Archive for March, 2008

How to use it:

1. Fill the double-coated glass container with water and put the desired amount of coffee into the upper brewing unit.

2. Bring the water to boil by using the induction powered table station or any other heating device.

3. Watch the hot water flowing upwards into the brewing unit due to the rising air-pressure. Listen to the bubbling noise and smell the aroma of coffee. Let it brew for a few minutes.

4. Switch of the heating device and watch the brewed coffee emerge in the glass container, quickly drawn back through a filter by a vacuum witch has been created by the cooling.

5. Open Kahva by turning the grip and pour some fully aromatic, mocha-style coffee directly into your cup. Enjoy!

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Entertain with ease and elegance, using Cuisinart’s new Stainless Buffet Servers. Perfect for holidays and special occasions throughout the year, these buffet servers will keep your favorite party dishes warm when entertaining family and friends at home.

Serve up delicious food and warm hospitality with Cuisinart’s elegant 11" buffet server. This all-purpose, stainless piece saves you the hassle of washing a multitude of pots and pans - it goes straight from the stovetop or oven right to the serving table. Two tea light candles placed in the warming stand are all it takes to keep your food fresh and at the perfect serving temperature for hours. A clear glass lid locks in heat while proudly displaying your culinary masterpiece. Limited lifetime warranty.

Features

• 18/10 Stainless Exterior for Elegant Look
• 18/10 Stainless Interior for Best Cooking Results
• Aluminum Encapsulated Bottom for Quick and Even Heat Distribution
• Serve Directly From Oven or Stovetop to Table and Wide Stainless Handles for Easy Transport
• Stainless Buffet Pan and Glass Lid are Dishwasher Safe

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  $100.00

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This tempered glass oval baker with 3.4-quart capacity offers commercial quality but is designed for home use for parties and buffets to warm your appetizers and entrees. Includes a stainless lid, wire stand, and two fuel holders.

Features

• 13.39-inch x 9.13-inch oval shape
• Includes stainless steel lid, wire stand, and two fuel holders
• Designed for home parties and buffet
• Use for warming appetizers or entrees
• Fuel not included

Price : $69.99 amazon

Need ice pronto but your fridge is too slow, party throwers like you need something professional like the Ice Cube Machine that makes 2.3 liters water into ice in about 10-12 minutes flat. You can make ice in four different sizes (small, medium, large and x-large) and over a 24 hour period it can produce almost 40 pounds of ice.

The Ice Cube Machine is available from Paramountzone.com for about $280.

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Electrolux has never been one to cling to the usual household appliance conventions, and it now looks to be pushing beyond ‘em once again with its new "auto-focus" Inspiro oven, which promises to automatically pick the proper cooking settings based on the contents of the oven. That’s apparently done with an array of sensors that determine the exact combination of energy consumption and time needed to bring food to the correct temperature, which Electrolux describes as working in much the same way "cameras now automatically set aperture, exposure time and focus, depending on the light and what’s in the frame." Of course, those that like to feel that their smarter than their oven can also make use of a manual mode, although it’s not clear when they’ll actually be able to do that, with no word on a release date (or a price) just yet.

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This multipurpose tool created a stir in the kitchen when it came out, as the food processor did a generation earlier. In order to blend, whip, and chop smaller amounts of ingredients, it’s no longer necessary to wrestle with bulky appliances. Immerse the 7-1/2-inch blender shaft, with its little blade on the end, into a pot where vegetables have been simmering, press the switch, and in seconds a creamy soup appears–with no need to dump everything into a big blender. Blend sauces and baby foods in their cooking pots, too. Blend a milk shake or juice drink right in its drinking container, or in the 2-1/2-cup beaker included in this set. Whipping cream and egg whites is just as convenient: a 5-inch whisk attaches to the motor when the blender is removed. For chopping nuts, herbs, garlic, or onions, there’s a 2-cup chopper bowl with a special blade. The motor with the attached blender shaft can be mounted on a wall (mount included). Everything but the motor and the chopper-bowl top (both should be wiped with a damp cloth) can go into the dishwasher. This tool is more than handy, it’s a revolution. The instruction sheet, unfortunately, is harder to comprehend than the tool is to use.

