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Riedel's Grape Martini Glass
One thing about martinis that can be challenging is drinking from those V-shaped glasses. A bit top heavy, they seem to have a hole right at the edge so that every sip somehow ends up anywhere but your mouth. Riedel has saved the day! Its new Grape martini glass is both stylish and functional. The design “creates an indent on the bottom of the bowl, reflecting the light,” allowing you to enjoy the beauty of your martini, mess free. Your floors will thank you at your next cocktail party.
Riedel Grape Martini Glass l $70 for set of 2 @ Williams-Sonoma
February 27, 2007 in Parties & Entertaining | Permalink | Comments (0)
Our Top 5 Favorite Foodie Sites
Epicurious.comTag Line: For people who love to eat
Cool Feature: Downloadable widget that lets you search for recipes
Sounds like: Bon Appetit and Gourmet Magazine
Chow.com
Tag Line: Food. Drink. Fun
Cool Feature: How to videos that really make you think you’ll know “how to” after watching.
Sounds like: Your cool, hip, neighbor who always throws effortless dinner parties
AllRecipes.com
Tag Line: Looking for recipes? You’ve come to the right place
Cool Feature: Searchable recipes that are rated, with extremely informative reviews
Sounds like: The best online potluck you could ever want
SlowFood.com
Tag Line: Slow Food is good, clean and fair food
Cool Feature: The news section covers all kinds of interesting slow food information
Sounds like: NPR takes on the food channel
RoadFood.com
Tag Line: The most memorable local eateries along the highways and back roads of America
Cool Feature: Downloadable GPS files of restaurants on the road
Sounds like: Locals, telling you the secret spot for the best burger in town
February 26, 2007 in Food | Permalink | Comments (0)
A Dishy Tribute to Oscars' Best Pictures
In honor of the five movies up for this year’s Oscars Best Movie category, we think these cool, skull plates designed by Sarah Cihat are in order for appetizers at your Oscar party. Think about it: every picture involves a death (at least): The Queen (Princess Diana), Babel (several people in different countries), Letters from Iwo Jima (too many to mention), The Departed (lots of guys in Boston), and even Little Miss Sunshine (good ol’ grandpa who taught Olive those moves). We chose the orange design in her honor.
link: Sarah Cihat
February 24, 2007 in Parties & Entertaining, Tabletop Design | Permalink | Comments (0)
Chocolate Goes Pink
The Coco-luxe Pink Collection is generating some serious attention. With fun graphic representation and great flavors, such as Angel Food (white chocolate ganache infused with vanilla bean), it’s easy to understand why they are hard to resist. Stephanie, the genius behind these retro-ganache collections says that her inspiration comes from “combining the fond memory(s) of something (for example eating an orange dreamsicle with friends on the sidewalk curb as the ice cream man drives away) with the current experience of a gourmet confection the experience is fun but also delicious.” We love the Coco-luxe philosophy and their craveable, fun collections.
Final Word: Gourmet meets play…in chocolate.
link: Coco Luxe Website | Pink Collection @ Hello Delicious
February 23, 2007 in Chocolate | Permalink | Comments (1)
Miette Patisserie & Confiserie
Self described as modern yet traditionally American, with a European bent, Miette specializes in delicious confections of the cake and candy variety. From humble beginnings at Berkeley’s weekly farmer’s market in 2001 Miette has grown to encompass two stores, one in San Francisco proper and one in Hayes Valley. For those not in the Bay area, they have a scrumptious online menu to choose from, along with a fantastic cake gallery to browse through. [via decor8]
See Miette photos at Flickr.
Final Word: Caramels, Macaroons and Lemon Shortbread Cookies, the perfect housewarming gift.
February 22, 2007 in Baking | Permalink | Comments (0)
Checkerboard Cake Set
Get ready to impress your friends with this Checkerboard Cake Set from Chefs Catalog. This easy pan and batter-ring quartet makes it easy to make a Neapolitan cake anytime you like.
Final Word: King me!
Checkerboard Cake Set | $13 at CHEFS!
