reviews
The Dark Side of the Kitchen
I have to admit, when I was loaned Anthony Bourdain’s book, Kitchen Confidential, I figured it would be somewhat entertaining, but wasn’t exactly super pumped to read it. It was loaned to me with a “you’re into cooking, you should read this” line by my father-in-law’s wife (step-mother-in-law?), and while we’re both into cooking and [...]
IHHS 2010 Find: Baby Your Feet
So if you were following The Foodie Forkful leading up to the holidays, you may remember that we recommended a gel floor mat as a gift ideas during our 45 Forkfuls of Christmas feature. Well, while at the International Home & Housewares Show we ran into a company, Wellness Mats, who makes them. They are [...]
SousVide Supreme Wrap-up: Wings, Chicken, Eggs, Oh My!
Well we had to send back the SousVide Supreme late last week, but we sure put it to good use before we returned it! We figured the Superbowl would make a great excuse for a party and a chance to see how the SousVide handles wings. Verdict – it handles them quite well! We had [...]
Livin’ La Sous Vide-a Loca
Well we’ve had the Sous Vide Supreme machine for four days now, and have had it running every single night (and even one morning for breakfast!)… we don’t want to waste a moment in testing out all sorts of goodies in this baby! Here’s a little run-down of our exploits so far: Friday Night: Steaks [...]
SousVide Supreme Time!!!
Remember when we mentioned the new SousVide Supreme water oven back in our 45 Forkfuls of Christmas holiday shopping guide? Well the fantastic SousVide Supreme folks offered to send us a unit to test out here at the FF HQ for two weeks. We had been eagerly anticipating it’s arrival. And it landed on our [...]
The Deadliest Fish
The other day I happened to be shopping at Wal-Mart, and was strolling down the frozen food aisle, admiring the stylish spandex on the frumpy ‘large lady’ in front of me, when I looked over to discover this amusing box of frozen fish. Yes, Captain Sig Hansen of the Northwestern, from Discovery Channel’s The Deadliest [...]
If Kitchens Had iPods, They’d Be This
During the recent Home and Housewares Show we saw what looked to be a super cool kitchen gadget, the Demy digital recipe reader. Unfortunately we didn’t get to play with it much there, but Key Ingredient was cool enough to send us one to try out in our own kitchen for a few days. The [...]
Tiny Bubbles, In My Water
I have to say, this is maybe my favorite part of running a food blog – we get to test out some really cool products and gadgets! This is one of our finds from the International Home & Housewares Show, and for sure one of the ones I was most anxious to try: the SodaStream [...]
How Hard is it to Make Your Own Wine? Looks Pretty Easy!
One of the cool finds from the International Home & Housewares Show this year was this guy on the left: The Artful Winemaker. It’s a home winemaking kit that will make a case of wine in just 4 weeks. We’ll be documenting the progress along the way and will let you know how it goes, [...]
Puddin’ on the Ritz!
I’ll admit it – even though I run towards the “crunchy hippie” end of the spectrum when it comes to more natural and healthy foods, I just can’t get into soy. I mean, sure, if you’re a veggie or a vegan it’s great, or if you’re allergic to milk, but I’m none of those. I’ve [...]
