We have come across an interesting new flooring product. Check it out!
Michael

“We are pleased to introduce you to a unique new flooring concept that is creating a stir amongst interior decorating and design professionals: Stone fruit floors. In short, it consists of peach pips hand-packed onto a sturdy glued surface, after which the spaces between the pips are filled with silica sand and resin and then covered with urethane for protection. Alla le Roux, originator of the concept, got his inspiration after seeing a traditional dung-and-peach-pip floor at Kleine Zoar, the house of Wolraad Woltemade in Paarden Eiland, Cape Town. He then decided to modernize the original idea by using resin instead of cow dung to re-create these lovely floors, making it possible for everyone to have an authentic peach pip floor without the old-world hassle of reapplying dung once a week!

The floors come in a variety of hues and finishes. You can choose between natural or colour tints, smooth or cobbled surfaces, with a matt or gloss finish. The end product has a natural look and feel and will turn any wall or floor into a work of art, whether it is in a kitchen, a foyer or a wine cellar.
It is also highly durable, easy to clean and, because of the high content of recycled materials in our floors (peach pips!), we leave a much smaller carbon footprint than any manufacturer of ceramic or wooden flooring materials, meaning less damage to the environment.

Developed locally, stone fruit floors are a proud first for South Africa and we have recently secured a world-wide patent on the product. Samples of the product have been very well received in New York, London and Berlin, and we are in the process of developing 30X30 cm tiles for the export market. In the local market, we currently do only seamless installations, which is unique as far as high-end flooring materials are concerned, since most other types of flooring will be in strip, plank or tile form.

Please visit our website www.stonefruitfloors.com for more information or if you would like to get an idea of what the product looks like.”

Check out this great NY Times article on heat in the kitchen. A must if you are a serious cook or lover of the kitchen. Cheers!!

It’s hard to measure and hard to control. It’s not a material like water or flour, to be added by the cup. In fact, it’s invisible.

It’s heat.

Every cook relies every day on the power of heat to transform food, but heat doesn’t always work in the way we might guess. And what we don’t know about it can end up burning us.

We waste huge amounts of gas or electricity, not to mention money and time, trying to get heat to do things it can’t do. Aiming to cook a roast or steak until it’s pink at the center, we routinely overcook the rest of it. Instead of a gentle simmer, we boil our stews and braises until they are tough and dry. Even if we do everything else right, we can undermine our best cooking if we let food cool on the way to the table — all because most of us don’t understand heat.

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Learn about the Merchandise found at the Las Vegas Kitchen and Bath Show. You can read about a fantastic induction element, some beautiful and sleek appliances and of course a comparison of Products coming out of China, Europe and North Ameirca. Enjoy!

At this year’s Kitchen and Bath Industry Show in Las Vegas, Asian companies played the low end, Americans and Europeans the high.

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Liquifloor is an award winning new floor Tile System that consists of colored liquid moving and changing colors underneath a durable clear tile. When people step on or apply pressure to the Tile, Liquifloor changes colors and creates a great visual effect with a wide range of colors from pastels to metallics. It is available exclusively through Cafe interiors, a supplier of some really funky and sexy design concepts.
According to Cafe Interiors, Liquifloors are best used in “nightclubs, restaurants, museums, and yachts”
We don’t see why LiquiFloor couldn’t be used in kitchens or home bars as well.

 

Our Sexy Kitchen Opinion: We’re sure that liquifloor would be extremely cool to have in your home. If you are looking for something completely unique and sexy, then this flooring product is for you.

If you want to know more please visit them @ http://www.cafeinteriors.com/

[ information courtesy of Cafe Interiors Limited ]

“This falls under design and products. Use this technique with the floor and you’ll have one wild kitchen”

Mike

Just 3 LEDs change the color of this entire kitchen We like it more than painting, and the “coat” will last 4,000 days before burnout.

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“This is a pretty unusual product…I question whether it works or not. Makes me not want to drink milk!!”
Mike

The Peter Petrie Egg Separator is the most unappetizing kitchen tool EVER. And sadly, the stupid thing WORKS.

It’s a hand-crafted ceramic head sporting a quizzical expression and a huge nose. To use it, you crack an egg into the separator and tilt it forward.

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“We found this article to be pretty amusing. It’s a good thing I didn’t get one…”

Mike!

Humorist Bill Stockton pokes fun at kitchen gadgets as Christmas presents. Be glad one of these “creations” wasn’t under your tree.

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“Looking for some of the sexiest kitchen gadgets for the holidays? Well, this blog may interest you. It revolves around the latest in technology in kitchens and of course with the holiday season here, spotlights Thanksgiving gadgets.”
-There’s some really sexy Equipment here. Be sure to check it out.
Michael

Thanksgiving puts serious demands on any cook, and therefore makes a great excuse to invest in the latest cooking gadgets. The following items would be welcome in nearly any geek’s kitchen, but have special appeal in the holiday season.

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