Gadgets: Utensil Pot Clip by Trudeau

[ Photo: ChefTools.com ] Last Week’s Gadget Brownie Cup Pan by Wilton » All Gadgets reviews » As we’ve seen in Gadgets before, sometimes the smallest (and cheapest) kitchen accessories are the most useful. So is the case with this little guy, the Utensil Pot Clip , whom I picked up recently for a fiver at Sur La Table. Like a chip clip with a hook, it adds a spoon rest to any pan or pot —perfect for those whose stoves don’t have space between burners for an actual spoon rest (like me). Instead of dripping sauce on the burner or counter as my spoons travel left and right, they now drip back into the pot. And when not in use, I’ll clip this onto my pot racks for easy storage—no cleaning necessary. Surprisingly, it holds onto all types of tools pretty well, from my thin wooden spoons to my flat metal utensils and thicker, bulkier plastic ones. Honestly, what more could you ask for from a five-buck gizmo?

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Gadgets: Digital Scale with Measuring Cup by Taylor

[ Photograph: Target.com ] Last Week’s Gadget Spaetzle Maker » All Gadgets reviews » Last week’s gadget got everyone chatting about the role of unitaskers in their kitchens, a theme I kept coming back to as I tested Taylor’s Digital Scale with Measuring Cup . I’d been meaning to add a digital scale to my gadget lineup for a while, but wanted something with a little edge—maybe something more versatile that would encourage me to use it more often. In retrospect, I was looking for anything that wasn’t just a unitasker. The Taylor model I finally settled on is part digital scale, part measuring cup, which I found to be a convenient package deal at a very fair price—just $30 at Target . But was it worth it? I’ve had a hard time deciding. Here’s the thing: I’d rather use my OXO liquid measuring cup , whose angled markings help me clearly read the content measurements without crouching to tabletop height. And as for the digital scale component, I find that many things I’d like to measure don’t fit conveniently into a measuring cup. Why, for instance, would I ever want to weigh my proteins in a measuring cup? I definitely don’t. Plus, cleaning is a pain, since the bottom of the…

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Gadgets: One-Touch Tea Maker by Breville

[ Photograph: Breville ] Last Week’s Gadget Sil-Pin, the Silicone Nonstick Rolling Pin by Fiesta » All Gadgets reviews » Breville ’s latest gadget, the One-Touch Tea Maker ($249.99 at Sur La Table stores), officially hits the market today, but we were able to get a sneak peak. If you love tea, this one’s for you—in fact, this tea lover had mentally designed a similar gadget months ago in hopes it would one day exist. Let’s start with the basics: Boiling water can scald loose leaves and alter their gentle flavor, and most green, black, and white teas will call for a steeping temperature that ranges between 160 and 190

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Gadgets: Sil-Pin, the Silicone Nonstick Rolling Pin by Fiesta

[Photograph: Nikki Goldstein] Last Week’s Gadget The Box Appetit by Black + Blum » All Gadgets reviews » With things like rolling pins, you think, “A rolling pin is a rolling pin is a rolling pin,” right? Well, usually. The Sil-Pin from Fiesta , a silicone version I found recently at Williams-Sonoma ($29.95, stores only), challenged my idea of an ideal rolling pin—kicked it up a notch, shall we say? Priced at the same point as most decent wooden rolling pins with handles, this one is an ultra-long metallic bar wrapped in silicone, conveniently marked with inches and centimeters for perfectly fitting pie crusts. I’d seen such markings on Silpat-like mats, and those might be a little easier to follow (since, you know, they’re not rotating as you roll), but these were plenty helpful. Between the mat and the pin, I’d probably recommend the latter. It’s not just the markings that help, but the metal allows the pin to be cooled in the freezer (like marble), and the silicone keeps the whole thing cool while preventing sticking (no need to flour the pin). It’ll warm up faster than marble, but it’s sufficient for an intermediate (or even advanced) baker…

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Gadgets: Ceramic Pot Minder and Brown Sugar Saver

[ Photographs: Sur La Table ] More Gadgetry Universal Nonstick Silicone Lid » All Gadgets reviews » It’s easy to overlook the Brown Sugar Saver and Ceramic Pot Minder , two of the smallest—and cheapest—tools you’ll find at Sur La Table ($3 each). With such a small price tag and basically zero storage space, there’s practically nothing to stop you from buying them. But are they at all useful? One is. The Ceramic Pot Minder proposes to watch over the stove and prevent your pots’ contents from boiling over, specifying starchy goods like potatoes and pasta as its most useful applications. The little circle is heat treated so that it doesn’t affect the taste of your foodstuffs, but how it works is beyond me. The Brown Sugar Saver , on the other hand, makes sense. Soak the terracotta tile for 15 minutes, pat it dry, and the remaining moisture will very, very slowly keep your brown sugar from hardening. So which of the two works? I’ll tell you this much: the Brown Sugar Saver does wonders. The difference between two bags of brown sugar, …

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Gadgets: Folding Colander by Joseph Joseph

[ Photograph: Joseph Joseph ] More Gadgetry Odd-Sized Measuring Spoons » All Gadgets reviews » I’ve never thought of colanders as having much room to differ from one another; it would be hard to find one that doesn’t do its job properly, and they all look fairly the same. Despite the fact that colanders aren’t exactly sophisticated kitchen tools, Joseph Joseph manages to inject both savvy functionality and aesthetic sensibility into theirs. Then again, if any gadget company can do that with a mundane tool, it’s definitely these guys. The Folding Colander ($19.95 from amazon.com ) starts with a food-safe polypropylene material that allows for its unique construction: The flat, irregular octagon folds up into a square, yielding four corners that won’t crack or weaken with constant use and reuse. Folding it is intuitive, and arrows clarify for first-time users, but a not-so-obvious feature I enjoyed was how the shape locks into place for sturdy straining. Very smart. But why a folding colander? What’s the point? Well, storage space is key —and from reading your constant comments, it seems that it’s equally a concern outside of my …

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