Kitchen Gadgets
Light Up Those Cold Winter Nights In Style
When it starts getting cold outside (which it has for many already), it's nice to sit by a warm fire. With this sleek "Fire Starter" lighter you can do it in style. Fire Starter Lighter l $25 at violet.com
By Michelle Alderson | November 16, 2007 in Kitchen Gadgets
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Low Tech: Kitchen Timer
The people at Violet got it right that "the digital timer built into our Fancy French Corporate Oven" was a bit more complex that a timer should be. Here's their solution, the old "twist and set" timer with a magnetic back to stick anywhere you want.Magnetic Timer | $34 at Violet
By Robert | October 23, 2007 in Kitchen Gadgets
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HomeHero Kitchen Fire Extinguisher
I was reading the SF Chronicle this weekend, and came across an article on this smartly designed fire extinguisher. Apparently, October is National Fire Safety Month; who knew? The HomeHero Kitchen Fire Extinguisher is not only a winner of the 2007 International Design Excellence Awards, it is also cool enough to be seen in your kitchen. Now you'll be hip and prepared if your jack o' lantern catches on fire this Halloween. HomeHero Kitchen Fire Extinguisher will be sold exclusively at Home Depot for about $25
By Michelle Alderson | October 1, 2007 in Kitchen Gadgets
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Kershaw KAI Pure Komachi Colored Knives
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KAI Pure Komachi knives are color-coded, which makes it easier to grab the
right knife out of your wooden knife block. Now you can have great knives and
some color too.
Kershaw KAI Pure Komachi colored knives I starting at $19.95 at Knife Center
By Michelle Alderson | September 24, 2007 in Kitchen Gadgets
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TurboChef Oven
I have to admit I've always been a fan of the double wall oven. It just seems more logical to pull a roast out at eye level, rather than hunching down to get it. And now I'm completely smitten by the TurboChef oven. Is the retro look a trend, I'm wondering? Not only will your modern kitchen look retro cool, the TurboChef cooks twice as fast as a conventional oven. It is available in stainless steel, orange hearth, thermal red, evening blue, charcoal, ivory and white.
By Michelle Alderson | September 7, 2007 in Kitchen Gadgets
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Ecobags Reusable Bags
Heading to the Farmers Market this weekend? These versatile and colorful reusable ECOBAGS are just one of the many styles available at reusablebags.com. Look good and save the Earth!Reusable bags | $29.95 at ECOBAGS
By Michelle Alderson | August 20, 2007 in Kitchen Gadgets
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Rosendahl Lemon Squeezer
This lemon squeezer designed by Claus Jensen & Henrik Holbaek for Rosendahl is easy to use with its twisting core design. Made in Denmark.
Rosendahl Lemon Squeezer | $39.95 at nova68.com
By Michelle Alderson | August 7, 2007 in Kitchen Gadgets
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Easy Prepping with Chop2Pot Cutting Board
Make cooking prep a little smoother with Chop2Pot cutting board that also folds up so you can transfer your ingredients directly into your pot.
Chop2Pot Cutting Board | $19.50 at Delight.com
By Robert | May 31, 2007 in Kitchen Gadgets
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Circle Water Carafe
By Michelle Alderson | April 24, 2007 in Kitchen Gadgets, Parties & Entertaining, Tabletop Design
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Deni Stainless Steel Electric Ice Crusher
Get ready for warmer weather with crushed ice in all your tropical drinks.
Deni Ice Crusher | $35 at Target
By Bryce Longton | April 23, 2007 in Kitchen Gadgets
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A Modern Teapot - Sorapot by Joey Roth
Steel and glass make this modern teapot equal parts heat sensitive for perfect brewing and modern enough to sit out on your stove.
link: Sorapot
By Bryce Longton | April 20, 2007 in Kitchen Gadgets
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Mood Bottle Openers - Say "cheese" or not
Named "Shocked", "Crazy", and "Happy", these Mood Bottle Openers brings some life to the tired bottle opener.
