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Seven High-Tech Ways to Cook a Turkey

The most important part of your Thanksgiving meal is the bird. It’s the centerpiece of every Turkey-day related piece of pop culture from Norman Rockwell illustrations to Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. But just because it’s traditional, doesn’t mean the way you prepare it has to be. Here are seven totally techie ways to get your delicious…

Tech News Leslie Horn Nov 21

Can You Make an Authentic Twinkie at Home?

The Great Twinkie Panic of 2012 seems to be over, but we were worried. Is it possible, in case of need, to craft scientifically authentic Twinkies at home? Last week, Hostess Brands, Inc. announced it was going out of business, raising fears of an orphaned Twinkie the Kid, inciting Twinkie runs on eBay, and turning…

Tech News Colin Lecher - Popular Science Nov 21

7 Essential Items To Make Your Thanksgiving Feast Prep a Breeze

There are two schools of thought to Thanksgiving preparation. You can spend weeks hunting down the perfect recipes, the freshest ingredients, and begin prepping the arduous feast well in advance of November 22. Or, you can run out to the grocery store the day before, pay a huge markup for a frozen turkey, and spend…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Nov 20

An Incredibly Hot Woman Who Is A Fantastic Cook Is Here to Answer All Your Thanksgiving Questions

How do you celebrate Thanksgiving? With a cardboard-dry turkey and some Stove Top? I pity you. But it’s only Wednesday, and I can still help you make a fantastic holiday dinner. I know how to do this. I’ll be here for the next hour to help you make the best Thanksgiving dinner ever. What are…

Tech News KitchenAide Nov 20

Butterball Cookbook Plus: Learn How to Cook Your Turkey Day Bird

Thanksgiving is a lot of pressure. You have to cook and you have to entertain weird distant relatives. You can have help with at least some of that with Butterball’s cookbook app. What does it do? Gives you recipes, how-to videos, and the ever important instructions on just how you’re supposed to cook that bird.…

Tech News Leslie Horn Nov 13

Learning About Knives with This App Will Make You a Better Cook

Cooking ain’t easy! But if you want to get better, you have to start somewhere and that somewhere should probably be your knife skills. With Kitchen Knife Skills, an iOS app, you’ll stop accidentally chopping your fingers and start learning slick tricks to make you a better cook. Kitchen Knife Skills is a beautiful app…

Tech News Casey Chan Nov 8

How Induction Cooktops Make Meals with Magnets

It’s a disgrace—98 percent of US households still cook food over crude heat like a bunch of cave-dwelling heathens. Well, the 21st century is no place for such pyromantic parlor tricks. We’ve harnessed the power of electricity, and adapted it for the next wave of culinary hardware—induction ranges. Here’s how they can drag our sorry…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Nov 6

A Sleek Scale For Your Kitchen (Or Modern Art Museum)

You want to be a precise chef, and you know that a cup is not always a foolproof cup, depending on your equipment and your method of measuring. In order to be as accurate as possible, you’ll want to invest in a scale, like this one made by industrial designer Jacob Jensen. It’s no surprise…

Tech News Leslie Horn Oct 16

These Baseball Glove Oven Mitts Give New Meaning to Hot Corner

Even if your team has already been eliminated from the playoffs, you can keep the season going in your kitchen with this brilliant pair of baseball-themed oven mitts. Made from flame and heatproof materials instead of leather, they could be the perfect consolation prize if your team didn’t win the pennant. The detailed screenprint makes…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Oct 15

Guitar Skillet Lets You Cook Steak Like a Rockstar

Kitchenware might be practical, but it isn’t nearly enough fun. Fortunately, cookware company Lodge has decided to change that by creating a seasoned guitar-shaped cast iron skillet at its Tennessee foundry. Lodge refers to it as a mini skillet, and it isn’t wrong: at a mere 11 inches, end-to-end, you’ll struggle to fit a family’s…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Oct 12

How to Flip Food in a Pan

Some of you probably already know this but if you’re a new kid in the kitchen, here’s a great explainer on how to flip food in a pan: It’s not an up and down motion! You don’t lift the pan AT ALL. Instead, just slide the pan quickly back and forth and you’ll get the…

Tech News Casey Chan Oct 4

Resurrect Your Grandma’s Kitchen With a Classic Kobenstyle Casserole

Before most people were familiar with Ikea, they knew Scandinavian design through Jens Quistgaard—the man behind Kobenstyle cookware—a 1950s fixture. Now that style is back, in the form of this bold red four quart Kobenstyle Casserole. Honestly, it’s the kind of thing you could have probably inherited from your grandmother, but if you didn’t have…

