LED Placemats can’t hold a candle to… well, a candle

Oh, the lowly placemat. It sits underneath our plates, garnering none of the attention reserved for the attention hog that is our dinner plate. (Even more so if actual hog is involved). Whatever pork dish you may prefer, it will have to share in the limelight if you are using these LED Placemats from Sylvania.… Continue reading LED Placemats can’t hold a candle to… well, a candle

There’s now a reason to show off your ladle

Most utensils suffer from a lack of notoriety. It’s not the fault of any particular cooking implement; most are resigned to spend their time buried in the junk utensil drawer. While utensils, in general, do not seek out the limelight, they could use a little more face time with the kitchen. Yesterday I wrote about… Continue reading There’s now a reason to show off your ladle

Swissarmius brings the utensil drawer into the open

Has your utensil drawer decayed into a mish-mash of semi-pointed objects in which the needed tool is always just out of reach? Admit it, it’s easy to stay unorganized when it comes to cooking tools that we can store out of sight. Perhaps the best thing might be to bring the dark corners of your… Continue reading Swissarmius brings the utensil drawer into the open

Retrosink: Pac-Man drinking glasses

Here’s a blast from the past: Pac-Man Drinking Glasses. You may not be able to pick these up new anymore, but they’re still around. I stumbled across this recent eBay auction and thought they deserved a mention. Plus they look so damn cool. These fine glasses are meant only for the discerning consumer, of course.… Continue reading Retrosink: Pac-Man drinking glasses

The inventor of the personal microwave is… Heinz?

There are portable microwaves already on the market, but those suck up a lot of juice. Since these contraptions require a lot of power, you see them designed for cars, boats and the like. The Beanzawave changes all that and brings microwaveability to the desktop, powered only by a USB connection. The mini-mic is only… Continue reading The inventor of the personal microwave is… Heinz?