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Use Your Paella Pan to Grill Smashed Cheeseburgers for a Crowd

Paella pan smashed burgers
Your paella pan can be used for more than making the traditional Spanish rice dish everybody loves. Use your paella pan to make smashed cheeseburgers on the grill. It’s easy, good for the pan, and you can make up to 8 burgers on a large heavy-duty pan.

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Tired of Peeling Hard-Boiled Eggs? Here You Go!

The Negg egg peeler

If you find the task of peeling hard-boiled eggs frustrating and arduous, we found an egg peeler that does the hard part for you. And it’s made right here in Connecticut.

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Road Trip: The Food Schmooze Heads to Kitchen Heaven

What a thrill it was for us to record a show from Clarke Kitchen & Design Showroom in South Norwalk, CT.  One state-of-the-art kitchen after another, cooking in Clarke’s space is a little like being in kitchen heaven. ON-DEMAND: Listen to Faith touring the kitchen above with kitchen expert Marco Barallon. (Yes, she opens all the drawers!) […]

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Best Non-Stick Pans Made of Steel

Two pans took top honors as non-stick and they’re both made of carbon steel, though one is far more affordable than the other. According to testers, when they tried the $44 Matfer Bourgeat frying pan, fried eggs just slipped around in the pan and steaks formed a deeply crisp crust. Thank you, Cook’s Illustrated for […]

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Smart Phone Food Thermometer?

Food thermometers have saved my recipes more times than I can count, so I’m a fan of thermometers that tell me when my item is cooked to the degree it should be. But a thermometer attached to a smart phone? I don’t know about anyone else, but I don’t want my I-phone anywhere near my […]

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Perfect Pods for Poached Eggs

The technique of cracking an egg into perfectly salted, simmering, swirling water is a little tricky to master. These silicon pods take away all the stress and you end up with perfectly poached eggs perched on your toast.We highly recommend investing a couple of dollars in a pair. They are widely available at kitchen shops […]

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