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Wednesday, April 2, 2008
What’s your new favorite kitchen gadget?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Everyone has an obsession. For people that love to cook that often means filling their kitchens with nifty products designed to dazzle and amuse… and hopefully help get dinner on the table at little bit easier.
I admit I buy into the gadget dynamic to a degree. I couldn’t live (as a cook) without my food processor and kitchen-aid mixer. I view those as must-haves, but there are a few “non-essentials” that I’ve been loving recently.
Microplanes are a huge favorite. Having had a tendency to scrape my knuckles until they were bleeding whenever I used a box grater, I dreaded any recipe that called for lemon zest. With my microplane I don’t even bat an eye when a recipe calls for a cup of zest.
My favorite big gadget is a water carbonator. I confess I am a bubbly water addict. Lugging 2-liter bottles of seltzer from the supermarket wasn’t good for either my back or the environment. This nifty product, from Soda Club has truly changed my life. It comes with 2 refillable bottles that you carbonate whenever you feel like it (there’s also added flavoring that you can use to make soda).
Are you a minimalist or a collector when it comes to stocking your kitchen drawers? Is anything indispensable for helping you get dinner on the table? What do you have that’s fun to look at, but you haven’t gotten quite as much use out of it as you thought you would?
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