I guess you can’t blame a company for cashing in on a catchy trend. Facebook’s “Like” button is everywhere, and everyone is liking stuff—as much ironically as genuinely (which can get a little weird). More »
When it was time for Serena Thompson—a contributing editor at Country Living Magazine—to upgrade her farmhouse kitchen, she wanted to find ways to maximize the space while still keeping it functional. Which led to the creation of this fantastic cutting board drawer that sits atop a second bag-lined drawer for catching food scraps. More »
The Sodastream Jet Starter Kit will turn tap water into sparkling water in only 30 seconds. This soda maker provides an endless supply of sparkling water for your family. The SodaStream Jet Starter Kit bundles the soda maker with a 60L carbonator and a carbonating bottle. When the CO2 carbonator is empty, you can simply visit the SodaStream website to purchase a new CO2 cylinder. SodaStream collects your empty cylinder and returns it to the filling facility where it is cleaned, inspected and refilled. The Sodastream Jet Starter Kit retails for just $82.11 a pop. [Amazon]
Two things you always seem to need but that always seem to grow legs and scuttle away: can openers and bottle openers. This handy well-made tool from Kuhn Rikon combines both of those into one. Problem solved! More »
If you’re incredibly anal when it comes to evenly slicing up a cake, pie, or pastry for your dinner guests, prepare to have your mind blown by Animi Causa’s new precision divider. More »
There’s a very good thing going on in the realm of tea steepers, right now. This little spa man tea infuser is perfectly brilliant. And now there’s a deep sea diver—the Deep Tea Diver ($14.95)—who’ll soak your leaves Steve Zissou-style! [LikeCool] More »
Seemingly forgetting that 99 percent of the time microwaves are used to reheat pizza, make popcorn, or nuke a frozen dinner, LG has crammed more functionality into its Lightwave Oven than frozen dinner diners will ever need. More »
If the fear of accidentally lopping off a finger keeps you from experimenting in the kitchen, designer Rowan Williams’ Pego cutting board concept should fill you with more culinary confidence. It has a clever movable peg design that holds what you’re cutting for you, so your fingers never get anywhere close to the blade. More »
I think hamburgers and hot dogs are fine as they are. But if you’ve ever wanted to eat your hamburgers just as you’d eat hot dogs, then there’s something called the Ham Dogger that’ll help you do it.
The Ham Dogger is shaped like an empty hot dog bun. The space is where you’re supposed to put your raw hamburger patty mixture in so you can shape the patties like – you guessed it! – hot dogs. The product page boasts that you won’t have to buy two different kinds of buns ever again, which is economical (if not a little silly) in a sense.
It’s available online from Amazon for about $10(USD), but if you don’t want to fork over ten bucks for it, then you can probably just roll your patties this way and that to achieve the same hot dog effect.
Maybe you have an apartment the size of a dollhouse. Or maybe you just like to keep everything out of view. Either way, Kitchoo’s Compact Kitchens condense appliances and storage space together into very small, sleek packages. More »
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