Best Burger Presses for Homemade Burgers
While we’ve been BBQ fans for a long long time, it’s only fairly recently that we got in to the swing of burger making – and boy, are we enjoying it.
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Top 10 Must-Have KitchenAid Attachments
The KitchenAid is a hefty investment for a serious Amateur baker. As we talked about the choices (link to old post) when considering a cake mixer, an important consideration was also the adaptability of the machine to other functions.
Best Meat Mincer, Food Grinder & Sausage Maker
When it’s so easy to simply pick up a pack of minced meat from the supermarket or the local butcher, one might wonder why anyone would need a meat mincer or grinder, but bear with us a little while and we’ll get to the point.
Top 8 Best Manual and Lever Espresso Machines – The Art of Coffee
In this constant world of speed and motion, it is no wonder that the automated bean to cup coffee machines have taken a somewhat mainstream standing, add to that the burgeoning stylishness of an expensive cup of American branded coffee and you have what is now the coffee culture.
The Top 5 Best Pan-shaped Multi-cookers
In our earlier post, we looked at the fascinating multi-function pot cookers – perfect for stews, casseroles, rice, soup and porridge – they offered a huge range of versatility. Here we compare another style of multi-cookers – the pan-based version which come with their own entire range of functionalities.
Designer Kitchenware – The Alessi range
So what do you get the enthusiastic cook who has everything? This was the question that prompted us to have a good look at the Alessi designer range that essentially consists of amazingly sharp, good looking kitchen utensils, designed to be displayed prominently in the stylish kitchen.
Fun Tea Infusers – start your morning with a smile
It’s been a while since I had tea from a tea bag. I graduated to loose leaf tea after noticing how much more natural and aromatic it smelt and tasted. I’m not knocking tea bags, which are amazing for their convenience and ease. I just personally prefer loose leaf tea – especially a particularly potent […]
Best Ice Cream Makers with built-in Compressor
So what gives you, best-flavoured, chilled desserts in minimal time with almost zero effort? The compressor based ice-cream maker of course.
Top 5 Sleek and Modern Key Cabinets or Key Boxes
I’m a great believer in the philosophy that if you have to buy something that you use everyday, you must buy something that you both like and is the best that you can afford. Thus was the case when I looked for a Key cabinet / Key box to store our keys.
Pyroflam Cookware – from the freezer to the cooker
When I was nine, my first foray in to cooking consisted of (much like many of my Asian contemporaries) making my first packet of instant noodles – in this case – Maggi Chicken Flavoured Soup Noodles.
Best Boiling Hot Water Taps – for instant filtered hot and cold drinking water
Imagine wanting to boil a huge pot of pasta, or make a cup of tea (or coffee), or even warm up the baby’s milk bottle without needing to wait. Not even one second for the water to boil to the right temperature.
Top 5 Favourite Rose-scented Candles
There is something especially comforting and calming about scented candles as they are lit and infuse the environment. I personally adore rose scented ones, in part because they remind me of the beautiful blooms of one of my favourite flowers, but also because it reminds me of the warm British summers, when rose blossoms are […]
Where and When to Buy a KitchenAid Artisan
Having been a lurker (over the course of several years!) on many websites selling the Kitchen Aid Artisan, including faithfully watching Amazon for price changes I have worked out that there really is an optimum time to buy the KitchenAid Artisan.
Kitchen Aid vs Kenwood
Let’s face it. Any slightly more than occasional baker typically lusts after one of these retro-looking stand mixers, which often sends out the message of ‘Look at me, I really do bake.’