You've come to expect automatic faucets on your travels - why not in your kitchen? We think this is a killer way to keep your faucet clean while you cut up meat (especially nasty chicken!).
The EZ Faucet - EZF001C™ has a built-in infrared sensor that turns your water on automatically when you put your hands in front of it, making it easy to use for children, seniors, or just busy people whose hands are full or dirty. The EZ Faucet is powered by four AAA batteries (sold separately).
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) agrees that hand washing is an important means of preventing the spread of infection. Keeping your faucet clean and avoiding touching it are smart ways to prevent cross-contamination. The EZ Faucet also conserves water by stopping water from running when not in use, a smart idea for any home with kids!
Elegant and interesting - this classic Rösle paper towel holder holds paper-towel rolls up to 11.3 inches wide and 6 inches in diameter. Made in Germany of 18/10 stainless steel the paper towel holder is dishwasher-safe and hangs by its hooks from one of Rösle's Basic Rails.
We can see our tea clearly now with this original 1920s Bauhaus tea pot. The clear tea pot allows you to enjoy the subtle beauty and delicate hues of your favorite tea as it diffuses through the water. Made from durable Pyrex glass that retains the heat of the water, the tea stays and comes out hot. Very hot.
Why buy a grater and cheese when you can just get the Gira & Gratta Rotary Cheese Grinder. The new cheese-grater comes packed with Grana Padano cheese and features the twist and grind we've all come to love from cheese-graters.
From Italy comes a new design in cheese-grater fun, the Gira & Gratta Rotary Cheese Grinder.Inside the bottle is a fresh block of Grana Padano cheese, with a twist-style cheese grater cap. It allows pasta lovers to enjoy a convenient way of dispensing freshly grated Grana Padano cheese in a hygienic and stay-fresh format.Agriform Scarl, the product's marketer, says in its product literature, "litle consumers like its easy and funny use." Great, but what about us big consumers?Each container comes with 250g of cheese, and retails for €4.50 ($5.45 USD)
It simply does not get much better than cooking with Julia & Jacques. We have been watching episodes of this PBS gem for over a year now. If you love cooking, you'll love how much this pair of friends love each other and cooking. The compassion they have for each other is followed by total compassion for the food they prepare.
The complete Emmy Award-winning series. 10 hours, 22 Episodes and over 85 recipes. Julia Child and Jacques Pepin join together with fire, fun and culinary genius in what has become another classic hit for public television. Viewers are charmed by the special magic America’s favorite cooking duo conjures up in Julia’s legendary kitchen and enticed by the mouth-watering great food they prepare and enjoy. Julia’s and Jacques’ warmth and conviviality shine through the programs along with their spirit, whimsy and remarkable skills, as they offer techniques, tastes and recipes at the heart of today’s cooking. From Hamburgers and Halibut to Chicken Pot Pie and Artichokes, they reach the hearts of the audience who loves them for their easy camaraderie, step-by-step instructions and great talent.
If you've got an Apple computer and OSX we think you'll need MacGourmet. We've been using it for over a year now in the kitchen on our Apple PowerBook and find it without equal when it comes to organizing our recipes. There's even a cook viewing mode that makes the recipe full screen and large when cooking. We also love the ability to organize and pair wines with all of our recipes with the linking feature. Amazing application and it's a total steal at $24.95.
You organize your digital photos, you make playlists of your mp3s. Now bring your recipe organization into the 21st century with MacGourmet™. Think of MacGourmet as "iTunes for recipes." MacGourmet helps you create and edit recipes, wine notes and cooking notes, easily browse your entire collection and build your own custom lists for categories like appetizers or desserts.
In addition to recipes, MacGourmet lets you save notes and labels for wines you've had, creating a digital "wine scrapbook." Had a great wine that would go well with a certain recipe? MacGourmet lets you make a relationship between them. In fact, make one or many relationships between every kind of recipe box item.
And like your wine notes, you can keep lists of your cooking notes, those nuggets of wisdom that are general and not necessarily specific to any one recipe or wine.
I can see the practical use of this in many places where you might want some extra dish washing or perhaps you're summer cabin where you do things by hand (not as much fun as you want to make it out to be so stop!).
