This is a kitchen accessory made by Pampered Chef. Do not let the name fool you, it does more than slice eggs. You can use this for garnishes on your entrees. This has heavy duty type strings which essentially will cut the egg or other type of food. You place the egg (or food) onto the curved tray of the slicer and then bring the top down to actually slice the egg or food. You can slice eggs, m...

I received this Pfaltzgraff Winterberry Cheese Tray with Slicer as a gift.  I actually get a lot of gifts like this because I'm the chief cook, planner, and bottle washer when it comes to parties.  I suppose my guests want to be served on a variety of serving dishes as I've got quite a collection.This Winterberry set has quickly become one of my favorite pieces.  The serv...

Do you like fresh pineapple, but hate the hassle of having to cut and peel that big thorny fruit? I discovered how easy fresh pineapple can be prepared when I bought a set of 3 Vacu Vin Pineapple Easy Slicers at Amazon.com. All you have to do is cut the top off of a fresh pineapple. Then, you place the Easy Slicer on top, in the middle, and press all the way down, turning it in a clockwise moti...

This Apple and Pear Slicer & Corer was a gift from one of my friends who knows how much I love kitchen gadgets. I really like this one!Basically, this is a stainless steel circular blade. It is devided into eight sections with a circular section in the middle that cores your fruit. It has handles on the side.I have found that this is an amazing little gadget. It just works like magic. My fa...

Before coming to Finland, I've never heard or seen a cheese slicer before. This tool works for any cheese blocks, of course, and not the ready-eaten sliced ones. To use this slicer, you just need to hold the handle on top of the cheese block and press it a little bit while pulling it towards you. It's as easy as ABC, though you don't need to press too hard downward since it'll o...

Are you in the kitchen a lot? Especially around the holidays with baking? Well, my family loves pies but peeling, coring and slicing the apples for apple pies can take way too much time. I heard about this Apple Peeler gadget about three years ago from a friend and went on a hunt to find it. At that time it was a hard find but, I found mine at William Sonoma, but just about every...

This is one of the most used items in my kitchen. A must have for anyone who hate apple skins. And at affordable prices everyone can get one. When I bought it I never thought I would get so much use from it. I use it all the time. My kids can even use it to. All though I do have to help them pull the apple up after it is peeled but thats no problem. All i have to do push the apple down on ...

I purchased the Pyrex kitchen mandolin slicer based on a presentation I had seen on a shopping channel.  I had expectations that this would make like easier involving slicing onions, potatoes, and tomatoes for salads, french fries and other things.  I opened the box and it came with a stand, 3 interchangeable stainless blades, and a holder and everything was the color black.  I r...

In the autumn, I love to sample the delicious harvests of the many apple orchards scattered through Massachusetts.   But as much as I love making pie and applesauce, coring and cutting all of those apples can be a real pain.  I saw this little gadget at my local Marshalls and decided to give it a try.  What a time saver!The stainless steel blades slide easily through tougher...

Mandolines make quick work of slicing fruits and vegetables, and are partiularly useful when you have a lot to slice (like when making a pie or scalloped potatoes).  As far as mandolines go, Zyliss makes one of the cheaper options.The guide-rail system mandoline comes with 1/32-inch, 1/16-inch, 1/8-inch, 1/4-inch V-shaped blades, and two julienne blade options.   The blades are s...

First let me begin by saying I am not an as seen on TV fan. I have never ordered a product that I have seen Billy Maze advertise. That said, lets talk about the Vidalia chop wizard. I am a home cook and I love to cook almost every day. Once or twice a year a group of us get togeter and make 2 30 quart pots od homemade chili. It takes us about 4 hours to prep and cut all the vegetables. I am als...

I love the ease of food processors in the kitchen.  I've had small food processors on hand for chopping onions and cheese, and even nuts.  But I found I had a need for a larger food processor, especially in the Fall when I am preserving fruits and vegetables from my garden.  I decided to buy a Black and Decker Power Pro II to fill the bill.One of the very first tasks I used i...