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9 Uses for a Melon Baller

Posted on August 20th, 2008.

Actual Melon Balls may exist purely as 60’s kitsch and hotel buffet decorations, but your kitchen truly isn’t complete without one of these cheap little half hemispheres of cooking goodness. They come in several standard sizes. I recommend a double ended one with one scoop about as big as a large grape and the other a [...]

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Video: How to Buy a Pasta Maker

Posted on August 19th, 2008.

If you’ve ever had the pleasure of enjoying fresh pasta, the thought of returning to dried boxed pasta is almost unbearable to stomach. Pasta, which is basically flour and water can be easy to make. By using a pasta maker it takes the labor out of rolling and cutting by hand.
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She Blinded Me With Culinary Science

Posted on August 5th, 2008.

If you’ve ever gazed pitifully at the food gear in the Good Eats kitchen, drool no more. Alton Brown’s cool toys can be yours! There’s the Plunger (and its sidekick, Plunger Jr.) and the iconic salt cellar. Still no Thing for sale. Sigh.
If you don’t want to pay for a line [...]

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Vant to Buy a Garlic Press?

Posted on August 5th, 2008.

Nothing can compare to the aroma of garlic sizzling in a few drops of olive oil. While many amateur cooks settle for powdered garlic, your senses are introduced to a whole new world the moment you choose to use fresh garlic. And the best way to do that is by using a garlic press.
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Fruit Slicing - The Director’s Cut

Posted on July 31st, 2008.

Nothing says summer like fresh fruit. If you enjoy eating fruit that has been cut into all types of fancy shapes than this FoodGear Short is definitely for you.

Check out this ultimate fruit garnish set.

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EGGcessorized!

Posted on July 29th, 2008.

I do not like green eggs and ham, but I do like fried eggs, scrambled eggs, poached eggs and any other kind of egg. If you like eggs like I do, then you’ll want to make sure you have all these “EGGcessories” in your kitchen.

Check out these handy-dandy gadgets.
Eggsact Egg Timer for Boiled Eggs

Endurance Egg [...]

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Behold! The Future Of Pizza!

Posted on July 29th, 2008.

I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking, “I really wish to convey to anyone who visits me that I have, in fact, more money than sense…but, uhm, I don’t want to spend too much money doing that.” Fortunately, there is a way, and that way is Skymall. While virtually any item will do, this is [...]

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If All You Ever Toast Is Hot Dog Buns…

Posted on July 29th, 2008.

…this device might make some kind of sense. I mean, it takes up only slightly more space than a toaster, and cooks both hot dogs and buns! Surely, a device that does two things is superior to one which only toasts! (You know, I used to have a typical toaster oven, and I’m pretty sure [...]

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Insert Simpsons Reference Here

Posted on July 23rd, 2008.

Do you like doughnuts? Sure, we all do! But I mean, do you really, really, really like doughnuts? Have you taken the police academy entrance exam solely because you think cops get free doughnuts? Have you named your dog, cat, and child “Doughnut”? If so, this just may be the device for you! Never mind [...]

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Free The Meat?

Posted on July 16th, 2008.

OK, at first thought, you’d think “freethemeat.org” is seriously NSFW, but as it turns out, it’s hawking the “MariVac“, which is not the ship that fought the Monitor back in the Civil War. Rather, it’s a device which strongly resembles a prop from a bad Irwin Allen mid-60s sci-fi show, but which is actually a [...]

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