Category Archive

utensils

Grilling multi-tool let’s you grill like a boss

Just in time for summer, this “great idea of the day” comes to us from the brilliant minds at Think Geek. Rock your summer bbqs with this badass grilling multi-tool!

Paint the handles of wooden spoons

…More like AWESOME idea of the day. Turn your old wooden spoons into a color-coordinated rainbow-dipped set. Crystal from A Little Bit Funky posted a whole tutorial on her site — including what she used to seal up the spoons safely. You could use them as art OR as useful utensils!

Use chopstick sleeves to make place holders for dinner parties

Offbeat Bride has a great idea up right now: using chopstick sleeves to make place cards for dinner parties.

We wanted a place card that would be pretty, tie our various themes together (travel, Chinese food), and actually be useful, cheap, and simple to make. So, we decided to make dressy paper sleeves to hold chopsticks and to double as the place cards, which seemed appropriate for a Chinese-food wedding dinner.

Yes! Smart! Now I’m kind of thinking about a Chinese food dinner party…

When those laughable kitchen tools have a purpose

The other half and I have long made a game of ridiculing silly kitchen tools we see at the shopping mall. My favorite is the thing you use to cut avocados — you still have to cut the avocado in half with a knife to use it.

So what am I supposed to do when she tells me she wants a mandoline?! I thought I knew you.

Animal House kitchen gadgets for the not-so-serious chef

I hate cooking and I hate doing any kind of kitchen activities what-so-ever. So when I found the adorable Animal House kitchen gagets, I found the perfect way to make my time in the kitchen suck less, like, WAY less.