Just attach the included “Water Supply Socket” directly to your faucet, and run it until the dishwasher’s LED lights up and its buzzer sounds. Inside the unit are two storage tanks, which eliminates the need for a valve to control the flow of water to the dishwasher. A full load will use 9 liters (2.37 gallons) of water, which, last we checked, isn’t a lot compared to other washers. Otherwise, you’re looking at a standard dishwasher.
Who doesn't need their own personal grain mill? I ask you - who doesn't? If you insist on fresh juice because you know that is provides you with the maximum nutritional value. Why should you settle for less with your flour?
The German-engineered Wolfgang is a Grain Mill is a height of only 13.25 inches allowing it to fit easily into your kitchen. It can grind 3.5 ounces of grain in the finest flour every minute. Its extremely hard ceramic/corundum millstones and strong industrial motor ensure maximum performance for years to come. It is made in Germany with solid Beechwood cabinetry.
Wine or martini? Martini or wine? Martini and wine? With this glass or glasses in one you can do it all. We're a little afraid of the built in hangover but we also like to have our drinking bases covered.
We didn't expect to find such a groovy pumpkin mold at QVC - but we took our chances and BAM! Pumpkin mold of the gods! We like the ability to add some interesting cookie shaped treats along with our giant pumpkin cake.
With Halloween brewing around the corner, it's time to trick up some treats with these ghoulishly haunting kitchen accessories. What could be more frighteningly perfect than a pumpkin-shaped cake for Halloween? This cake mold has ridging to show off the detail of the pumpkin and stem. The cookie cutters help you bake a variety of spooky treats.
What's not to love about great design meeting in your kitchen and then serving up a perfect cup of coffee. Sebastian Bergne is a designer that can do all that and more.
After graduating from the Royal College of Art in 1990, Sebastian Bergne opened his own studio in Bologna, Italy. His projects are often clever and delightfully simple. Zio, Zia and Nipotino are an ingenious family of lighting tables designed for Luceplan, Kult is the breakfast collection that, over the years, has become a classic for WMF, and starting in 2003 he collaborates with french company Moulinex designing a large range of appliances. Among his latest creations; Micro Garden and a wood action figure for Muji. GP
Need some fresh wheatgrass? Need a lot of fresh wheatgrass? The Tribest Life: FL-2000 may be for you. The Tribest's FreshLife Sprouter is automatic, easy to use, and costs only pennies a day to run. It delivers a continous supply of fresh water and air to provide a simple, convenient way to grow fresh, tender and natural live sprouts in the convenience of your own home. When you use organic seeds, you will especially enjoy fresh sprouts free from chemicals or pesticides. Sprouter features an automatic sprinkling system to produce fresh, nutritious and tender sprouts. FreshLife Sprouter enables you to grow your own nutritional sprouts and wheatgrass. Wheatgrass has been proven to be one of the most nutritional foods on the earth and we love to have some each morning. I think now we can.
Okay - we know it's $38 bucks but it sure does look amazing. It says it makes perfectly sliced apples, but we aren't SOLD yet. Maybe someone could pick this up for us? :-)
Position this ingenious disc-shaped slicer on any apple and rotate to release perfect slices for snacking or cooking. Don't need a whole apple at once? Just leave the disc pressed against the fruit, and it will not dry out or turn brown. Made of stainless steel. Dishwasher safe.
Juice pressed out a machine does in fact taste better. We've had this juicer in our kitchen since we first read about it at productdose.com and in the LA Times article. We love fresh pressed grapefruit juice and sometimes a nice mix of orange and grapefruit some times.
As an article in the LA Times this morning declared, “We don’t know why, and science can’t seem to explain it, but the juice out of a press just tastes better.” Try it and you’ll believe us. We recommend the Metrokane All Chrome Mighty OJ Juicer. The juicer leverages 600 lbs of pressure and it comes with a lifetime warranty. Do yourself a favor and get juicing.
Heat water up to 50% faster than traditional tea kettles with the Ottoni stovetop water kettle. The specially designed base is built to focus the heat and assist in boiling water faster. With an elegant wood handle and design, the Ottoni water kettle is a true example of combining design with functionality. We like how it looks both regal and also like a weird wedding cake with a spout on the side.
What's not to love about a bacon press and pancake rings? We often want our bacon flat and our pancakes round but we also love to have out eggs come out round for a nice homemade egg mc muffin. This heavy-duty 3-piece set includes a cast-iron bacon press and two chromed-steel rings. The 6 ¾" x 4", heavy-weight press keeps bacon strips from curling as they cook, while the two 4" diameter rings create perfectly round fried eggs and pancakes.
