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What you'll find is that sometimes gadgets are just about making cooking fun, and that's exactly what this does.

No way. I'm with Alton Brown: The only unitasker I want in my kitchen is a fire extinguisher. And maybe an olive pitter. I'll figure out another use for it, and justify it to myself that way.

I have to admit that I'm skeptical of the long-term quality of these knives; I'd love to see a follow-up in a month and then six months down the road.

I also have to ask others' opinions: Is a bread knife an essential? If you can get only two knives, I can definitely see getting a chef's knife, but I'd go for a good paring knife long before a bread knife.

Born Again Bodies is another great example of this, with a focus on how Christianity has shaped what/how we eat. Starving for Salvation does a similar thing, but argues that Christianity's shaping of what/when/how we eat has led to eating disorders. BAB gets a little bogged down in the middle, but they're really both good reads.

Congratulations, Ed!

I'd love to preserve tomatoes and strawberries. I've never tried watermelon rind preserves, but they sound interesting, and it's awesome that foods that are often considered "waste" can be preserved and eaten.

there is a reason why dying and dying are spelled the same way.

Well, they're not. It's "dying" and "dyeing." I wish there was better editing on the articles on Serious Eats; I'd definitely prefer quality over quantity.

That said, interesting article!

Eek! They look like little hands. Which is somehow worse than looking like little feet.

Azured -- what do you do with the bacon grease? I've fried eggs in it, but what else is it good for?

Crispy, anywhere from just beyond pliant to cinders -- it's all delicious.