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Cuber makes quick work of Hass avocados
The Williams Sonoma Avocado Cuber works best on fruit of a certain size and shape. Read more
The Williams Sonoma Avocado Cuber works best on fruit of a certain size and shape. Read more
Urban Trend’s Fruzen Ice Cream Scoop looks — and works — like a standard ice cream scoop, but instead of rounded edges like a spoon, the Fruzen has a zinc alloy “power tip” with angled sides like a shovel. It easily slides through hard ice cream. Read more
The Dripo took six hours and 17 minutes for ice to melt and water to seep through two filters and ground coffee to create a finished drink. Read more
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Proctor Silex’s Durable Hot Pot boasts on its packaging that it is “Faster Than a Microwave,” so I had to see whether it was true. Read more
OXO’s device (also known as the Tot Grape Cutter on oxo.com and bedbathandbeyond.com) quarters fruit quickly and easily with a single push by the thumb. Read more
With cherry season just beginning, I was excited to receive Chef’n’s Quickpit cherry pitter. Read more
Dreamfarms Garject Lite improves on the garlic press with its self-cleaning component. Read more
I thought I’d happened on a spectacular find in Kai House Select’s roasted chestnut peeler, a way to save my uncles the trouble of splitting open chestnuts with their teeth. Read more
For cooks hesitant to use mandolines for safety reasons, Kuhn Rikon’s Easy Cut may be the ideal device. Read more
A mango-slicing gadget seemed like the perfect tool for someone like me — I love mango but am sensitive to the sap. Read more
A reader emailed asking for a good “lemon squeezer.” Read more
At a price of $9.99 this gadget was worth a try. Read more
Rapid Brands’ Rapid Rice Cooker promises “Perfect Instant Rice in 3 Minutes!” — not to be mistaken for perfect rice, instantly. Read more
Makers of the NuWave fryer state that it “fries” foods without fat or oil, using “hot air with high-speed air circulation. Read more
Dole claims that its Yonanas “turns any frozen fruit into soft serve” — similar to the nondairy banana soft serve offered at Banan on University Avenue. Read more
I enjoy eating corn on the cob, but it’s a pain to remove the corn silk. Read more
This week I would like to share two favorite gadgets of our readers. Read more
While the the Casabella Exact Egg Boiler does work, there were some stumbling blocks, so its usefulness will depend on the operator. Read more
Chef’n has created a mandoline that lessens the hazards of using such a device. Read more
When I opened the Egg-Tastic box, I knew there was hope for this microwave scrambled egg maker. Read more
A couple of people who’d seen the Flippin’ Fantastic commercial wanted to know if it really was fantastic. Read more
