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    Hot In The Hive: American Fashion Cookbook: 100 Designers' ...

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    Anna Yu on Nov 13, 2009 6:19 AM PST
    While the fashion industry has a bad reputation for being food phobic, it's amazing how well some of my favorite fashion designers can cook! The American Fashion Cookbook: 100 Designers' Best Recipes is published with the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) which means the proceeds will be helping American fashion designers. Learn how to make Isaac Mizrahi's Mushroom Truffle Spaghetti, Cynthia Rowley's truffle mac and cheese or Diane von Furstenberg's Saturday night chicken. With an introduction by home and cooking maven (and former model) Martha Stewart and over 100 recipes from appetizers to desserts, your favorite designers can accompany you all the way from the closet to the kitchen! If you've got some fashionista foodie friends, this would be the perfect gift for the holidays. The next time someone complains that no one eats in the fashion world, pull out this cookbook, whip up something delicious, and prove them totally wrong!


    Price: $29.70
    Who Found It: facadeindreams was the first to add the American Fashion Cookbook: 100 Designers' Best Recipes to the Hive.

    Hot In The Hive: Witches' Kitchen Casserole Cauldron

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    Alex Gambardella on Oct 22, 2009 6:22 AM PDT
    Double, double, toil and trouble! Concoct the perfect witches' brew (or a totally harmless casserole that's just frighteningly festive) this Halloween season with the Witches' Kitchen Casserole Bowl from Unica. The black ceramic bowl can also be used as a regular serving bowl (snacks, candy, spooky side dishes -- you name it!) and is part of a sustainable line of limited-edition goods produced from eco-friendly materials. Sure, it's a little costly, but it's not so garishly Halloween-ish that you'd be forced to hide it in the cupboard until next year. It's universally sleek and stylish for kitchenware, but with the right seasonal decor and the perfect pointed hat, it's potion-ready!


    Price: $360
    Who Found It: xgalexy was the first to add the Witches' Kitchen Casserole Bowl to the Hive.

    Hot In The Hive: Matryoshka Measuring Cups

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    Alex Gambardella on Aug 21, 2009 6:28 AM PDT
    If you happen to have a Ukrainian grandmother like I do, you may be able to relate to my childhood experience of having to kill seemingly endless durations of time at her house playing with her collection of silly Russian nesting dolls while she "babysat" me. Yeah, I was five, but I wasn't easily amused enough to think that taking the little people apart and fitting them back inside of each other sufficed as a good time at Grandma's. Although I was bored nearly to tears at the time, now that I'm technically an adult, I can't help but be drawn to these cute Russian doll measuring cups, called M-Cups after their actual name, Matryoshka dolls. While the dolls themselves may be a completely functionless ode to the old country, when brought to the realm of cooking, they're actually a brilliant idea in kitchenware organization and space-saving! Plus, with all my childhood practice, I could probably break a record with how quickly I'm able to stack them up and put them away after completing a well-measured recipe!


    Price: $11.99
    Who Found It: xgalexy was the first to add the M-Cups to the Hive.

    Hot in the Hive: Homo Sapiens Caveman Kitchen Tool

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    Lisanne Silverman on Aug 13, 2009 6:20 AM PDT
    I like to cook. "Like" as in I watch Food Network and enjoy flipping through cookbooks (but only the ones with pictures) and am particularly inspired to whip things up when there is chocolate involved, or perhaps a dough I can repeatedly test (for quality control- I'm very thorough). Michael Pollan would disagree and say that what I actually like is food and not the process by which it is prepared. He would not be wrong. His recent cover story for The New York Times Magazine not only points out cooking's transformation from obligation to fascination, but also the idea that cooking actually helped our ancestors evolve and develop a culture rather than merely grunting, gnawing, and chewing all the live long day. And so, in the spirit of getting back to those simpler times, I am seriously pondering this caveman kitchen tool from ThinkGeek. It grinds, grates, mashes, flattens, and even sharpens your knives, and the best part is that it's not the least bit daunting, so you don't have to worry about your tools being more sophisticated than you are. The other best part is that you can make noises like "oog" and "grog" as you pound your way to your next meal!


    Price: $39.99
    Who Found It: lisannebee was the first to add the caveman kitchen tool to the Hive.

    Keep Your Kitchen Looking Cute!

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    Amber Fijolek on Jul 27, 2009 2:19 PM PDT
    Mama always said the best way to a man's heart is through his stomach. Knowing how to prepare a good meal can be pretty sexy -- not to mention fun, and more importantly, tasty! When something like food is always on the brain, there's nothing better than someone who can cure your fix with the steady use of a few tools. Cooking isn't always simple: there's a lot of prep and a lot of heart to it. Dressing it all up can make it a bit easier. Style you can wear can be just as important as style you can use, as both can be as expressive as Grandma's fresh-baked apple pie. Even the best recipe for success will suffer if you don't have the stuff to keep your kitchen stocked and happy. If you've got a knack for crafting with stoves, pots and knives, or like me, like to pretend you do, check out these cute picks for showing people just how cute you can be in your kitchen!

    10 Outdoor Entertaining Tools You Need For The 4th Of July ...

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    Anna Yu on Jun 30, 2009 8:21 AM PDT
    The 4th of July is rapidly approaching and I've been busy figuring out how I'm going to go to all the barbecue parties and picnics I said I'd go to! (I mean, how could I say no to juicy burgers, grilled veggies and cold drinks with all my friends and family?) Anyway, I know I have plenty of capable people who can work the grill as well as Bobby Flay so I can definitely count on a delicious meal. They've got the grill and the charcoal ready, but the last time I went to an outdoor grilling party, I noticed that all their tools have seen better days. I'm looking to replace their ratty and singed oven mitts with a suede bbq grilling mitt instead. There are some things that they didn't know they need too like the magic seasoning sheets that lay on the perfect flavor. For more outdoor entertaining tools that will make your 4th of July (and beyond!) tastier, check out my slideshow!
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