The Cook’s Kitchen

Are you looking for that pizzeria flavor at home, or that superior crusty bread that can only come from the hands of an artisan baker? Or, maybe you’re re-modeling your kitchen and looking for that one flourish that will make this the center piece of your home. Either way, a wood-fired oven is the ticket […]

 
 
 
Every once in a while I get the urge to make something like corn chowder or a cold corn salad when we have an abundance of fresh sweet corn. It is one of the primal tastes of summer.
Getting the kernels off the cob can be a somewhat arduous task– and with a knife in the […]

For all you clever and competitive contest lovers out there, here’s another fun one from Nordic ware, the makers of cookware. The contest ends Sept. 1, 2007. Good luck!
2007 Bundts® Across America Recipe Contest Has Bakers Taking Off Their Oven Mitts and Turning Up the Heat
This year’s theme: Holiday Bundts, A Pan For All Seasons!
MINNEAPOLIS […]

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 […]

This post originally appeared on The Hampton Smoker

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 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, […]

There’s nothing as relaxing as a lovely meal outdoors in the spring, summer and early fall. But nature has a way of messing up the best laid plans….and tables.
I’ve had more than one picnic overturned as a tablecloth is blown around by the wind– knocking over glasses, flapping into the food and, worse yet, catching […]

This post originally appeared on The Hampton Smoker
The stovetop smoker was a total revelation to me and the wife. It was not long after returning home from our week in Kansas City (we ate bbq every day and wondered, ‘is this what heaven is like?’) when we came across this device. Basically, it’s a metal […]

For the more than 10 million vision impaired folks in North America, working in the kitchen can be a hazzard. The smart folks at Diva de Provence have come up with one handy innovation– Braille symbols to be used as guides with their induction cooktops that enable users to more easily identify the burners and their […]