Perfect for scooping things out of rectangular containers with flat walls, but not so great with anything round, the real claim-to-fame of David Adler’s Kafolda spoon is that it arrives as a perfectly flat piece of stainless steel and some assembly required.
     |
Created roughly 4,000-5,000 years ago in China, the earliest versions of something like chopsticks were used for cooking (they’re perfect for reaching into pots full of hot water or oil) and were most likely made from twigs. While it’s difficult to nail down a firm date, it would seem it wasn’t until around 500-400 AD that they began being used as table utensils.
| |
The next time someone scoffs at your suggestion of going to brunch, you can whip out this pair of unbelievably awesome butterfly knife utensils, perform a few flashy tricks, and remind them it’s a meal to be taken as seriously as breakfast and lunch.
| |
It’s hard to have a decent meal when you’re traveling or are spending extended periods of time outdoors, where you might not have access to tableware and basic utensils like a spoon and a fork.
The designer behind Pop-up Tableware aims to change that with this relatively simple but ingenious concept. In its unfolded version, the Pop-up Tableware looks just like an A4-sized folder.
Once it is opened, a hexagonal bowl pops up. A spoon and fork can be removed from the folder, which also serves as a place mat. With a few quick folds, the spoon and fork are transformed into three-dimensional utensils.
Pop-up Tableware is a 2013 Red Dot Design Award winner. It was designed by See Yew Siang.
[via Red Dot]
When you’re working your way through all the ingredients in a complex recipe, you can easily lose track of how much of this or that you’ve measured. Or at least Japanese designer Atsuhiro Hayashi does, which inspired him to create a set of measuring spoons with numbers in relief that leave no question as to how much has been portioned.
| |
Your parents probably weren’t too keen when you were cramming food in your mouth at the dinner table like a feral child. But you’re all grown up now; you can eat however you want. And if that includes the use of a spoon that looks like the heavy-duty scoop you’ll find on a construction site backhoe, so be it.
| |
I’m sure you’ve gone on first dates before. And I’m sure you’ve learned the hard way that first dates usually go worse the more you like the person you’re with. Most dates involve eating a meal – and where there’s food, there’s bound to be accidents – usually the messy kind.
With this in mind, Cristina Guardiola redesigned your typical utensils to come up with First Date Cutlery that’s guaranteed to get you through that first date without using the wrong knife or using the dessert spoon for your soup.
Cristina explains that the set adheres “directly to appropriate advice in Debrett’s Etiquette, enhancing the prospect of correct use and diminishing that of an unfortunate faux-pas.” So with etiquette worries out of the way, you should be safe, right?
The soup spoon encourages you to drink from the proper side of the spoon, thus reducing messy spills, while the knife and fork are magnetic, which allows you to place them neatly on the plate so you can take breaks to chat with your date.
The dessert spoon that comes with the set offers up a little reward too, as it was apparently “made for two people sharing one dish.” Well, I honestly think that’s moving a little too fast for comfort, but hey, I’m not one to judge.
It doesn’t matter what you’re buying, everyone wants to get as much bang for their buck as possible. And what looks like a set of three pieces of plastic cookware actually turns into six with nothing more than a gentle squeeze. It’s like having the Transformers in your kitchen, minus the epic Michael Bay level of destruction.
| |
I suppose part of the fun when it comes to eating spaghetti would be manually spinning your fork round and round, hoping to get one long and unbroken strand of spaghetti onto your fork so that you would have a fantastic time chewing on that one mouthful. Even more so when the spaghetti itself is perfectly cooked, being springy without breaking up all too easily, and has soaked in the flavors of the gravy. Well, in another way where life gets more and more automated would be the $29.95 Spinning Spaghetti Fork.
A set of these Spinning Spaghetti Forks are pretty much self explanatory – these are motorized forks which can rotate to twirl strands of spaghetti, ensuring that you end up with a perfectly neat bite all the time. There is a thumb-activated button which is located on the handle itself that will send the prongs to turn at a rate of 22 rpm, allowing it to smoothly wind pasta into a mess-free mouthful. This eliminates the need to fumble in an awkward manner with a helper spoon, and neither do you have to slurp up long noodles. It handles just about any other gauge of stringed pasta, including linguini, fettuccine, and vermicelli. Each purchase comprises of a set of two Spinning Spaghetti Forks, and they will individually be powered by a couple of AAA batteries.
[ Spinning Spaghetti Forks automates your dining session copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]
There’s an eternal battle going on in my head on what’s the greatest utensil in the entire world
| |
This is site is run by Sascha Endlicher, M.A., during ungodly late night hours. Wanna know more about him? Connect via Social Media by jumping to about.me/sascha.endlicher.
