They might be the future of cooking, but for some reason induction cooktops limit where you can place your pots, like the burners on a traditional stove. Siemens is breaking free of those constraints with a new design that boasts an all-encompassing cooking surface.
Once the smell of freshly baked bread starts wafting through the house, there’s nothing more agonising than having to wait to dig in. So designer Tal Zur has come up with an incredibly ingenius way to shave a few precious seconds off the wait for a freshly sliced loaf.
If you’re cooking with a mediocre knife, you don’t know what you’re missing until you use one that’s really top-notch. It’s a whole different game. Shun makes some of the highest-quality cutlery, and its new Hiro Santoku will have you slicing like a pro.
Thanks to a set of four large rubber wheels and an extremely compact design, the Cuebe grill can be easily rolled to wherever grilled meat is on the menu. It’s a portable kitchen devoted to steak and burgers, but with an added healthy twist.
Induction cooktops can rapidly, powerfully heat a skillet. If you don’t stare at your stove, you can easily burn food to a crisp. A new induction cooktop adds greater control to the operation with preset cooking modes and a wireless sensor that monitors the cookware’s temperature.
Artists Ryosuke Fukusada and Rui Pereira created this tiny furniture waffle mould as a commentary on all the new — and unnecessary — chairs and lamps being announced at an upcoming design show. And we applaud their efforts, but wish they had made these moulds life-size.
Candy apples? Your days are numbered. There’s a new candidate for greatest treat-on-a-stick that doesn’t try to sneak fresh fruit in with our calorie-laden snacks — the Babycakes Pie Pop maker, which we wholeheartedly endorse.
Unsheathe thy sword, valiant soldier! Go forth into the wilderness, slay a formidable beast and tonight we shall dine like kings. Er, I mean, season two is here, so let’s make mead and and cook up recipes from this batch of Game of Thrones cookbooks.
Smoked meat is delicious, but most people don’t have the room in their homes, let alone their budgets, to buy a hefty smoker. But if you’re jonesin’ for that delicious flavour, Hammacher Shlemmer has your number, and you don’t even have to slave away all afternoon building a fire or getting the grill to the perfect temperature.
