Category Archives: Appliances

Enter the rice cooker

By Mike (tfb) | Published: Fri Feb 20, 2009
Took the plunge into a sea of automatic rice cookers today with this Black & Decker 6-cup rice cooker, almost the smallest you can get (there’s a 3-cup, too), only $20 (on sale for 15!). It comes with a steamer basket, so you can steam veggies as well. And you can use it for things [...]
Also posted in Food & Cooking | Tagged , | 2 Comments

Super-fridge

By Mike (tfb) | Published: Fri Nov 14, 2008
Energy-efficient appliances: where to start? It’s a bit overwhelming at first. Began kind of randomly with fridge-freezer gear—preserving food by keeping it cold seems both essential and energy-expensive. The first promising company I run into is Vestfrost, an eco-friendly refrigeration specialist from Denmark. According to dealer literature, “these sleek and popular energy efficient refrigerators are [...]
Posted in Appliances | Tagged , , | 1 Comment