Hasta La Gadget!

It seems a little counter-intuitive for a product that’s designed to promote healthy snacking, but Philips has updated its AirFryer cooker with the XL model that boasts 50 percent more capacity and 30 percent faster cook times—encouraging users to gorge themselves even more. But whipping up a batch of crispy fries or potato chips still only requires about 80 percent less fat than regular deep frying methods—so in the long run your heart still wins. More »

If you’d rather enjoy a cup of coffee or a mug of tea as soon as you make it—instead of painstakingly sipping at the scalding beverage until you can tolerate the heat—your plight has officially been resolved. Bonavita’s variable temperature kettles let you specify exactly how hot you want your water. More »

Cooking is usually fun for those who’re good at it. However, often the novice cooks may wants to try their hands on a few delicacies in a test environment. What can be better than doing it in a virtual environment and gauging your cooking skills before venturing for the real deal?

Japanese researchers have made this possible by creating a cool cooking simulator. The simulator essentially brings together technology and cooking in a frying pan which is linked to  a number of sensors. [movie in the full post] (more…)

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Not all recipes call for precise measurements, or require you to painstakingly weigh out every single ingredient. So Joseph Joseph’s new TriScale is the perfect tool for measuring ingredients without gobbling up a big chunk of countertop real estate when it’s not in use. More »

Apparently the twist to grind method that handheld spice mills have employed for years was in need of improvement. At least that’s what the designers of the MillMii grinder must have been thinking when they designed a mill that you have to rub between your hands instead of twisting. More »