Great Gifts $25-50
Here are some wonderful gifts for $25-$50 to excite your friends and family!
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AdHoc "Champ" Champagne Stopper - A10Why It's Cool: Preserves the bubbles, looks great, takes up very little space in the drawer or fridgeThere are at least 2 major issues with Champagne stoppers: they take up too much space on your refrigerator shelf and in your drawer and they’re awkward to use. Often they...
Carré Salt KeepersWhy It's Cool: Beautiful way to hold salt for kitchen or table / Double Salt Dish is great if you have two kinds of salt or salt and pepperAs we’ve said often before, we love salt! We cook with it, and we dress our dishes with it. So we always want some salt - and sometimes two varieties - immediately at hand in...
AdHoc "Pisa" Cheese GraterWhy It's Cool: Very smooth and natural operationThere are so many times that we all want freshly grated cheese on some dish: for us, last night it was grilled eggplant slices. Tonight it’s haricots vert. Every other night...
Charles Viancin Silicone Lids - CV28Why It's Cool: Use instead of plastic wrap for a better seal and greener kitchen...and it's a universal lid on the stove or in the oven or microwave.I’m pretty much a disaster when it comes to plastic wrap; it seems to stick to everything except the bowl I'm trying to cover. And the green side of me hates to use it once...
Joseph Joseph TriScale - J21Why It's Cool: Fully functional scale with tare capability using very little spaceHere’s the dilemma: you know that weighing your ingredients is a much more reliable practice than than any other form of measurement (see this week's Cool Tip, and even when...
Cuisipro Fat Separator - C52Why It's Cool: Spacious area on top to catch solids; cooking liquid released from the bottom so easier to separate the fat from the good stuffThe Search is over!Yes, we found the perfect fat separator. Now we realize that a fat separator may not be the holy grail, but this is a category of tool that we’ve looked at...
Norpro Krona Multi Pot-12 CupWe all have a variety of pots & pans, and if they’re heavy enough and well-made, then they are usually pretty effective for the cooking jobs we assign to them. But every...
OXO V-Blade Mandoline SlicerA mandoline is both awesome and scary. Awesome, because it really can do things a knife can’t (at least not when wielded by a mere amateur), like julienning a couple of pounds...
Camerons Mini Stove-Top Smoker - C92Why It's Cool: Delicious smoked flavor... indoors... fast and easy!We love smoked food, starting with pork barbeque (there is no other kind, you know!) and evolving to include chipotles of a variety of chilis, and smoked tomatoes for homemade...
Rösle Stainless Steel BBQ Turner - R10Why It's Cool: High quality well-balanced spatulaGrilling Tools come in all shapes and materials, and most are not long-term players. The wooden handles get burned, either repeatedly or in one big accidental oversight. Or the...
