What do you get the jolly baker who already has everything? How about some silicone cupcake molds in the shape of pants that look like an overweight person when you bake muffins in them? They’re called "Muffin Tops," and they go on sale in October.
If jerky, dried fruit, and dried vegetables aren’t dietary staples for you, they should be. Enduring edibles are equally handy on camping trips, in an office, or on your couch in your underwear. For 20 years, the Ronco Food Dehydrator
When the craving for Ramen noodles hits, no one wants to have to wait for minutes on end before they can enjoy a bowl of salty goodness. So Tiger, maker of some of the most advanced rice cookers
If you think about it, meals are kind of absurd because they have to happen every day. I love eating and I really love cooking, but three or more times a day every day? That just seems like a lot. Yet somehow it happens, because we need to sustain ourselves. Or whatever. Giz posts a lot of awesome
Towels in the kitchen. Where do you put them? Some people put them on the oven handle, other’s on the fridge handle. But what if you don’t have a handle on your fridge door? That’s where these Stick ‘Em Magnet towels come in handy.
You don’t want your towel to end up on the floor, but in the kitchen that is a serious possibility. The Full Circle Stick ‘Em Magnet Kitchen Towel will attach itself to the fridge so that it’s always handy.
They say that it’s super soft, absorbent, and the best news is that it will cost you around $12(USD). Why sew a magnet onto your own towel, when you can just buy one? Who needs the extra work? This handy towel will make life easier.
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With replicators in every room, the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise technically didn’t need to cook anything while away on their missions. But such technology is well beyond our grasp at the moment, and the daily task of prepping meals is thankfully made slightly less mundane when you’ve got the Enterprise in hand to flip flapjacks.
The one tool you don’t want to skimp on when equipping a kitchen is a knife. A high-quality sharp blade can make cooking and food prep considerably more enjoyable, but so can a set of novelty kitchen knives that look like sheathed miniature samurai swords.
You know that incredibly satisfying feeling you get when a lawnmower finally starts on the second or third yank of its pull cord? You can relive that exact same experience in your kitchen when making salsa or guacamole with this chopper that shreds your veggies as you yank on its plastic handle that’s tethered to a similar pull cord.
The scariest thing in your kitchen—besides maybe the biggest, sharpest knives—is chicken juice; ain’t nobody want salmonella. And what better way to have fun with that fear than by having a hand towel that looks eerily similar to a slimey, raw chicken carcass? "Yeah, just rub this on your hands and everything will be fine."
If you’re attempting to outfit a kitchen with a limited budget and even less space, Joseph Joseph has put together this lovely nine-piece Nest kit that stacks like a matryoshka doll for easy storage. The $150 set includes two stainless steel mixing bowls with non-slip bottoms, a fine mesh sieve, a large colander, and five plastic measuring spoons ranging from a teaspoon to a full cup.