Here’s a goal list you can hang in your kitchen that looks cool, costs almost no money and is something you can make yourself.
If you are a paranoid sort, have an open bottle of 1787 bottle of Château Lafite Bordeaux in your fridge and/or live with a teenager, the Combination Wine Bottle Lock is for you. The stainless steel stopper fits in most wine and liquor bottles. Once in place and locked (it takes a bit of muscle to firmly press it down) it can’t be pried off. The combination is programmable—just don’t forget it. $20
It seems obvious to combine a strainer and serving bowl into one item. Yet we’ve never seen such a thing until the Ventu.
When the handle is down this stainless steel bowl works like so many strainers you’ve likely owned in the past. Lift the handle and a leak-proof seal at the bottom of the bowl is created, allowing you to bring the Ventu to the table and serve out of it.
It’s another Vondrous item from Quirky. (Read a review of the Quirky, the cool store of crowdsourced products, here.) $50
You need not be a whisky lover to think this is cool: hardwood floors made from reclaimed whiskey barrels. Some floorboard sections still show the old printing from the barrel. The supplier, Glasgow-based McKay Flooring, ships boards of random lengths for you to install yourself. And, no, licking the boards will not get you drunk. £199 per square meter.
It’s another great offering from Quirky, the online store where all the products are conceived, designed and marketed communally.
The Click-n-Cook is a sort of all-in-one spatula. Except it is better than that. A single handle easily attaches to—and detaches from—five utensil heads: see more
It always looks cool when expert chefs mix their stir fry sans spoon, by throwing their wok’s contents up in the air and then catching it seemingly without missing a beat. Fortunately, for cooks who aren’t so skilled (or coordinated) there’s the vondrous Boomerang Wok. Place your stir fry in this large, artistically designed wok and to stir all you need do is give the wok a little flick forwards. See it in action in the video below:
