-69, as well as 125 cable channels."
Okay. Printable food is cool. Imagine a gadget in your kitchen that printed out a menu for that special dinner with little stamps to get a taste of the dinner to come. WOW. I want to print my food now!
"Everyone seems to be talking about this guy Homaro Cantu, who serves edible photos and sushi prepared on his i560 ink jet printer in his restaurant Moto in Chicago. There is a New York Times article about him and his crazy ambitions to take food to a whole new level. You're crazy Mr. Cantu! And Maybe even genius! He prints images of sushi on edible paper made of soybeans and cornstarch, using organic, food-based inks of his own concoction. He seasons the paper with powdered soy and seaweeds. Even the menu is edible at Moto, crunch up your menu into a bowl of gazpacho and you have Mr. Cantu's version of alphabet soup. Right now he's trying to get his hands on a class IV laser to cook food, so he can do things like create an "inside out" bread where the crust is baked inside the loaf. He's on his way to as he said-- "revolutionizing how, where, and what we eat".
I don't think people have enough flowers in their kitchen. Sure - a lot of people start plants from clippings in their sink window - but what about growing a beautiful flower - or flowers for that matter. In our new kitchen we have this crazy window seat - which I think might make a killer little mini-garden for the kitchen.
"Can it be true? Flowers that just keep on giving? Well, the Flowers in a Tin (£4.95) is ideal for those who like to say I love you with flowers - in an entirely different fashion. Simply open the can, add a little water, and in around 10 week's time you should have a generous display. But wait, the tins in question don't contain actual blooms. That would be far too straightforward. Oh no, the idea here is that you (or the recipient) actually have to turn floriculturist and grow the flowers yourself. And seeing as how giving flowers is all about expressing love, what better way to do it than by compelling someone to shower your gift with a bit of TLC (and a drop of water)."
Heat Up Food in the Fridge
Protect the bananas that leave your kitchen! DO IT!!!
Okay. Printable food is cool. Imagine a gadget in your kitchen that printed out a menu for that special dinner with little stamps to get a taste of the dinner to come. WOW. I want to print my food now!
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