Cookistry's Kitchen Gadget and Food Reviews

Salt is something you'll find in pretty much every kitchen. Even people who don't use salt in cooking probably have some sitting around for guests who want to add salt at the table. Some people...

https://reviews.cookistry.com/2019/03/hepps-salt-passport-collection.html

My dad wasn't a particularly demanding guy, when it came to food. Whatever my mom cooked, he was happy with. It helped that she was a pretty good cook, but he was also pretty chill about whatev...

https://reviews.cookistry.com/2019/03/true-made-sauces.html

Another month, another box of goodies from Degusta Box. They send me a box every month, at no cost, so I can tell you all about it. The theme for this month's box was ... hmmm ... I'm not sure....

https://reviews.cookistry.com/2019/02/degusta-box-february-2019.html

Anyone who knows me would tell you that I'm a total freak for gadgets. I adore cooking gadgets most of all, but I can get a little giddy about a new lawnmower or power tool, too. When someone se...

https://reviews.cookistry.com/2019/01/renatos-brewing-system-for-coffee-tea.html

It's a new year, and I'm still getting a free boxes of goodies from Degusta Box every month, so I can tell you all about the stuff in the box. They want you to see what you could get if you sub...

https://reviews.cookistry.com/2019/01/degusta-box-january-2019.html

Pamela's Products makes gluten-free mixes and ingredients and finished goods as well, and they sent me a big box of stuff to try. I passed along the few items that had coconut in them (coconut ...

https://reviews.cookistry.com/2018/12/pamelas-products.html

Pereg Gourmet sells a whole bunch of spices, and this time they sent me a free sample of their zahtar (sometimes spelled zatar or za'atar) which is a Middle Eastern spice blend. It can be used a...

https://reviews.cookistry.com/2018/12/pereg-gourmet-zahtar.html

I can still remember the first time I saw T-fal cookware. I was just a little kid, and someone was doing a demo in a store. I never saw a live cooking demo before, and I was enthralled. Someone ...

https://reviews.cookistry.com/2018/12/t-fal-sapphire-infused-triangle-pan.html

Nope, this isn't something that you have to catch. It's the tasty, saucey child of ... ... drumroll, please ... Mustard and Ketchup. When I got the pitch about this product, they talked abo...

https://reviews.cookistry.com/2018/12/mustketch.html

I had a multi-cooker years ago, and I loved that darned thing. It was the replacement for a slow cooker, but it could also saute prior to cooking, which was totally awesome. Eventually, it got...

https://reviews.cookistry.com/2018/12/cosori-multi-cooker.html

When they holidays come, it's a sure bet that liquor stores will have displays of a variety of products that are fit for celebrating or for gifting. Some of the most interesting are the limite...

https://reviews.cookistry.com/2018/12/disaronno-wears-trussardi.html

Oooooh, lookie here. It's hand packed for ME. What could it possibly be? Does it get any better? Okay, sampling is better. The smaller metal flask contains black bourbon that's been...

https://reviews.cookistry.com/2018/12/stillhouse-whiskey.html

One of my favorite candies is toffee. It's just sooooo good. So when the folks at Dave's Sweet Tooth asked me if I wanted samples, I said "heck no." No, I'm kidding. Of course I said yes. Th...

https://reviews.cookistry.com/2018/12/daves-sweet-tooth-toffee.html

Ghee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee heeee he eeeeeeeee It's just a fun word. It's butter that has been heated and the solids have been removed so you've got the clarified pure fat that's just a bit toasty. ...

https://reviews.cookistry.com/2018/12/spiced-ghee.html

Did you ever get a cheese knife set and then need to read the instructions to see what each knife is used for? And the you lose the instructions and you have these odd knives that you're totall...

https://reviews.cookistry.com/2018/12/wusthoff-charcuterie-set.html

My relationship with spicy foods is interesting. I don't eat spicy foods all the time, but when I start, I go a little crazy. Spice on everything! The nice people at HORSESHOE BRAND sent me s...

https://reviews.cookistry.com/2018/12/horseshoe-brand-hot-sauces.html

I got my first Thermoworks Thermapen some years ago, when I bought it as a Christmas present for myself. It was a bit of an indulgent purchase. It wasn't quite a budget breaker, but it was a bud...

https://reviews.cookistry.com/2018/12/thermoworks-signals.html

Yikes, I'm really late on this one, which is crazy because these were so easy to sample. Heh. Anyway, as you probably already know, I get a box from Degusta Box every month so I can tell you a...

https://reviews.cookistry.com/2018/11/degusta-box-november-2018_29.html

Want chai? Davidson's Organic Tea recently sent me samples of three of their chai teas, along with a sweet mug. Yes, that's a ginormous mug. And there's a fox inside. Yup. But back to the ch...

https://reviews.cookistry.com/2018/11/davidsons-organic-tea-chai.html

Seriously, if someone asks me if I want samples of their chocolate, there's only one sane answer. Yes, I want to sample your chocolate. Send it now. I'm not exactly sure why this chocolate i...

https://reviews.cookistry.com/2018/11/american-heritage-chocolate.html

THEM: Do you want to sample our olive oils? ME: Yup. The company was Goya, who I'm very familiar with, and I've used their olive oils before. I'm a fiend for olive oil, and I love sampling di...

https://reviews.cookistry.com/2018/11/goya-olive-oil.html

Yeah, you're wondering about that title, right? Zoku, known for their ice pop freezing gadgets, recently sent me a sweet ice cube maker  set. It makes giant cubes that are so popular these da...

https://reviews.cookistry.com/2018/11/zoku-jack.html

Folks who sharpen knives professionally will sometimes use a belt sander sort of setup. My dad actually used that type of thing for sharpening drill bits and other machine tools. That method of ...

https://reviews.cookistry.com/2018/11/worksharp-culinary-e5-sharpener.html

There are a lot of people who want to send me coffee mugs, travel tumblers, and other drinking devices that are meant to take your beverage on the go. Mostly, I say "no" because I don't see a lo...

https://reviews.cookistry.com/2018/10/burnout-travel-tumbler.html

So many skillets, not nearly enough eggs. The nice folks at DiamoTech sent me one of their 9 1/2 inche skillets to test, and I've left it out on the stove since it arrived, so I remember to use...

https://reviews.cookistry.com/2018/10/diamotech-skillet.html