T-fal kicked off the whole "frying foods with minimal oil" trend with its Actifry machine
If you’re lucky enough to have a retractable sprayer attached to your kitchen faucet, you’ve probably noticed that its circular blast often isn’t powerful enough to really scrape dishes clean. To fix that, Kohler is introducing what it calls Sweep spray technology that blasts stuck-on food with a wide blade of water that works like a liquid scraper.
Star Wars fans looking for a way to spruce up your kitchens, have I got something for you. This R2 unit doubles as a set of measuring cups and spoons.
This is most definitely the kitchen gadget you are looking for. Whether you’re baking a batch of Wookiee cookies, or cooking up Ham Solo, this is the perfect thing to help you ensure that you’re getting the right quantity of ingredients.
The officially-licensed set is made from food-grade, BPA-free ABS plastic, and includes five measuring cups and five measuring spoons of various sizes. Best of all, the little measuring droid is just $19.99(USD), and you can get it right this second over at ThinkGeek. What are you waiting for?
As far as movie sidekicks go, it’s hard to find one as invaluable as Star War’s R2-D2 was. That little droid was always in the right place, at the right time, with the right tool to save the day. And that now includes your kitchen with this R2-D2 measuring cup set that helps ensure your baking ingredients are always perfectly proportioned.
If you think back to the last time you cut yourself using something sharp, it was probably in the kitchen, not your workshop. Given how much more time we all spend in the kitchen, it makes sense that the risk of injury would be higher. So it also makes sense that someone would design a set of kitchen knives that are safer, easier, and more comfortable to use.
Unless you live in a place where snow and winter never show their ugly faces, a year-round garden is out of the question. But if your green thumb results in a surplus of herbs during the summer, you can always freeze them in this handy grinder that keeps them fresh and easy to serve during those frozen snowbound months.
It’s fair to say, not all toasters are created equal. But the Bugatti Noun is a god amongst toasters, a futurist but elegant combination of glass and chrome that would stand out in any kitchen. And it does more than just toast.
As far as newspaper ads go, the classifieds are an especially boring section of tiny text and identically spaced columns. But it doesn’t always have to be so! This ingenious little ad for Corona’s kitchens by Colombia-based designer Felipe Salazar plays with the geometry of classified ads. An entire kitchen, complete with gas hood and stove, pops right out at you. You can’t do that with Craigslist.
The world is not lacking for inexpensive kitchen knife sets—they’ve long been a staple of late-night infomercials and homeware bargain bins alike—but top-quality cutlery is much harder to come by