Chef's Special: Free Shipping $99 or More
February 21, 2007 in Baking | Permalink | Comments (0)
City Plates by notNeutral
Eat your dinner in (or rather on) Shanghai, Cairo, Los Angeles or Berlin with City Plates. These porcelain plates have interesting graphic representation of these cities, including “color coding” for key buildings to public spaces.
Why Shanghai, Cairo, LA and Berlin? The designers at notNeutral chose them for “their reputations as gateways, and for the way each is dealing with the effects of agglomeration as its population begins to reach critical mass.”
This is truly tableware that will create dinner conversation.
City Plates | $48 at notNeutral
February 21, 2007 in Tabletop Design | Permalink | Comments (0)
Hayon Champagne Bucket and Bowl for Piper-Heidsieck
Turn heads with this striking Champagne bucket and bowl by Jamie Hayon for Piper-Heidsieck. If you want one, you should be willing to make the trek to NYC, Miami Beach or Chicago, where the collection is showing exclusively until April 2007. [Retail locations via NotCot]
Final Word: Iconic
February 14, 2007 in All Things Wine, Tabletop Design | Permalink | Comments (0)
Wall Mounted Fruit Holder
Fruit makes for renewable, changeable, eatable, art with this wall mounted fruit holder. This porcelain ring holds plenty of apples, oranges, kiwis, or any other roundish variety of fruit. The ring is well ventilated and quite the space saver for those with limited counter/table space.
Final Word: Still life on the wall.
link: The Ring Fruit Bowl
February 12, 2007 in A Food & Wine Gift Guide | Permalink | Comments (2)
Tea Timer Times Three
For those of you who want a quieter timer, this Triple Tea Timer is for you. The timer comes with three separate timers in 3, 4, and 5-minute increments, each one in a different color (green, orange and white).
Final Word: I’m orange, all the way.
February 10, 2007 in Kitchen Gadgets | Permalink | Comments (0)
Glass of Truth Winetasting Glasses
Let your grip unleash flavors in your favorite glass of vino with these unique glasses. Built to maximize taste—the warmth from your hand will bring out aromas in the wine, while the tapered mouth keeps the flavors in—these glasses are a crowd pleaser. $38 for two tumblers at NapaStyle.com.
Final Word: Don’t squeeze too hard.
February 9, 2007 in All Things Wine | Permalink | Comments (0)
Juice Packaging
The sweet 1970’s era font and simple design of these Bossa Nova bottles make you want to purchase one, but what’s inside will have you coming back for more. The acai berry just was awarded the title of “world’s healthiest fruit” due to its high level of antioxidants.
Final Word: I’ll take a case, or three.
February 8, 2007 in New Food Trends | Permalink | Comments (1)
The Love Letter Collection
Chocolates and love letters are de rigueur come the 14th of February - the trick is finding the right chocolates, and the right words for those sweet nothings. Well, look no further. The Love Letter Collection from Wiseman House Chocolates has the requisite delectable chocolates: Wild Woman, Love Potion, Passion, and First Kiss, AND a sweet love letter originally written in 1895 from Adeline to Rufus (her betrothed). $38 includes the chocolates, the letter and a beautiful pink box with matching cocoa brown bow.
If you want to break the bank (and raise the bar for future Valentine's Day gifts) splurge on "The Perfect Evening" which includes a cozy chocolate brown bathrobe, jazz music from Chris Botti, a Cocoa Fleur candle AND the aforementioned Love Letter Collection of chocolates and already-written-for-you love letter. $175.
Final Word: For those who like chocolate and sweet nothings, this is a good bet.
link: Wiseman House Chocolates | Wiseman House at Yahoo! Food
February 7, 2007 in Chocolate, Valentine's Day | Permalink | Comments (0)
Fresh Leaves Bottle Stoppers
From New Zealand, Zodesign created Fresh Leaves, a collection of wooden bottle stoppers adorned with a silicon rubber leaf that lets you save an ordinary bottle from the recycle bin and reuse it with a little bit of flair. [via NotCot]
February 5, 2007 in Kitchen Gadgets | Permalink | Comments (0)
Final Touches for your Super Bowl Party
Super Bowl party plans are being finalized and for the guys and girls, here are some finishing touches.
February 2, 2007 in Parties & Entertaining | Permalink | Comments (0)
