GADGET: The New Egg Timer

There’s a new egg timer on the market, one that’s purely visual. We’ve been enjoying the new Taylor Egg Timer. Simply place the timer into the water when cooking eggs on the stove top. The colors will change, indicating when you have soft, medium or hard boiled eggs. Internal sensors in these 21st century egg…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Share A Favorite Gadget

For an inexpensive holiday gift or stocking stuffer, give one of your favorite kitchen gadgets—one that most people probably don’t have, but you wouldn’t want to be without. Last year for us it was a serrated peeler, two years ago a mushroom brush. But this year, it’s going to be a Wavy Knife from Crisp…
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GIFT: “Chocolate” Swiss Army Knife

A Swiss Army Knife for the chocolate lover. Photo courtesy Victorinox.   Who knew there were so many styles of Swiss Army Knife? We’ve seen them in occasional colors beyond black and the signature red. But there are 99 different designs, from animal prints and flowers to camouflage and skateboards. For the chocolate lover, the…
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FOOD FUN: Party Plate Decals For Any Occasion

Just a few of the Christmas decal choices. Photo courtesy Create UR Plate.   We absolutely love this line of plate decals, created by party planner Sandy Casey of Create UR Plate. Hundreds of choices let you tailor your dishes to any party occasion. The “magic” comes from adhesive decals, which adhere to the base…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Serrated Peeler

Every kitchen has a standard vegetable peeler to slice the skin from carrots, cucumbers, potatoes and other veggies. But there’s also a serrated peeler, which works better on softer produce like mangoes, nectarines, peaches, plums and that toughest of peeling challenges, tomatoes. Most home cooks who have both use the word “love,” as in, “I…
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