As the hot summer months take their toll, what better way to cool down than with your favorite flavor of ice cream? Or better yet, homemade ice cream? Why not try the Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker with Extra Freezer Bowl available on the Williams-Sonoma website, and able to make ice cream in as little as 20 minutes.

This nifty kitchen gadget is simple to use, just add the ingredients and flip the power switch. It also has extra space for your favorite add-in, like nuts or candy, and can make sorbet or frozen yogurt as well as ice cream.

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There are a number of cool kitchen gadgets available for the contemporary chef, and but site which boats a large variety of progressive and insightful gadgets is www.knifecenter.com.

Among the many useful kitchen gadgets presented on this site, three of the coolest are the Chef’n Garlic Zoom, the Chef’n Wisecracker Crab Cracker and Splitter, and the Chef’n Palm Peeler.

The Chef’n line of products promises to solve problems in food preparation and cooking by creating innovative and uncommon gadgets for the everyday chef.

If you’re like me, opening all kinds of different food and condiment containers - from new ketchup bottles to stiff jar lids - can be a hassle. There are a number of accessories from opening either a bottle, or a can, or a jar, but now there is one that can do all of this, and more.

Crate & Barrel have created a modern 6-Way opener which is perfect for any kitchen. Along with its sleek design, this kitchen gadget can open snack bags, jar lids, bottle tops, pull tabs, safety seals and bottle caps.

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Without a doubt the most important appliance in any kitchen is the oven or stove. With the development from wood-burning, to gas and electric ranges, there are many options concerning how to power you stove, as well as what is looks like.

If you have a modern kitchen, then an electric stove seems like the way to go, but you could also purchase a dual fuel range, which can use either gas or electric. For a more tradition kitchen appliance, Heartland Appliances Inc. is always a good bet.

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