Over the years we've sneakily given a good chef's knife to our Moms and siblings—now when we're over cooking dinner there's always something sharp to cut with! In fact, it seems like with the recent foodie craziness we find good knives in many kitchen drawers. What's often missing? Something to keep an edge on the knife worthy of the blade. Made by perhaps one of the best kitchenware companies you've never heard of, we're fans of the Chef's Choice series of knife sharpeners. They come in a ...
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Bodum Bistro Toaster Review – Red Hot Toast
Since they first made a splash a couple of years ago, we've been intrigued by Bodum's new line of bistro products. Between their clean contemporary design, and their availability in that particular crimson that sparks both our appetite and avarice—the whole range hit us squarely in our sweet-spot. But it also triggered our suspicions and piqued our too-pretty prejudice. Would they actually work? Would that striking rubberized coating gunge up or peel off? And, which of them might we need and ...
One Pot To Rule Them All – Staub Dutch Oven Review
Staub Dutch Oven Review and Gujarati Potato Curry Recipe A few months ago we posted a general overview of Dutch Ovens. Last week, a package came in the mail from CSN stores—and today, we have a review. Cast-iron aficionados, our kitchen has slowly built up a stock of high-quality pieces from woks to crêpe pans, mostly manufactured by Le Creuset. Until recently, in fact, we might have been called partisan, we even have the spatula and salt-pig to match. But—if that's still the case, perhaps ...