Articles about the Kitchen & Dining

Just what I expected and works perfectly. The legs on it are just high enough to do the job of keeping direct heat from causing meat to stick to the bottom of the oven. If you're looking for something to keep meat out of the juices, than buy more than one and stack them or use some sort of spacer under it but I like it the way it is; meat brazing in it's juices isn't a bad thing.

I almost didn't buy this set because I figured I'd have no use for a gimmicky curved knife and a serrated blade, I only wanted the normal paring knife, but the set was only a little bit more expensive than an individual paring knife. As it turns out I use the curved knife more than any other knife I own, and the serrated one more than the normal paring knife- I was fully prepared to hide those two knives in the back of my drawer and never look at them again, but they are really great. I'm sure you can get better knives somewhere, but not at anything remotely close to this price. I am pretty picky about knives, and Forschner's are definitely the best I have used. I also strongly recommend the 8 inch chefs knife. I guess the best way to sum up my feelings about these (and the 8 inch chef's knife) is that I would have happily paid 4 or 5 times what they cost.

Have always wanted to try one, and finally gave in and ordered it.
Two complaints:
One, cleaning is not so easy, as the plates are not removable, but it isn't too bad either, so not a stopping point.
Second, for me, it is too small. For a single person, maybe it is ok, but for my daughter and I, it just doesn't hold enough.

In summary, do I like it, yes, definately, but I will soon be replacing it with one that is larger.


ken

Great sizes. The smaller ones are sort of big enough to store 4 butter sticks. I Haven't used the big one yet, but it is great when I make 4 meals of home-made pasta sauce to freeze.

First of all, the steamer basket is tiny. Maybe enough room to steam vegetables for 1 person, 2 people max.

Besides that, this rice cooker is awesome. No more burnt, stuck rice at the bottom of the pan. Cooks rice fast, cleans real fast and easy. I'm so glad I finally have a good rice cooker. Now I dont dread making rice anymore because I always hated scraping out the burnt rice on the bottom of my old one.

At the bakery where I used to work, the bakers had a whole bouquet of these things hanging from a peg. They're great.

The start/stop button ought to be bigger than the clear button, and when you stick it to the fridge, the timer pivots downwards because the weight isn't balanced. Still, it's less irritating than any other timer I've used by at least an order of magnitude.

I am so pleased with the performance of my Bialetti 4-piece Pizza Stone Set. The stone is easy to care for and makes pizza like a pro.The pizza cutter is a good size and cuts perfectly. The Pizza peal makes getting the pizzas in and out of the oven a breeze. This was definitely a good buy!

My wife got a lot of these for gifts to give away at a ladies retreat...Everyone that got one of these really liked it and were very happy to have it...we heard of no problems with it and it has proved to be very handy...worth getting if you are a coupon clipper!!!

I like the design with the raised handles, but the cutting edge is flush with the plastic frame so the apples don't get get cut cleanly all the way through to the bottom. That means you need to turn the tool over and push the partially cut pieces through individually.
For that reason alone, it's no faster than cutting and coring with a paring knife, but it's a good alternative. I use it to give my cutting hand a rest.