Mood Bottle Openers | $13 each at Poketo
[via Tastespotting]
By Robert | April 12, 2007 in A Food & Wine Gift Guide, Kitchen Gadgets
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Bread Bags
For those of us who love bread, we know that fresh, warm bread is heavenly. These bread bags from Stelton do the trick and are very versatile - for all loaf sizes.
Stelton Bread Bags l $32 from lekkerhome.com
By Michelle Alderson | April 10, 2007 in Baking, Food, Kitchen Gadgets
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Eiko Egg Cup
For those who love a soft- or hard-boiled egg, this egg cup from Eiko is a fun and useful tool. Designed to cook, cool, and serve in one handy piece, it'll also make your breakfast table a bit more colorful.
Eiko egg cup l $25 for a set of 4 at dedeceplus.com
By Michelle Alderson | March 29, 2007 in Cooking, Food, Kitchen Gadgets
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Panini Grill
This versatile all-in-one pancake, panini, and pork chop grilling machine does kitchen duty all day and all night long. The floating hinge allows for grilling of behemoth sandwiches, and the entire grill flips out to make two side-by-side non-stick griddles for making bacon and eggs or a hearty steak dinner.
Final Word: Havarti, Smoked Turkey, Tomatoes and Basil Mayo on Rye.
link: Breville Panini Grill | $179 at Chef's Catalog
By Bryce Longton | March 6, 2007 in Kitchen Gadgets
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Kone by Karim Rashid
The Kone from Dirt Devil is a beautiful design by Karim Rashid. He is a lead designer in products, interior design, fashion, furniture, lighting, and art. Rashid, the interior designer of the Morimoto restaurant in Philadelphia, has made the act of vacuuming up crumbs an art form with vibrant color choices and a slick, modern shape.
Dirt Devil Kone Hand by Karim Rashid l $39.99 at Target
By Michelle Alderson | March 6, 2007 in Kitchen Gadgets
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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.
By Bryce Longton | February 10, 2007 in Kitchen Gadgets
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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]
By Robert | February 5, 2007 in Kitchen Gadgets
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Sugar Please Automatic Sugar Dispenser
The Sugar Please diner-inspired dispenser offers up just the right amount of sugar, at the proverbial-and-literal push-of-a-button. One shot of the sweet stuff measures in at about half a teaspoon—a single packet portion, while two is about the same size as a regular sugar cube.
Final Word: 1950’s Modern.
Sugar Please | $14 at Wrapables
By Bryce Longton | January 16, 2007 in Kitchen Gadgets
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Appliances in Search of Customers
After doing some surfing around today, I found a couple new items that make me wonder where the market is for these new gadgets.
- Rollertoaster - sure it won the 2006 Red Dot award, but I'm not sure about what to do about the about the crumbs. And don't you need the room on either side for the toast to roll into and out of, so how compact is it really?
- Breakfix - an automated breakfast cereal dispenser. Pause. What was that again? Are you telling me I can't pour my own cereal in the morning? I think I'd feel like I was living in Wallace and Gromit's house with all of Wallace's contraptions.
- Coffee Mug Warmer - first off, not sure why my coffee cups need to be warm but I'm sure I don't need to pay $1,000 for warm mugs.
By Robert | November 30, 2006 in Kitchen Gadgets
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Too Lazy to Sing Happy Birthday?
Okay, out come the cake, candles burning, everyone says their "oohs" and "aahs", and then...your cake slicer starts singing "Happy Birthday"? Not sure where this gadget finds a place in your lives, but maybe you got a bout with laryngitis or are just too shy for singing. Also plays Jingle Bells, The Wedding March, and For He's a Jolly Good Fellow. [via Kitchen Contraptions]
Musical Cake Slicer | $17 at DrinkStuff
By Robert | November 22, 2006 in Kitchen Gadgets
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Multiple Appliances, One Motor
Treehugger reports on a design contest entry that addresses the redundancy of motors in your kitchen that powers your appliances. This conceptual design entry named Spin, by Israeli designer Iftah Poran, proposes a more sustainable approach of one motor mounted on your countertop with attachments for different purposes as shown above for a juicer, blender, and coffee blender. [via Gizmodo]
By Robert | November 8, 2006 in Kitchen Gadgets
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Get More Accurate Butter Measurements for Baking
Now there's an alternate to using the measurement lines on your butter's wax paper wrapping. Use RSVP's Bakers Butter Slicer to get the most accurate butter measurements for your baking recipes. Designed to measure short or long sticks of butter, and made of dishwasher safe stainless steel.
Endurance Baker's Butter Slicer | $9.50 at Chef Tools
By Robert | September 15, 2006 in Kitchen Gadgets
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Lightweight Blender Hits the Market
The Tribest Personal Blender PB-200 is a new lightweight blender on the market that has the Daily Olive seal of approval., mainly because of the lightweight style and the ease of use for the lazy individual. It is perfect for these hot days, cutting the cost of going out and spending money on Smoothies at the local juice bar. The lightweight base of the machine never has to be cleaned, as it comes with two 16oz single serving cups, and one 8oz single serving cup.
The bottom line here is that the Personal Blender works faster than a traditional blender, minus the mess and clean up. With a high powered 200-watt motor that easily blends ice and frozen fruits, it also works well with making sauces, salsa, sorbets, soups and baby food. Just add the ingredients into one of the Personal Blender’s cups, screw on the stainless steel blade attachment, turn it over and set it into the base.
Personal Blender TB200 | $80
By Michael Hepworth | August 17, 2006 in Kitchen Gadgets
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Product Review: Simplehuman Single Cup Pod Brewer
After using our Simplehuman Single Cup Pod Brewer for the past month, we're ready to say that this is one of the better designed coffee pod brewers. First off, it's just very simple to use, and when you're making just one cup, isn't that what you want? The water tank is on the side of the machine, and you can choose to fill it by pouring water directly into it, or detaching it and filling at your water dispenser. We always fill it from our Brita pitcher, and it's a much easier to fill over the Senseo tank which is in the back and you always have to remove it to fill it.
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By Robert | January 31, 2006 in Coffee & Espresso, Kitchen Gadgets
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Truss up with the Food Loop
The FoodLoop is a heat resistant silicone food trussing tool that easily holds your food in place without the fuss of strings and tying knots. Have some of these handy in your kitchen for the holidays.
Website: The FoodLoop
By Robert | November 16, 2005 in Kitchen Gadgets
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Toss and Chop - easy salad preparation
Quickly prepare salads using Silvermark's Toss & Chop cutlery gadget that's designed to cut and process food right in your bowl. Preparation is faster and simpler, and there's less clean up afterwards. Made of stainless steel with Zytel nylon soft grip.
Silvermark Toss & Chop | $19 at ChefsResource.com
By Robert | October 28, 2005 in Kitchen Gadgets
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Scan and Cook with Beyond Smart Microwave
Scan the barcode on your food package, and the Beyond Smart Microwave Oven makes it even easier to prepare dinner. The barcode sets the oven timing and power to the correct microwave settings and zap! - you're ready to eat. Comes with over 4,000 UPC codes, and can be updated through the Beyond Information Network adapter.
I know it will save me the countless times of fishing the box out of the trash to reread the cooking instructions.
Beyond Smart Microwave Oven Official Website
Purchase Beyond Smart Microwave | $165.99 at eSalton.com
By Robert | October 25, 2005 in Kitchen Gadgets
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Clip-n-Seal: Seal Potato Chip Bags with Ease
Tired of stale potato chips and snacks? Just Clip-n-Seal it and you're on your way to a fresh bag.
Purchase direct: Clip-n-Seal Website
By Robert | October 15, 2005 in Kitchen Gadgets
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Egg & Muffin Toaster
We're not too sure what to think of the Back to Basics Egg & Muffin Toaster. It screams "Runaway Gift for Christmas 2005", but it can easily become a white elephant gift too. See it in action in the toaster video demonstration.