Features

• Set includes blender, whisk, chopper, bowl, beaker, and wall mount
• Blends soups, sauces, baby food, juice drinks, and milk shakes
• Whips cream, egg whites, and puddings
• Chops herbs, nuts, garlic, and onions
• One-year warranty against defects 

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Whirlpool has shown of its futuristic "green kitchen" concept in which 60% of the water and heat generated from appliances is "diverted" to fuel other appliances or functions in the eco-kitchen.
Through this integrated use of appliances, with the concept taking its model from the cycle of nature, it optimises the use of heat and water with processes that increase energy efficiency up to 70%.
For example, the kitchen allows you to use the heat produced by the fridge compressor, the only appliance to operate 24 hours a day, to produce hot water for the dishwasher.
Simple changes make a difference too - the refrigerator also uses a fridge "drawer", instead of the normal cabinet. This new design prevents the cold air from slipping out every time the door opens.
As well as being eco-friendly, the average savings that an owner could make from the kitchen eco-system created to adapt, reduce and recycle water, heat and energy are estimated at 24%.

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Once you’ve ground your own carefully chosen, aromatic coffee beans immediately prior to brewing, it isn’t likely you’ll willingly return to the bland, dreary workaday world of pre-ground coffee. The Braun KSM2 Coffee Grinder makes this new level of gourmet pleasure possible simply, reliably and with complete safety. 150 watt motor Graduated measuring scale Convenient cord storage Also great for finely chopping nuts.

Features

• Grinds beans for up to 12 cups of coffee
• Powerful 150-watt motor provides quick grinding without overheating
• Graduated measuring scale on transparent lid
• Stainless-steel blades; safety on/off switch and cord storage
• Measures 3-3/8 by 3-3/8 by 7-1/2 inches; 1-year warranty

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The leading provider of digital photo frames in the United States, Pandigital has a keen focus on home entertainment and digital media convergence. The new Pandigital Kitchen HDTV/Digital Cookbook/Digital Photo Frame allows customers to not only enjoy digital images in their kitchen, but also lets them watch TV and access recipes on the vibrant 15-inch LCD screen.
Pandigital will unveil the new Kitchen HDTV/Digital Cookbook/Digital Photo Frame at the International Home & Housewares Show on Monday, March 17 in a product demonstration and press reception at 9 a.m., booth #S4440 in the Dine & Design Expo.
"As the hub of today’s busy home, the kitchen is now incorporating new technologies that have already been embraced in other areas of the home and office," said Dean Finnegan, CEO, Pandigital. "The Pandigital Kitchen HDTV/Digital Cookbook/Digital Photo Frame addresses this new demand with the convergence of three key technologies into a single product."

More info at imaging-resource

Bodum’s French press makes it easy: coffee, water, wait, enjoy. Simply measure out one rounded tablespoon of coarsely ground coffee per 4-ounce cup, pour in the hot water, wait a few minutes for it to brew, and slowly press down the plunger. Next comes the best part, as you get to enjoy a cup of rich and aromatic coffee. Because of its 8-cup capacity and elegant design, this French press is great for dinner parties, where you can now brew your guests’ coffee right at the table. Bodum has been in the coffee business for decades, and the company continues to produce stylish, affordable, and reliable products.

When Bodum took over a small clarinet factory in Normandy in 1982, it was not because of the fine orchestra clarinets they were producing. In addition to musical instruments, the factory also produced the coffee of a relatively unknown brewer called "The Chambord." Bodum combined the skills of these Normandy craftsmen with modern production. The result was a unique culinary tool, affordable to the many who loved the taste of what we now know as French press coffee.

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