Save your arm hair and fingerprints with these extra long (20 inches) barbeque skewers. Rosewood handle stays cooler than metal, so you can safely turn your kebobs without removing your fingerprints. Because really, you want to smell the delicious aroma of your food, not enter the witness protection program. Made of forged [...]

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You are so concerned about the environment that even your bottle opener is recycled.  Everywhere that you go, people follow.  Your brand of beer or soda is the one that everyone wants to drink.  When you switch brands, they switch too.  Your parties are the place to be this summer.  And fall.  And winter.  You [...]

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Roast a lof of chickens?  Then you probably use a lot of kitchen twine trying to sew up your chicken’s pelvic cavity.  This handy Food Loop Lace will make it easier and faster to get that bird where it belongs, in the oven.  With a stopper on one end and a needle-like device on the [...]

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If your sense of humor is in overdrive like mine, you will find this Holy Toast Stamper hilarious! Alter your bread from boring to miraculous in seconds with this stamp and your toaster. Simply stamp, toast and behold.  Great gag gift or to inspire yourself at breakfast!
Holy Toast Stamper – $4

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I own a Van Gogh.  This one right here.  I cut my veggies on it and then fold it up to slide them right into the saute pan.  It works beautifully and I love seeing my favorite painting ever on a daily basis.  I would own the real thing, if I could.  But, I can’t.  [...]

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Is there any difference between a colander and a strainer? I grew up in Pittsburgh (Hey, Pgh!) calling all things that strain a strainer… two nice short syllables. Then I moved to Texas and people are all like, colander this and colander that. And I was all like, Huh, what’s a [...]

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I need a 12-step program for my dinnerware habit. I know that. And, I promise to get help from a professional right away. After I get these mugs.
Do you see the peaceful beauty in this mug? Or is it just me? I think drinking from this earthenware mug every morning will [...]

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Love the big food processor, but hate to haul it out for small jobs?  Same processing ability in a smaller, lighter package is available with the Cuisinart Mini Prep Plus Food Processor. Specs include: 250 watts, 3 cup dishwasher safe bowl, patented stainless steel blade and simple to use. Make short work of all [...]

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Keep the kids hydrated and entertained this summer with these innovative drinking straws that connect to each other. Think K’Nex.  Or Tinker Toys.  You can watch your icy cold lemonade flow through your creation on the way to your awaiting pie hole.  Or lemonade hole, as it were.  The 44 dishwasher safe straw pieces [...]

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Had to scrounge for something round to use as my “burger” cutter last week when the boys and I were making this for Father’s Day. The cupcakes were perfectly round and we wanted to cut the brownies to fit the cupcake “bun”.
Didn’t have anything round in the entire kitchen.  We were smarties though.  Baked [...]

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