Culinary Contraptions
Looking for a Christmas gift for the foodie in your life? Although few will admit it, most foodies love gadgets of one type or another. Here are some ideas:
• Four polyethylene stencils in candy cane, snowflake, tree and gingerbread man shapes can be used for topping cupcakes and cookies with cocoa, cinnamon or decorative sugars, $9.95 from Williams-Sonoma
• Cooking Concepts double-headed frosting spreader, $1 from Dollar Tree
• Reindeer bottle topper for wines and other bottled beverages, $4.95 from Sur La Table
• The Smoking Gun infuses foods and drinks with smoky flavors without extra heat, and can be used to flavor foods before or after cooking, $99.95 from Williams-Sonoma
• Skybar Wine Chill Drops chill a glass of wine fast, $49.99 from Bed Bath & Beyond
• iHome iP39 Kitchen Alarm Clock Radio System for iPhone/iPod for listening to cooking podcasts and following recipe aps; it has two timers, a retractable universal dock, USB port for charging devices and more, $99.99 from Bed Bath & Beyond
• Sur La Table Garlic Chopper has a weighted-blade mechanism to quickly and evenly mince garlic; just add garlic cloves and shake, $12.95 from Sur La Table
• iSi Gourmet Whip Plus enables cooks to create hot and cold foams, cold-frost foods and more; with the optional tips, it's also a flavor injector, $130 from Sur La Table
• OXO convertible colander has legs that can be folded out to suspend it above the sink, or folded in to stand it on the counter, $21.29 from Target
• Chef'n silicone vegetable steamer is rust-proof, heat-resistant and fits almost any pan, $11.99 from Target
