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Homemade tostadas trapped quick with this skimmer
Jumbo-sized turner can flip over dinner
Tongs gently grab and lock tight with it’s springs
These are a few of my favorite things…
Calphalon Stainless Skimmer allows me to easily grab those tortilla chips I’ve been making lately. Why am I doing that when they have perfectly good tortilla chips at the [...]
Don’t want to scratch the surface of that shiny new pancake griddle, do you? You need this large, flexible, silicone pancake turner to flip ‘em. Heat resistant to 600 degrees F. Dishwasher safe, of course.
Click here for a REALLY great recipe using this cooking tool.
Oxo Good Grips Pancake Turner – $9
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When I was a kid, my mom used to threaten us with a wooden spoon…this was back in the day when parents thought kids needed a good smack every now and then. Now parents believe more in the wine-not-whine form of discipline. If they would have had THESE spoons during my childhood (aka the [...]
Must admit it…I was creeped out by the movie Edward Scissorhands…yes, that was produced in 1990, when I was young and wrinkle-free. Edward Salad Hands by Totally Bamboo remind me of the scissorhands, but imagine all the salad you could scoop up. These days, it’s more salad, less pie. Made of bamboo, not a single [...]
I don’t even want to admit all the pie I’ve sucked down in the last week. Luscious lemon meringue. Tangy lemon cream. Perfect pumpkin. Then came the apple…OMG, so good. And I’m pretty sure Ms. Manners would not be happy to know that I clawed the nuts and dark chocolate chunks out of the chocolate [...]
I must have something wrong with my heating and cooling system because I am always cold. Except when it’s 100 degrees outside, then I am just chilly. That’s how I can survive here living in a place as hot as hell. So, imagine my frozen numb fingers when it actually gets below 85 degrees. Blue [...]
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Yes, I have a juvenile sense of humor…you’re just NOW getting that? Anyway, entertain in style with this set of stainless steel cheese knives. Hard, soft or semi…this 4-piece cheese knife set will handle it with glee. Ergonomic handles. Dishwasher safe.
Goes beautifully with the slate cheese tray I posted about yesterday, if you want my [...]
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Now, THAT’S a knife. If you can’t afford to eat at the expensive steak houses anymore, you can fake it with these custom engraved steak knives. These are the actual real knives used in the finest steak houses in the land. Can be personalized with individual names or company names. Make a great gift for [...]
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It’s Halloween…what else did you expect? Spiders for the Cure? No. Knives, of course. BUT. These are for slicing and dicing food, not useful as a Halloween costume prop.
This set comes complete with 4 knives: a 6-inch chef, 5.5-inch serrated, 4.5-inch santoku and a 3.5-inch parer as well as a wooden block for safe keeping. [...]
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You know how your pizza toppings fall all over the place when you have a loaded pizza and you try to lift it a slice off the pan? Well, keep those toppings where they belong with this dual duty pizza slicer & server. This cool invention combines kitchen shears with a wedge-shaped spatula so you [...]