Why go downstairs for wine when you can have it on your table top. Perfect for chilling both red and white wines, this table-top wine cellar stores up to 12 bottles and features an ultra-quiet thermo-electric cooling system. The unit's adjustable thermostat allows for precisely controlling the temperature, and its silver-trimmed, double-pane insulated glass door is designed with a recessed handle for easy opening and closing. Three full-chrome wire storage racks are housed in the unit's elegant black interior, providing the ability to organize and easily view wine.
I have a hive modern on this morning. The Maple Wood pepper mill from Ettore Sottsass is simply amazing. Alessi makes it but they sure didn't design this one. The pepper mill is a piece of art in its own right and makes quick-work of your gourmet peppercorns.
What's not to love about the perfect set of extra kitchen chairs. They stack. They remind you of being in school, yet they harken back to a time when everything could be wiped off and cleaned with a simple cloth.
Long out of production, Modernica reactivates the original 50 year old presses that made the originals... again producing armshells one at a time using the old-school high-fiber process with fiber patterning unique to each shell.. Creating true fiberglass chairs that display fiber prominence and translucency is all but a lost art and these chairs are made by the original craftsmen on the original machinery. The Side Shell Chair is a true icon of American modernism."
GoTo Reviews has a run down of the best of the best pressure cookers. We haven't converted to the pressure cooker club but it's good to read about what's good and what's not.
"Pressure cookers are sealed pots which cook food faster because the liquid inside rises to a higher temperature before boiling. Cooking times can be reduced by a factor of three or four. Pressure cookers also save energy, they are up to 70% more efficient than conventional pots. Stainless steel pressure cookers are preferred over aluminum because the stainless steel does not interact with the food."
We are on a clear tear this morning! This tamper is formed of high grade stainless steel has a convex tamping surface and a colored acrylic handle with a stainless steel crown. We love the dreamy blue middle that seems like a warp core from Star Trek and harkens to the future of tamping devices everywhere! The clear espresso tamper is dishwasher safe and fits espresso and coffee machines from: Astoria, Astra, Azykoyen, Bezzera, Brasilia, Bravo, Bunn, Caramali, Cimbali, Compak, Conti, ECM/ Giotto, Elektra, Expobar, Faema, Futurmat, Gaggia, Grimac, Isomac, La Marzocco, La Valentina, Magister, Nuova Simonelli, Pasquini, Rancilio, Rio, Salvatore, VBM, VFA, Wega and more...
Now this makes sense - why hide your bread when you can see it and also know the mold factor! One part traditional, one part new. This bread box is unique in that it's part wood, part acrylic. The bottom, sides and back are made of finely finished maple; the top and lid are acrylic, joined by hinges that open wide for storing and retrieving fresh breads, rolls and other baked items.
We're not sure for $695 bucks you really need a 20 dog capacity grill for your kitchen - but boy do we want one. The Star-Grill Max Hot Dog Roller Grill Hot dog grill roller has infinite temperature controls to provide accurate cooking and holding from high to low. Sectional heating for front and rear rollers and heavy duty roller bearings and seal combination. Comes complete with 6' cord and plug.
We can't imagine a better morning than one filled with this polished wonder making us a nice cup of espresso. The Oliver Hemming 18/10 polished stainless steel NIO stove top espresso maker can make up to 6 cups of your favorite coffee. British designer Oliver Hemming studied silver-smithing and product design in art school and since then, he has been making innovative and accessible designs, most recently with the nio collection. Conceived over a decade ago, this award-winning collection – teapot, water kettle, espresso pot, creamer, sugar, teaspoon, and serving platter – echoes Art Deco motifs with a modern vision.
It's about time we got a less annoying kitchen timer than the one built into our stove. It's so relentless. It just keeps beeping and making a fuss when we don't get up to check what we've timed. I think this little timer from Alessi might be a bit more forgiving and it looks like the snout of a mouse combined with a top.
MIT Media Lab's Counter Intelligence Group, which develops innovative kitchen designs, has created a machine that makes dishes on demand and recycles them after diners have finished a meal. I can't tell you how many times I wish we could have recycled dishes after a large dinner party, but I thought they would never make "dishes" that would be better than styrofoam or paper plates. These dishes are made from food-grade, nontoxic acrylic wafers, which are shaped into cups, bowls and plates when heated, then resume their original wafer shape when they are reheated and pressed.
