Kitchen Gadget

What Knives Do Chefs Prefer?

Aug 4th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Chef, Kitchen Gadget, Lead Story, Technique

As with most professions, you need the right tool for the the right job. Professional chefs are no different. Knives are an extension of a chef’s hand, and should be treated with respect; kept sharp and clean; used on an appropriate cutting surface; and handled and stored in a safe manner. Read the rest of [...]



Transformer for the Sushi Bar

May 29th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Food, Kitchen Gadget, Lead Story

From Wired News Gadget Lab and Tuvie (a website dedicated to talking about techs and gadgets) comes the Unrollable Metal Chopstick.

Designer Jacky Wu Tung Chih’s concept transforms a simple flat piece of stainless steel into a chopstick, a straw, and a bracelet?



Alder Planked Salmon

Feb 1st, 2009 | By admin | Category: Food, Kitchen Gadget, Recipes, Seafood, Sustainable Cuisine

Nothing matches the taste of salmon cooked on wood. It’s primal, capturing the essence of the both the fish and the wood. This slow cooking method is surprising easy and produces a sightly smoky-sweet, exceedingly moist and amazingly flavorful piece of salmon.



The Sustainable Pantry

Jan 23rd, 2009 | By thesustainablekitchen | Category: Food, Food Policy, Kitchen Gadget, Sustainable Cuisine, sustainable, vegetables

5 Items We All Need For a Well Stocked Green Cupboard The most sustainable way to keep a fully stocked pantry is to buy in bulk, buy local, preserve the harvest and store it all in glass containers. Mark Bittman recently wrote in his New York Times blog, …if your goal is to cook and [...]



5 Eco-Friendly Kitchen Gadget Everyone Needs

Jan 19th, 2009 | By thesustainablekitchen | Category: Kitchen Gadget, Lead Story, sustainable

Everyone loves kitchen gadgets but most are over-priced, useless and annoying? As Kim Severson of the San Franciso Chronicle wrote, More often than not, tools that offer a clever solution to a vexing kitchen problem are used once or twice and then relegated to the place all bad kitchen gadgets go to die — the [...]