The Cook’s Kitchen

Hey there, interested in getting a kitchen makeover? Got a mess that needs cleaning? The Bounty One Sheet Challenge is just what you need. Here’s how it works:
Put one new sheet of Bounty to the test on any household mess, share the details on onesheetchallenge.com and you could win a $30,000 kitchen makeover. For more information […]

These things are just plain cute. I’ve used them in restaurants where you cook the food for yourself at the table. It’s fun and seems like it would be great for a party. Chop up some veggies and slice some proteins and give everybody the opportunity to make up their own meals.

It comes with a stainless […]

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Cooks Illustrated have done their usually thorough head to head testing to determine which charcoal burns hottest. Let’s see what they found out…….
What’s the Hottest Charcoal?
Conventional wisdom dictates that hardwood (or “lump”) charcoal flames up fast and furious, while charcoal briquettes burn low and slow. For that reason, most of […]

Here’s a BBQ gadget I haven’t figured out yet. The BBQ Spinner. I like gadgets, I really do, but c’mon. It’s a spatula with what appears to be a spinner hubcap welded on for no apparent reason. I can’t imagine what this thing is like to clean.
From their website… “The burgers will be duly impressed […]

This is just a reminder of the Kenmore Pro essay contest that was posted recently. The deadline to email your essay is June 20th, 2007. See more info below and good luck!!
Have you checked out the Kenmore PRO appliances and fallen in love with their sophisticated styling? Or perhaps you have the Kenmore PRO line […]

Here in the Cook’s Kitchen we’re always looking for exciting new flavors, tools and gadgets. Here’s one that really caught our eye.
This post originally appeared on The Hampton Smoker

Released June 12th in Japan, Pepsi Ice Cucumber is the newest fruit-flavored beverage to hit the market. A limited edition creation, the beverage mixes the cooling, […]

A glut of rhubarb from the garden, combined with a pint of strawberries that had seen better days, forced me to come up with a mid-week dessert to satisfy my family. It was unusual to serve dessert on a Wednesday, but I knew my kids wouldn’t stand for another batch of rhubarb-pecan muffins, delicious though […]

Some people already think washing dishes by hand is fun, and no, I don’t know what’s wrong with them.  But for the rest of us, maybe a cool pair of funky rubber gloves can make the chore a little more bearable?  These gloves were even featured on ABC’s hit show Desperate Housewives, and if it’s […]

While at my favorite, local cutlery shop, I wanted to find something to keep my bamboo boards in working order. In the wood cutting boards section, I found Boos Mystery Oil. Boos is a fine maker of wood cutting boards and butcher blocks. If its good enough for Boos boards, it should be fine for […]

When Sears approached Well Fed about reviewing their (relatively) new Kenmore PRO line of appliances, my first reaction was “Have they gone mad?” There is simply no way we could review something that we cannot test out. And granted, these are some pricey items, but if you want your product reviewed, just send it along. […]