I bought a new toaster oven
I recently purchased this digital convection toaster oven from Cooking.com. It is nice enough, and has different buttons to activate 1, 2, or 4 slice settings. Ovens I’ve had in the past usually...
View ArticleGrilled Lemongrass Beef
Lemongrass beef is one of my all time favorites. It was a go-to staple in my household, and I ate it often and graciously growing up. Thinly sliced beef, marinated in lemon grass, garlic, chili,...
View ArticleWho’s down with OCD? Every last homey!
As part of my life long pursuit to osmotically absorb as much OCD as possible from my lovely but clinically insane wife, I recently underwent a weekend hajj to the suburbs. Namely, The Container Store,...
View ArticleUwajimaya
Today I hung out at Pioneer Place at The Apple Store, while a Genius™ diagnosed my recently serviced Macbook to determine why the optical drive decided to crap out and why the laptop for the most part...
View ArticleConvertible Fridge/Freezer
This appliance features a bottom drawer that toggles between a freezer or refrigerator with a touch of a button. That is the mostest awesomest thing I have ever seen and I must have one.
View ArticleInto the Vietnamese Kitchen
I received Andrea Nguyen’s Into the Vietnamese Kitchen as a gift some time ago, and I must say it is the best Vietnamese cookbook I’ve owned. The design, layout, and organization are all wonderful. The...
View ArticleLipstick on a pig (or, rather, cow)
A few Xmas-es ago, I got my sister and her boyfriend a Calphalon grill pan as a present. Since they live in San Francisco, amongst the beatniks, grifters, and militant hobos, they are cramped for space...
View ArticleReal Deal Holyfield
Strange but true: Evander Holyfield releases Real Deal Grill. (Engadget) Truth really is stranger than fiction: not only has one former heavyweight champion managed to make a lucrative post-boxing...
View ArticleSet it and forget it
My friend Onna informed me some time ago she actually was bored one day and ordered a Ronco Showtime Rotisserie after seeing an informercial on televion. She said it sat on her kitchen counter for a...
View ArticleI’ve never understood why a fat boxer hocks healthy cooking gadgets, but here...
George Foreman Fryer Spins Fried Food To Knock Out Fat. (Gizmodo) Foreman’s Lean Mean Fryer uses a “Smart Spin” technology after your food’s been fried to allegedly whirl out 55% of the fat absorbed...
View ArticleKaboodle
This is for us Portlanders who are currently paralyzed with fear by the recent snow and ice: Snow and cold have you stuck at home? Have shopping still to do? Let us do it for you, and we’ll ship it …...
View ArticleRound eggs
I’ve long had a round egg fetish, and was pleased when this year I was gifted with a pair of these round egg molds purchased from Crate and Barrel. Here are the results of employing the devices to top...
View ArticleEbelskiver
I recently got this Ebelskiver pan from Williams-Sonoma just to prove to myself I could be a navel-gazing self absorbed yuppie elitist if I put my mind to it. I mean, a fucking pan just to make...
View ArticleThis was a stocking stuffer
Apropos of nothing, here’s my OXO Meat thermometer. It has seemingly overcooked my last 2 roasts, but it could be user error as I don’t even know what the fuck is going on until really it reaches...
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