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December 2nd, 2007

19:56 ※ Torture for Alton Brown?

obsessivewoman is watching “Gotta Get It: Gadget Gifts” on the Food Network; it features an impressive array of culinary gadgets, most of which are extreme unitaskers that would not find frequent use in a household kitchen. I keep expecting them to cut away from the show to Alton Brown being given the Clockwork Orange treatment and quivering in horror.

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baronlaw @ December 3rd, 2007 15:50 (UTC)

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A left hand corkscrew for magnum bottles only?

Arggggg!!!

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racerxmachina @ December 3rd, 2007 17:07 (UTC)

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Alton Brown's philosophy about not having single-use gadgets has really made a difference in the way our kitchen works. When you consider all the things you can do with a set of good knives alone, for example, it becomes a matter of honing your own cooking skill, not cramming your cabinets with stuff.
You'd be amused to know that I have the same philosophy for my purse. I like travelling light.

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slothman @ December 3rd, 2007 19:47 (UTC)

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Isn’t the fire extinguisher a bit heavy?

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racerxmachina @ December 3rd, 2007 22:12 (UTC)

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Not when it doubles as self-defense spray.

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divertimento @ December 3rd, 2007 20:43 (UTC)

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Ha! I think of Alton whenever I see an obvious unitasker device, whether it's for food or not. By the way, this weekend I picked up a new book by Alton's inspiration in food thinking, John Thorne, called "Mouth Wide Open". The book already changed my life, inspiring me to put cinnamon on crunchy peanut butter at breakfast this morning.

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