Any Daily Olive readers out there who own one? Share your opinions with us.
Egg & Muffin Toaster
By Robert | October 6, 2005 in A Food & Wine Gift Guide, Kitchen Gadgets
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Elegant Olive Oil and Honey Jars
These beautifully shaped jars by Sili use either a silicone brush or dipper to dispense oil or honey. The stainless steel cover has a silicone seal to keep the contents protected.
Sili Honey Dipper & Sili Olive Oil Jar | $28 each at Chiasso.com
By Robert | October 5, 2005 in A Food & Wine Gift Guide, Kitchen Gadgets
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Type 301 Chroma Knives by F.A. Porsche
The Type 301 Knife from Chroma Cutlery
The handle of the Type 301 by F.A. Porsche is constructed of 18/10 stainless steel, and made of high quality Japanese 301 steel. Each knife blade is carefully sharpened by the hand of a master. A metal "pearl" clearly demarcates the end of the handle for better control when cutting.
Chroma Type 301 Knife Block Set available thru Amazon.com
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By Robert | October 5, 2005 in Kitchen Gadgets
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Superheated Steam Oven Cooks Healthier
Cooking at 550 degrees F, Sharp's AX Superheated Steam Oven claims that it's way of cooking helps push fat out of meat and keeps it juicy. Daily Olive recently saw this demonstrated at a kitchen store where they cooked a whole chicken that was moist and tender, and amazingly, had crispy skin! We're not sure how that all worked, but steam ovens are another choice over microwave and convection ovens.
More info: Sharp AX Steam Oven Website
By Robert | October 1, 2005 in Kitchen Gadgets
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Eva Solo Garlic Press is Simply Beautiful
We love the design of the Eva Solo line, and their Garlic Press is no exception. Designed in the shape of a garlic clove, Eva Solo designers also eliminated the cleaning hassle of traditional presses using slits instead of holes for their press plate.
Eva Solo 2-pc. Garlic Press with Glass Container, Stainless Steel
$65 at Cooking.com
Related Link: Eva Solo's CafeSolo Coffee Set
By Robert | September 29, 2005 in Kitchen Gadgets
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Silicone Basting Brush - No more loose hairs
If you're tired of those loose hairs coming off your basting brush, try a silicone brush. We recently bought a set and love them. I don't worry any more about leaving loose bristles on my barbeque while brushing on my marinade. Another advantage--these brushes are heat resistant to 600 degrees.
ISI 15-in. Orka Silicone Basting Brush (pictured) available thru Cooking.com
By Robert | August 30, 2005 in Kitchen Gadgets
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A New Design for Making Tea - The Teastick
The Teastick by Gamila is a beautiful new interpretation for brewing your loose tea leaves. Your leaves are held in a sliding sleeve that you use to scoop up your loose tea leaves. The design holds your tea and makes it easy to steep to your desired strength. Elegance and simplicity at its best.
Purchase directly at The Teastick website.
By Robert | July 20, 2005 in A Food & Wine Gift Guide, Kitchen Gadgets
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Nespresso Leads Other Single Cup Coffee Makers Into Market
Take a look around your local kitchen shop, and you'll start to find a growing number of choices for single cup coffee makers. First introduced 15 years ago, Nespresso machines have found their fans with prepackaged capsules of ground coffee. Now, new competitors are joining the fray after seeing Nespresso enjoy success with its one cup coffee maker.
This summer, Braun introduced Tassimo, Sara Lee brought its Senseo machine from Europe, and Proctor & Gamble started selling its HomeCafe machines. All these machines use prepackaged pods specifically designed for its machine to make one perfect cup of coffee--Nespresso and Tassimo using metal capsules, and Senseo and HomeCafe paper filter coffee pods.
Available thru Amazon Nespresso | Senseo
By Robert | September 14, 2004 in A Food & Wine Gift Guide, Kitchen Gadgets
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