The DishMaker frees space in dish cabinets and reduces landfill trash and uses less energy to recycle dishes than factories use to make them. And, because the machine can produce up to 150 items, a dinner host would never be short of table settings when unexpected guests arrive: Cooks can select the number of place settings needed using a simple push-button control panel.
The prototype DishMaker is the size of a standard dishwasher, and uses the heating element of a toaster oven to shape the items. We can imagine this thing as yet another item in our kitchen, but how amazing would this to have for the times when you need it - big parties - etc. To recycle the dishes, it heats them to about 300 degrees Fahrenheit to soften the acrylic, then a press restores them to wafers for easy stacking.
We think the bowls in the picture look amazing. You could probably get a whole range of acrylic colors and also press your own name, picture, or seal into the plates and cups. WILD!!!
We eat asparagus at least 2-3 times a week. You can steam, grill, or wok it with ease. It's nice to see a specialized product to steam your asparagus. This All-Clad Asparagus Pot comes equipped with a steamer basket that keeps the vegetables out of the water and nutrient-rich. We think you'll also enjoy this product for steamed vegetables of any kind.
Ummm...where did the week go? I was pretty sure getting up this morning that it was in fact Thursday and not Friday.
Since it's the weekend, we recommend checking out Kitchen Contraptions if you haven't had your fill of cooking this week. Kitchen Contraptions features kitchen gadget news, reviews, and more includin
Keep Your Faucet Clean with EZ Faucet
Why buy a grater and cheese when you can just get the 
It simply does not get much better than cooking with Julia & Jacques. We have been watching episodes of this PBS gem for over a year now. If you love cooking, you'll love how much this pair of friends love each other and cooking. The compassion they have for each other is followed by total compassion for the food they prepare.
If you've got an 
I can see the practical use of this in many places where you might want some extra dish washing or perhaps you're summer cabin where you do things by hand (not as much fun as you want to make it out to be so stop!).
Heat water up to 50% faster than traditional tea kettles with the Ottoni stovetop water kettle. The specially designed base is built to focus the heat and assist in boiling water faster. With an elegant wood handle and design, the Ottoni water kettle is a true example of combining design with functionality. We like how it looks both regal and also like a weird wedding cake with a spout on the side.
What's not to love about a bacon press and pancake rings? We often want our bacon flat and our pancakes round but we also love to have out eggs come out round for a nice homemade egg mc muffin. This heavy-duty 3-piece set includes a cast-iron bacon press and two chromed-steel rings. The 6 ¾" x 4", heavy-weight press keeps bacon strips from curling as they cook, while the two 4" diameter rings create perfectly round fried eggs and pancakes.
We've been very busy bloggers this past week. One of our blogs TV Snob has been very very busy. They've found some very cool stuff to enhance your TV experience including: 
Why go downstairs for wine when you can have it on your table top. Perfect for chilling both red and white wines, this table-top wine cellar stores up to 12 bottles and features an ultra-quiet thermo-electric cooling system. The unit's adjustable thermostat allows for precisely controlling the temperature, and its silver-trimmed, double-pane insulated glass door is designed with a recessed handle for easy opening and closing. Three full-chrome wire storage racks are housed in the unit's elegant black interior, providing the ability to organize and easily view wine.
We are on a clear tear this morning! This tamper is formed of high grade stainless steel has a convex tamping surface and a colored acrylic handle with a stainless steel crown. We love the dreamy blue middle that seems like a warp core from Star Trek and harkens to the future of tamping devices everywhere! The clear espresso tamper is dishwasher safe and fits espresso and coffee machines from: Astoria, Astra, Azykoyen, Bezzera, Brasilia, Bravo, Bunn, Caramali, Cimbali, Compak, Conti, ECM/ Giotto, Elektra, Expobar, Faema, Futurmat, Gaggia, Grimac, Isomac, La Marzocco, La Valentina, Magister, Nuova Simonelli, Pasquini, Rancilio, Rio, Salvatore, VBM, VFA, Wega and more...
Now this makes sense - why hide your bread when you can see it and also know the mold factor! One part traditional, one part new. 
