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Consumer Reports staff gift guide: Cooking and kitchen gadgets

Consumer Reports staff gift guide: Cooking and kitchen gadgets
GADGETS, GADGETS, CONSUMER REPORTS TESTS AND EVALUATES ALL SORTS OF KITCHEN GEAR. A NUMBER OF THE KITCHENWARE PRODUCTS THAT WE TEST MAKE FOR REALLY GOOD GIFTS AROUND THE HOLIDAY SEASON. TO SPARK SOME IDEAS FOR YOUR HOLIDAY SHOPPING, SEE OUR COUPLE TOGETHER A KITCHEN GIFT GUIDE. CR TANYA CHRISTIAN SAYS AN AIR FRYER IS TOUGH TO BEAT IN TERMS OF MUST HAVE KITCHEN APPLIANCES. I’M OBSESSED WITH AIR FRYERS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THEY JUST MAKE FOOD BETTER. YOU GET THE CRISPINESS, BUT YOU DON’T ACTUALLY HAVE TO FRY THE FOOD. THIS TABITHA BROWN AIR FRYER HAS A CUTE, MODERN DESIGN WITH A POP OF COLOR, SO IT’S VERY GIFTABLE. YOU CAN SPOIL THE LATTE LOVER ON YOUR LIST WITH THIS NINJA LUXE. THE ESPRESSO THAT COMES OUT OF IT IS JUST AS GOOD, IF NOT BETTER, THAN THE ESPRESSO YOU MIGHT GET AT YOUR LOCAL CAFE. THE STEAM WAND MAKES THE FROTH SUPER SILKY SMOOTH. IT IS JUST BEAUTIFUL, LATTE ART WORTHY, MILK STEAMING. NOW SOME TAKE A BARE BONES APPROACH TO KITCHEN APPLIANCES, BUT ONE THING THEY CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT IS A MICROWAVE. THIS ANY DAY I’LL MICROWAVE COOKWARE SET ALLOWS YOU TO SKIP THE QUESTIONABLE PLASTIC CONTAINERS AND STILL REAP THE REWARDS OF SPEEDY MICROWAVE COOKING. I CAN GO FROM POPPING IT IN THE MICROWAVE AND THEN TAKING IT OUT AND EATING IT, SO IT’S REALLY CONVENIENT AND I FIND IT TO BE ESTHETICALLY PLEASING. OR CONSIDER GIFTING A MANDOLINE SLICER THIS $20 CHIRO SIERRA MAKES A GREAT STOCKING STUFFER AND A SPECIAL KITCHEN GIFT. DOESN’T HAVE TO COST A WHOLE LOT. CONSIDER A CUTE DISH TOWELS, A CITRUS
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Consumer Reports staff gift guide: Cooking and kitchen gadgets
It’s that time of year—more gatherings, more cooking, more eating, and more gift-giving. The experts at Consumer Reports culled together a list of some of their favorite cooking and kitchen gadgets -- just in time for gifting or rounding out your own kitchen for the holidays. CR’s Tanya Christian says an air fryer is tough to beat in terms of must-have kitchen appliances. The Tabitha Brown air fryer has a cute modern design with a pop of color so it’s very giftable. You can spoil the latte lover on your list with the Ninja Luxe. Angela Lashbrook says, the espresso that comes out of it is just as good if not better than the espresso you might get at your local café.CR’s Pang-Chieh Ho takes a bare-bones approach to kitchen appliances, but one thing she can’t live without is her microwave. She says the Anyday io microwaveable cookware set allows you to skip the questionable plastic containers and still reap the rewards of speedy microwave cooking. Or, CR editors say the $20 Kyocera makes a great stocking stuffer.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter

It’s that time of year—more gatherings, more cooking, more eating, and more gift-giving. The experts at Consumer Reports culled together a list of some of their favorite cooking and kitchen gadgets -- just in time for gifting or rounding out your own kitchen for the holidays.

CR’s Tanya Christian says an air fryer is tough to beat in terms of must-have kitchen appliances. The Tabitha Brown air fryer has a cute modern design with a pop of color so it’s very giftable.

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You can spoil the latte lover on your list with the Ninja Luxe. Angela Lashbrook says, the espresso that comes out of it is just as good if not better than the espresso you might get at your local café.

CR’s Pang-Chieh Ho takes a bare-bones approach to kitchen appliances, but one thing she can’t live without is her microwave. She says the Anyday io microwaveable cookware set allows you to skip the questionable plastic containers and still reap the rewards of speedy microwave cooking. Or, CR editors say the $20 Kyocera makes a great stocking stuffer.

See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter