Mezzaluna Chopper with Bowl
April 16, 2008
I’ve always been curious about Mezzaluna choppers. On the one hand, they seem to be perfectly built for chopping up herbs - on the other it seems like a uni-tasker, and at the price that this one goes for I’m not yet convinced its a worthwhile purchase. It does seem like a good gift to get for a cooking enthusiast, however.
The mezzaluna is basically a curved blade with a handle that you rock back and forth on a wooden surface that’s usually curved like the maple bowl this one comes with. It’s an interesting way to cut things up, and I suspect it might take some getting used to.
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I have to admit that I’ve been thoroughly making use of my 

After picking out one too many unpopped kernels from those microwave popcorn bags lately, I certainly felt like looking up the electric hot air popcorn machines like this Presto Orville Redenbacher Popper. We used to have a similar one at home long ago but I don’t know what happened to it. There are obvious health benefits of air popping versus oil popped or microwaved corn, and many people who bought this machine seem to really like it (some had the same machine for 15 years!) The machine just uses heat to pop the kernels of corn which are poured into the top. The top has a little measuring cup where you can melt butter - obviously you don’t pour the butter into the machine, but this is good because cleanup is much easier. You just wash the cup, the machine itself does not have to be cleaned. It’s nice to be able to control how much butter and flavoring you put on the popcorn. 

Gotten into the holiday spirit yet? I sure haven’t. And yet, there’s that slightest inkling of Xmas cheer beginning to work its way into my bones. It makes me look up things online like this Snowman Holiday Baking Pan from Baker’s Secret.
I’m sorta in the market for a Universal Lid that will fit on top of any size pot or pan. It’s been quite inconvenient to try and cook something that requires a 12 inch skillet or pan and needs to be simmered. What I’ve been doing is taking another 12 inch saucepan and inverting it as a “lid”. Rather precarious, since it rests exactly on the rim of the other - and it uses up my other 12 inch pan.
