Topic: New Cooking Gadgets

  • Special Giveaway: Win a KitchenAid Mixer From QVC's Food and Wine Classic

    Special Giveaway: Win a KitchenAid Mixer From QVC's Food and Wine Classic

    Bakers, foodies, and wine-lovers: Blisstree has paired with QVC for a special reader giveaway, this weekend only!
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  • Food Pod: alien silicone gadget

    Food Pod: alien silicone gadget

    Whether you are blanching, boiling, or steaming, the Food Pod keeps all your eggs in one basket.  Or all your veggies in one net.  Or all your mussels in one package.  You get the idea.  Now that we know how many ways silicon can be incorporated into silicone kitchen gadgets, … More »

  • The Olivator: more than just olives

    The Olivator: more than just olives

    The Olivator will stuff your olives with all kinds of  pimento or cheesy goodness, but it can also be used to stuff chocolate into cherries, goat cheese into figs, and much much more.  At $20, I wish that it would also pit the olives, but it isn’t designed to do … More »

  • Another gadget we just don't need!

    Another gadget we just don't need!

    The YouTube Microwave.

    No, I’m not kidding.  Fortunately, it’s just a concept rather than a commercial product, at least so far.  So here’s how it works.  Set your timer on the microwave, and the screen in the door will play a YouTube video of exactly the same length.
    Nope, you don’t even … More »

  • Think you've invented a must-have gadget?

    Think you've invented a must-have gadget?

    I am not recommending this site, just reporting that it exists: I have never used it, but the research I did didn’t turn up any strong consumer warnings.  Still, you are on your own to investigate this before applying to any of their programs.  They’re not free.  Do your homework.  … More »

  • A new way to flip your bacon

    A new way to flip your bacon

    Or your burgers, or your veggies…using your fingers!   All the convenience with none of the 3rd degree burns.

    I’m not sure if these are really as easy to use as they look, but it’s a very very interesting idea.  With silicon being used on so many cooking tools, it was … More »

  • Interested in Sous Vide?

    Interested in Sous Vide?

    It seems to be all the rage on competitive cooking shows, and we’ve seen how chefs can rise or fall on their ability to master sous vide cooking. Sous vide means “under vacuum”, and has been a staple of cooking in French restaurants since the late 1970s.
    However, before you … More »

  • £10,000 for Margaret O'Callaghan!

    £10,000 for Margaret O'Callaghan!

    Margaret just won a kitchen gadget design competition, beating 600 other entrants, and her gadget is now in development to be mass-produced!  See, it can be done.  You should really dust off your old notebook and see what gems you’ve got penned in there!
    Congratulations, Margaret.  I’ve got to be honest…I’m … More »

  • Multi-use kitchen gadgets

    Multi-use kitchen gadgets

    Jonathan Bender, writing for the food blog portion of the Kansas City Pitch, reported on a short list of hilarious multi-use gadgets that he imagined would make our lives easier.  Much like Alton Brown, I am not often a fan of single use gadgets, even though an extraordinary number of … More »

  • Gordon Ramsay's new cookware line

    Gordon Ramsay's new cookware line

    For anyone who’s made it through an episode of Hell’s Kitchen (I have to admit I’ve only watched it once…it’s just too stressful for me!), you won’t be surprised by the tagline of Gordon Ramsay’s new cookware: “Kitchenware you can swear by”.  Smile.
    Ramsay, it seems, is in brand expansion mode.  … More »

  • The SmartMeasure Cup

    The SmartMeasure Cup

    Too cool!  The handle on this Measuring Cup is angled and has a backlit LCD display that shows the volume of your contents without having to bob and crane.  Taylor Kitchenware has decided to manufacture this brilliant concept from Ryan Eder and Chris Daniels of Priority Designs.  It is supposed … More »

  • Two new Sharp appliances this spring

    Two new Sharp appliances this spring

    Last month, Sharp introduced two new kitchen appliances. The first is Sharp’s new SuperSteam Oven, model AX-1200, which is a multi-purpose oven that enables healthier meal preparation. Using SuperSteam convection technology, the AX-1200 cooks a wide variety of foods without the addition of oils, fats or sauces while preserving taste … More »

  • Acorn Cakelet Pan

    Acorn Cakelet Pan

    Williams Sonoma always has the cutest bakewire items!! The Acorn Cakelet Pan is shaped like an acorn and moulds acorn cakes too!
    The pan turns out 18 detailed mini cakes and quick breads, perfect to adorn your fall party plates. Mmm, hello cornbread mini cakes! Yum yum.
    Image: Williams-Sonoma ; Tags: … More »

  • Anti-Griddle Flash Freezer

    Anti-Griddle Flash Freezer

    Polyscience has developed the Anti-Griddle – a home-sized flash freezer. It contains cooking coils just below the surface that quickly chill foods down to -30°F. Just like with a cooktop, you cool the foods on top of the griddle.
    You can experiment with this gadget, flash freezing in entirety or … More »

  • Digital Recipe Reader

    Digital Recipe Reader

    For $299, you can have recipes at your fingertips! The Digital Recipe Reader, which looks a heck of a lot like the iPhone btw, is a touch-screen digital computer that holds up to 2500 recipes and even comes pre-loaded with a bunch of them.
    You can upload your own recipes … More »