Bringing a new level of reality to the term flatware, Orikaso offers a line of origami like plates, cups, and bowls. A co-worker just ordered these and is enthusiastic about her ability to store bowls and cups flat in her bag and take them with her all around town.
Made out of polypropylene, these [...]
Boasting a collection of gourmet scents, these pencils are quirky enough to win their way into my hands. Smencils, are made from recycled newspapers, whose layers and print you can actually see in the sharpened tip of the pencil.
Available flavors include:
orange
cinnamon
peppermint
root beer
bubble gum
cherry
grape
watermelon
fruit punch
Each individual pencil comes in a resealable plastic tube, to contain [...]
Dragee Tantalizing silver balls perched atop cookies and cupcakes… for how many is this image burned in our teeth crunching childhood experience? Infuriating in that we weren’t suppose to eat them, yet they were so eye catching with that metallic glint. Chocolate company, the Cocoa Room is lending their creative sweets to solve [...]
This nicely packaged seed collection could convince this non-gardener to dig her hands in the soil. For those with a culinary sense, this kit gives a nice spread of garden vegetables to entertain the pallet.
French market Garden, from Potting Shed Creations:
a unique seed collection of Provençal gourmet vegetables for gardening cooks who want only [...]
A thought on buying the cute wooden sushi kit for yourself:
gluing magnets to the sushi pieces and putting them up on the fridge would be a great way to play with this kit, and yet not have to deal with having toys stashed somewhere out of sight.
I don’t suggest gluing magnets on if you [...]
I’ve been on an informal quest to pick up cool baby products for my expecting friends Judah and Danica. It started with creating an “I ♥ boobs” bib, and continued in Japan with the purchase of cute squeaky baby shoe souvenirs (heh- those are going to be great at toddler stage!).
Adding to their baby [...]
Over one year later…
It’s time for another vanilla bean purchase!
I just bought one pound of organic Tahitians from eBay for $18, shipping included. This eBay shopping is jolly good stuff!
I plan on giving these out for Christmas this year, mostly stuffed in bottles of bourbon: that magic ju-ju to add to eggnog.
Nice design spotted in Intermezzo Magazine: Vanilla Bean paste in a pump dispenser.
This seems like a great idea for dispensing a thick ingredient that doesn’t dirty up a spoon. Even better is that the product manufacturer, NoMU specifies the pump volume (1 ml) and allows the top to swivel closed to provide an air [...]
The online food forum, eGullet recently put forth the postulation that the average cookbook will only have 7 recipes make its way to its owners table. Fondling my newest cookbook, Alice Medrich’s Bittersweet, I can count off three recipes I’ve made in the last two weeks, and I can easily think of four more [...]
You know what’s cool about receiving PR when you have a food blog? They usually follow up with yummy stuff!
I was contacted by the company Sweetriot and given a sample pack of their chocolate covered cocoa nibs. Fun to play with and nibble on, the nibs come in a variety of chocolates (50%, [...]
