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The more sophisticated rice cookers double as slow cookers. Photo courtesy Blendworx. An electric rice cooker can make fluffy, light, perfect rice every time, without the stove top mess-ups that some people encounter when trying to cook rice. You don’t have to lower the flame and watch that the water doesn’t boil over. Just…
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Have fun with it! Photo courtesy OpenSky.com. Typically we avoid gadgets that clutter up drawers and have limited use (mango slicer, anyone?). But FunBites is a new kitchen tool that cuts food into 12 perfect bite-sized squares that make food fun for kids and adults alike. The curved blade cutter and matching popper top…
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If you’ve been to restaurants or parties where the drinks are served in canning jars, you can be just as trendy at home or on the go. And you can do it with an improved approach: a spillproof drinking lid adapter. The Cuppow is a new invention that lets you up-cycle a canning jar into…
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Cookies on parchment paper. Photo courtesy King Arthur. We’ve gotten a few inquiries about waxed paper versus parchment paper. The easiest way to remember which to use is that wax melts when it’s near heat. So: Parchment paper can take the heat. It’s thinly coated with silicone, which is nonstick and heat-resistant. It’s nonstick,…
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Your coconut cake deserves fresh-grated coconut. Photo courtesy Taste Of Home. Here’s the recipe. Recently, the folks at Microplane wrote to tell us that their Microplane Elite Extra Coarse Grater was terrific for grating coconut. The grater has large grating holes that give fresh coconut a texture similar to commercial shredded coconut—but if you’re…
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