Nerdcore points us to a new kit for aspiring chef-scientists looking to try their hand at molecular gastronomy.

With the economy still in a bad state state, travel across the board is down. Family vacations are losing ground to rediscovering the wonders closer to home, while business trips are increasingly being replaced by remote meetings conducted over webcam and phone. But assuming you still find yourself living out of a suitcase on occasion, there’s no reason you can’t do so on a budget, and without skimping on the finer things in life.
To that end, aptly named British comedian George Egg, shows how a bit of DIY ingenuity can transform your hotel room into an ad hoc kitchen, enabling [...]

UK celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has opened a chain of food stores called Recipease, where anyone can learn to cook in-store under the guidance of professional chefs. Currently there are just two branches, one in Clapham in London and the other in Brighton, Sussex. The project, in the works for a while now, aims to get more people interested in cooking by making it enjoyable and fun – they are encouraged to ask questions during the learning process. In-store classes (titled ‘Easy to Make’ if it is a quick 20-minute class or ‘Easy to Learn’ if it is a longer [...]

Mixing clever design and considerate attention to household safety, New Point Knives‘ new ’safer kitchen’ line has a rounded tip that juts out beyond its point. The rounded design means the knife can never be used as a weapon to stab someone, and will also make the blade safer to use in regular kitchen settings.
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It’s hard to get kids to see the joy in cooking when they could just drive through McDonald’s and get a happy meal with a toy for no effort whatsoever. In Japan, there are whole lines of entertaining cooking tools that are great for even big people taking on the skillet. CScout Japan profiles several of them, including a sushi roller, a mini sandwich maker, and one fun contraption that looks like a game of Mouse Trap:
Somen (thin noodles eaten chilled during the summer months), when served nagashi-style, are sent down a bamboo chute. During the course of the journey [...]

As longtime Jamie Oliver (aka The Naked Chef) fans, we’re excited to hear about his latest venture: Recipease, a local food and kitchen supply store in London, set to be the first of a chain to open throughout the UK.  The shop, which opens today on St. Johns Road, Clapham Junction, is just one of Jamie’s many efforts to extend his approach to healthy, conscientious cooking and eating to as many people as possible. He’s written several cook books, opened a restaurant training under-privileged, aspiring young chefs, and has led a push for a UK-wide improvement of school lunches. Recipease [...]

Maurizio Maiorana has created an ingenious concept design that slims down the footprint of a traditional stove top. The Cooka is a thin tabletop electric cooking device that’s made out of non-toxic Liquid Silicon Rubber, a substance that can sustain itself under high temperatures. The heating elements are made out of silver, which heats up and cools down utensils quickly. Surrounding the silver plates are small holes that blow a stream of hot air around the cooking utensils so excess heat does not escape during cooking. Best of all, the Cooka can be rolled up and stowed away when not [...]