elarbee | Slices, dices and cuts hair all in one! (Reply)

I've been hearing a lot about Russians loving their multicookers, and most of them come to the U.S. and wonder why the hell they are not in better regard here. Well, it's because many Americans agree with me that a device designed to do everything doesn't do anything well. And we, Americans, tend to have the cupboard and counter space to have more specialized appliances. However, I am still a big stickler to Alton Brown's philosophy of multitasking and I refuse to buy bulky or expensive single-use items. Here I was going to write a post about my favorite appliances, but I discovered not much changed since this one.

However, this does give me the opportunity to brag about my delicious dinner, prepared with no appliances at all: rough-chopped tomatoes (not as smelly as I'd like, my local fruit-n-veg stand didn't quite come through for us today), basil from my windowsill (I just about killed it), little balls of mozzarella and a bit of olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Of course, I forgot to salt it. But the liquid was awesome for bread-dipping.