Kitchen & Bath - Fab Finds

8 great kitchen gadgets

By: Heather Camlot

Impress your guests with the most stylish tools for cooking and baking.

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5 CoffeeTeam Therm
For those who love fresh ground coffee and need a cup all day long, the CoffeeTeam Therm may just be the answer. A combination coffee maker and burr grinder -- which preserves more aroma and provides a finer grind than a blade grinder -- the CoffeeTeam Therm lets you program the time, amount and strength of coffee, holds up to 80 grams of coffee and drips into a stainless steel carafe that will keep coffee warm for hours. Let the caffeine high begin.

6 Hot Chocolate Pot
If you prefer a warm mug of cocoa over coffee, then you'll want to put the Hot Chocolate Pot on your wish list. Fill the cute little ceramic pot with milk and chocolate -- syrup, shavings, chips or powder -- heat in the microwave, then whip with the automatic frother. Fireplace and fuzzy slippers sold separately.

Not yet available in Canada but worth a drool . . .

7 Star Extractor Hood
Form collides with function in this bold, beautiful range hood that looks right at home in a disco, never mind above your stove top. The crystal sphere is made of hundreds of tiny glass prisms that reflect not only light, but good taste, and comes with a three-speed illuminated touch sensor with remote control, long-life odour filters and washable grease filters. Bets are you'll have the range hood on even if the range is not.(Note: Range hoods by Italian manufacturer Elica are distributed by Zephyr in North America, but the brand new star is not yet available. Keep your fingers crossed.)

8 Ecopod Automated Recycling Bin
Let's face it, recycling is a bulky affair. Those plastic bottles and aluminum cans take up a lot of space, unless you crush them first. That's where the Ecopod comes in. Designed by BMW Designworks, the chic-looking recycling bin has an opening at the top to drop in bottles and cans. Step on the foot pedal and your recyclables are compacted and stored in a removable bin. There's also room to store paper and glass until recycling day. The one drawback is the Ecopod, which launched in November, is not yet taking Canadian orders. So, if you have friends stateside . . .