Having made a few cherry pies in our day with pit removal being a pain, it’s nice to find this pit remover from Oxo. The Splatter Shield protects your work area from juices and removes for cleaning. The sturdy, die-cast zinc construction removes pits with ease by pushing the pit right out the bottom. The generous cherry holder accommodates large cherries like Bing and Rainier, and is recessed to secure smaller varieties. And if you’re worried about having this in the kitchen with kids - it locks closed for convenient storage and safety.
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The Transfer Cutting Board from Chris and Ruby makes the age old problem of moving your cut foods from the cutting board to the plate a bit easier. The cutting board has a round cutout for plates and is raised up slightly allowing the plate to slide right under for food transfer. We’d like to see have an adjustable set of feet underneath the cutting board to allow for larger bowls, salads, and other things besides plates, as we usually transfer to the final place or smaller prep bowls. Via CraziestGadgets.com
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We’re always on the lookout for variety in cookie making, and having 101 colorful plastic cookie cutters will definitely help. Popular shapes for Valentine’s Day, Easter, Fourth of July, Halloween, Christmas, and YES even Super Bowl Sunday. There’s even a complete alphabet for fun cookie messages that you and the kids can make. These cookie cutters are also great for cutting out cookies, sandwiches–all kinds of foods–into different shapes; fun for crafting too and they work with play dough too. At Wilton 101-Piece Cookie Cutter Set
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The Kiwi Guard case protects that soft kiwi you’d like to eat later in the day, so when you open your lunch bag you don’t find kiwi grool. The case also features a green cutlery set to prepare and eat the kiwi whenever you want and wherever you end up. Via Random Good Stuff at Kiwi Guard
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Normally priced much higher at $299, the Nespresso Le Cube is now only $199. The Le Cube measures 9 by 8-8/9 by 9-inch, and makes an exceptional cup of espresso or lungo coffee. You can even auto-program the amount of espresso you want in each cup. The Nespresso Le Cube works with coffee-filled capsules from Nespresso, and there is 12+ flavors available, along with seasonal flavors too. At Nespresso Le Cube C185 Espresso Machine
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following products. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Thermador® Built-In Ovens Units: About 37,000 (42,000 built-in ovens were previously recalled in June 2007) Manufacturer: BSH Home Appliances Corp., of Huntington Beach, Calif. Hazard: The ovens can have gaps in the insulation where overheating can occur and when used in the self-cleaning mode it can cause nearby cabinets to catch fire. This poses a fire hazard to consumers. Incidents/Injuries: BSH Home Appliances has received three additional reports of incidents, including two that resulted in fires that damaged surrounding cabinets.
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Ekokook’s entire layout has been well thought out with fresh vegetable storage, water conservation, container gardening, waste sorting, recycling, and composting in mind. Each bin does some green function including a built-in compost ready locker to ensure you’ll return the unused food back to mother earth. We also love the lines of the design with bright white and chartreuse green colors screaming modern and eco-friendly. If you combine the Ekokook with the Cornucopia food replicator of the future , we think you’ll have the best of the eco and future world’s of cooking. Via Gizmodo at Inhabitat
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The Fusionbrand IceOrb, vertical ice cube maker,chills, serves, stores, and makes ice. The Iceorb will make 21 cubes of ice on its vertical wall and will store up to 51 cubes. Simply remove the inner bucket and fill the orb with water to the indicated fill line. Place bucket back in the orb (displacing the water), place lid on and pop into the freezer. Once frozen, again pull out the bucket, pop the ice cubes out of the wall and either use, or store inside the bucket. The orb doubles as a wine bucket or as a serving vessel. The orb is top rack dishwasher safe. At Fusionbrands Ice Orb Silicone Vertical Ice Cube Tray
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At just $17.95, the Finger tongs are silicone cooking tongs you wear on your hand, making it look like a giant puppet. The finger tong slides on to either your right or left hand and gives precise control when flipping food, turning sausage, stir-frying, etc. Tongs are 7 in length and are dishwasher safe. At bookofjoe at Finger Tongs
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These cool bread cutters will keep your young ones interested in having sandwiches, and interested in solving the sandwich puzzle presented to them - do they eat the left or right piece? The sandwich cutters are a set of 4 puzzle pieces, and since you’ll be throwing the crust to the side, make sure and use it for bread crumbs or stuff. The cutters are higher than a regular cookie cutter so they easily cut through two pieces of bread without flattening the sandwich. It’s available for $16 . Via Gizmodiva
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