From the category archives:

Kitchen Appliances

“Touch my Le Creuset cookware with that metal spoon and face my wrath–and could you please run to the store and pick me up a can of evaporated milk?”  Boy, I wish I had a nickel every time I’ve said that.

Sure, there’s plastic, rubber, or silicone–but the plastic and rubber can melt, turning your world famous macaroni and cheese into macaroni and cheese and globs of melted cooking utensil–and the silicone has about as much personality as a vacuum cleaner.  In my personal opinion, nothing feels better in the hand, looks better, and is as safe for your fine cookware as wood.

These Mediterranean Olive Wood Spatulas and Spoons, with such rich and colorful grain, pretty much blow every other wood utensil I’ve ever seen, completely out of the water.  Crafted in France.  5 piece set comes with 2 spatulas and 3 spoons.  Also sold individually.

$49.99 — Buy from Chef’s Catalog

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When I was a kid I used to spread as much butter as a slice of bread could hold, then stick it in the toaster to toast.  I was a child genius—isn’t it obvious?  Mom, if you’re reading this.  I don’t think that had anything to do with all of the toasters that caught on fire.  Some coincidence, eh?

Many a toaster in my childhood could have been spared if the Toastabags were around back then.  With the Toastabag, you can make a sandwich loaded with your favorite goodies, slide it into the space-age plastic bag (can I still use space-age in 2008?), then stick everything into the toaster to heat up.  That is, provided the slots on your toaster can hold two slices of bread and all the fillings.  If it won’t, sit on the sandwich after making it.  It will fit.  In just three short minutes you have a grilled insert yummy filling here sandwich without the laborious grilling.  How cool is that?  The inventor of this should win a Nobel Prize, or at least get a ride in the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile.

For sandwich ideas see: The Bell Butter Crock is the Secret to the Delectable PBSTBBB&B Sandwich

$9.95 from Firebox

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The only way to get your tea fix any faster than using the Bodum Ibis Electric Kettle would be to stick a wad of loose leaf tea between your cheek and gum, just like chewing tobacco. So, the choice is yours. Drop the kids off at school looking like a major league shortstop, or wait less than four minutes for the 27 ounce Bodum Electric Kettle to get your water up to temperature. Decisions, decisions.

Price: $29.95Buy from Crate and Barrel


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Nothing in this world peeves me more than a misshapen waffle. You know the ones — waffles shaped more like Pac-Man instead of a perfectly round circle of waffl-ee goodness. If my waffles aren’t perfectly round I chuck them outside. I apologize to all the squirrels that may be reading this and have been the victim of my misdirected anger. The days of cruddy waffles are long gone. The Warning Flip Waffler (WMK300) rotates to evenly distribute the waffle batter to create a perfectly formed waffles with a crisp crust and a tender interior.  Yummy.

Price: $79.99 - Buy From Chef’s


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