Tech News Leslie Horn Sep 26

Wooden Guitar Spoons: Stir Your Hashbrowns Like Hendrix

Whether you prefer the sound of acoustic or electric guitars, Kikkerland’s got you covered with this set of beechwood spoons shaped like the iconic instruments. Without ever having to learn the scales, or repeatedly pluck your way through Polly Wolly Doodle, you’ll be cooking up a symphony in the kitchen. Or, if it’s just you…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Sep 25

The Harder You Press, the Faster This Food Processor Chops

As beautiful as Kenwood’s CH250 food processor will look on your kitchen counters with its brushed die-cast steel finish, it’s not all about appearances. Inside you’ll find a set of four stainless steel blades instead of just two, powered by a 500 watt motor that should in theory chop and crush in half the time.…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Sep 20

Talking Measuring Cup Will Never Critique Your Kitchen Skills

Everyone can use an assistant in the kitchen, but not one that constantly critiques your cooking skills—or lack thereof. So instead of hiring a sous chef, just put that money towards this $60 talking measuring cup that announces the weight or volume of ingredients as they’re added. It works with either wet or dry ingredients,…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Sep 18

Sliding Chopper Keeps Your Fingers Well Clear of Its Rocking Blades

If you’re looking for as many shortcuts as possible to becoming a whiz in the kitchen, this concept chopper makes short work of meats, vegetables, or whatever needs dicing. And you don’t need to spend months honing your knife skills or constantly replacing bandages. Designed by Andreas Kalt for the iF Design awards, the tool’s…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Sep 13

A Waffle Maker To Help You Through a Lifetime of Hangovers

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Especially after a night of drinking. And those often bleak mornings will be made better after you’ve eaten to soak up all the alcohol—like waffles. For that of course you need a waffle iron, and no shock that All-Clad has a really good offering. It comes…

Tech News Leslie Horn Sep 10

Gojee: Make a Meal With the Scraps in Your Pantry

You can get stuck in a rut in the kitchen where you end up making the same boring dishes night after night. If you find yourself in this position, Gojee will save your from culinary boredom. What does it do? It offers up different recipes for drinks or food based on either what you’re craving…

Tech News Leslie Horn Sep 10

Dedicated Pepper Prep Tool Rescues Utterly Incompetent Chefs

Before the Food Network, it was Julia Child’s cooking show that encouraged America to ditch their TV dinners and get back to experimenting in the kitchen. And it worked, although it encouraged inventors to come up with a glut of overly-specialized food prep tools that promise to make life in the kitchen a lot easier.…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Sep 6

This Giant Sharpener Could Be the Safest Way To Peel Your Vegetables

School supplies like scissors, compasses, even binders, all have the potential for injury. But have you ever heard of someone hurting themselves with a pencil sharpener? Probably not, which is why this Karoto carrot/cucumber/other elongated vegetable peeler is a stroke of genius. It’s essentially nothing more than the sharpener you used to hone your colored…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Sep 4

Seven High-Tech Ways to Cook a Turkey

Can You Make an Authentic Twinkie at Home?

7 Essential Items To Make Your Thanksgiving Feast Prep a Breeze

An Incredibly Hot Woman Who Is A Fantastic Cook Is Here to Answer All Your Thanksgiving Questions

Butterball Cookbook Plus: Learn How to Cook Your Turkey Day Bird

Learning About Knives with This App Will Make You a Better Cook

How Induction Cooktops Make Meals with Magnets

A Sleek Scale For Your Kitchen (Or Modern Art Museum)

These Baseball Glove Oven Mitts Give New Meaning to Hot Corner

Guitar Skillet Lets You Cook Steak Like a Rockstar

How to Flip Food in a Pan

Resurrect Your Grandma’s Kitchen With a Classic Kobenstyle Casserole

Wooden Guitar Spoons: Stir Your Hashbrowns Like Hendrix

The Harder You Press, the Faster This Food Processor Chops

Talking Measuring Cup Will Never Critique Your Kitchen Skills

Sliding Chopper Keeps Your Fingers Well Clear of Its Rocking Blades

A Waffle Maker To Help You Through a Lifetime of Hangovers

Gojee: Make a Meal With the Scraps in Your Pantry

Dedicated Pepper Prep Tool Rescues Utterly Incompetent Chefs

This Giant Sharpener Could Be the Safest Way To Peel Your Vegetables

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