Sometimes you just need to escape into the wilderness, away from the hustle and bustle of modern life. But I’m not leaving my cellphone at home…oh no…f*ck that. I’m getting a BioLite camp stove because it efficiently burns wood for cooking and it has an attached thermoelectric generator that transforms residual heat into energy.
This energy is used to power a small fan that improves combustion, but there is around 1-2 watts left over to power your gadgets through a USB port. Isn’t roughing it fun?
Product Page ($80/Available later this year via OhGizmo)
Having people over for a party tonight? If you hurry, you just might be able to whip up one of these Steve Jobs cheese heads using some mozzarella and pepper. It’s disturbingly delicious!
Mac fan? Steve Jobs cheese head! Mac-hater? Steve Jobs cheese head! There’s something in it for everybody. Check out The Cooks Den for complete instructions.
(The Cooks Den via TUAW)
I love to cook. My favorite recipe calls for one part baking soda, a tablespoon of purified water, followed by two parts cocaine…but perhaps I have said too much.
In all honesty I do love to cook (and not the Richard Pryor recipe that I spoke of earlier) and these CookMark bookmarks would make a handy (ahem*) addition to any cookbook because they allow you to mark favorite recipes and even turn the page without getting food all over it. No, like much of the modern world I get my recipes off the net, but if you are still a fan of the old school these will no doubt keep the slop off of your precious copy of Le Guide Culinaire.
Addition images after the break.
The guys that brought you Roast My Weenie and the Weenie Wing Commander are back with the Samurai Roaster. The samurai this grilling tool was modeled after was a fearsome ancient warrior. As skilled with his shaft as he was with a blade, the legend of his sexual prowess was known across the land. Unfortunately, he met a tragic end when, during battle, he accidentally stepped on his manhood—falling onto his own sai. You honor his memory every time you skewer a hot dog on his member and cook it over a grill.
Product Page ($20)
Need to take down some notes while you’re whipping up that pasta sauce? This wooden spoon pencil makes it possible with one utensil. However, without a drip guard and with the constant threat of having to move closer and closer to a boiling pot after each sharpening, you might as well rename your mitt “Indi-hand-a Jones” and brace yourself for a non-stop thrill ride as he tries to escape dinner preparation without getting burned.
Product Page: ($25 via 7 Gadgets)
This silicon chocolate trivet will keep your counters safe from any hot pot you want to put on it. Unlike your typical chocolate bar, this one will create no mess when heated up, but the constant reminder of chocolaty goodness could result in a few extra pounds for you.
Product Page (£15.70, about $25)
When food has warmed up in the oven, you won’t be able to lay a finger on it. Uppercut that casserole with these boxing glove oven mitts.
Product Page (£18 or $29)
A dry bird will ruin Thanksgiving. Your mother in law will make some sort of crack about your cooking skills, you’ve had a few so you call her a bitch, and it’s all fists, hair pulling and tears from there on out. One turkey-shaped turkey baster could have avoided everything.
Product Page ($10)
Build a formidable breakfast army with this solider egg cup and toast cutter set. March Egg Man and his toast infantry up pancake hill to victory. An additional image is available after the break.
[click to continue…]
This is what happens when kitchen utensils spend too much time near the microwave.
Product Page ($48)
