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You want gourmet coffee? For many people the answer to that question is a resounding, ‘Yes.’ Furthermore, there are a variety of reasons why some people are loyal gourmet coffee drinkers. The following are a few of those reasons. First, gourmet coffee is made by people who truly care about their product. For instance, they [...]

Who doesn’t like popcorn? Microwave popcorn just doesn’t cut it, you always end up with burnt bits at the bottom and they just don’t taste like the real thing. Stovetop popcorn is the way to go, but its cumbersome, requires cooking and effort and just isn’t instant.

Salt & Pepper shakers are like the easiest way to add cool to your kitchen. But there are so many ‘novelty’ and ‘designer’ ones out there – how exactly do you stand out from the mainstream of designer condiment wannabes? Geek it up of course. First up, it’s Batman. It’s a salt and pepper shaker [...]

Drink beer. Save the World. I’m usually not that excited by recycled homewares, but I do like well designed novelty goods, am a fan of handmade things and I certainly like things related the alcohol consumption.

I once watched a Thai movie called Crying Tiger, it was really bizzare and brilliant and a lot better than a Japanese movie called Crying Freeman which was crap and based on a really good Japanese comic with the same title. However this has nothing to do with this recipe. Apparantly the name of the [...]

Has anyone stayed up late enough to watch that infomercial for the Aerogarden? Clearly targeted at pot growers, this is a similar concept but way better looking. Studio Schulab have created the ‘lightpot’, a small pot for growing plants and herbs indoors. The light is LED based, which means it’s strong enough to keep the [...]

I’ve recently being upgrading my kitchen gear, and was on the lookout for a pair of oven mitts that clearly defined me, as a person, in a humorous and quirky way. I came across these by Brazil based Bazar Design on OhGizmo, only to find that they aren’t available quite yet. Which was somewhat depressing. [...]

Much has been made of the death of the Polaroid, you’ve all probably read thousands of articles on it and went out and stockpiled catridges like they were tins of beans in the days leading up to the Y2k crisis. News of the shutting down of production was taken badly by design mavens worldwide. Wailing [...]

Omurice (short for Omlette Rice) is as Japanese as you can get. It’s fairly simple food – basically tomato friend rice wrapped up in an omlette. Sometimes served with a side of meat or veggies. You usually find these in Japanese ‘family’ restaurants like Denny’s or Gusto’s. As a picky little child, when it came [...]

Came accross this in my favourite Sydney bookstore, Ariel, the other day. A pretty novel concept – combining two of our favourite things in the world: Art and Eating. The author put this book together over a great excuse for a trip around Paris, Berlin, and Amsterdam to London and New York. His road-trip rules [...]

Keeping somewhat on the limited edition arts book theme, I came across Playboy’s Complete Centerfolds collection thanks to Golden Fiddle. This 730 page behometh recreates every single Playboy Centerfold exactly as they were published. And not only that, it comes in a self-described “handsome leather briefcase lined with velvet”. Why would you want to spend [...]

We rarely bring a pre-made sandwich into the DEGOURGET offices, but from our past experiences working in corporate hellholes, we understand the pain involved in losing ones midday meal to some light fingered co-worker scum. To combat this worldwide problem, Sherwood Forlee comes up with this brilliant concept. Stealing your co-worker’s lunch is a downright [...]

My peers who are not Asian have slowly learnt that using chopsticks has become a necessity in today’s age – without feeling like an uncultured douchebag when having a meal with your mates and. This is so true that sometimes i am schooled by my Aryan counterparts as to the fundamentals of 2 pieces of [...]

Nordic Rock is a novel way to chill down your drinks. Well, to me anyway, maybe they’ve been in widespread use for decades and I’ve just never twigged. So, what is it? Pure rocks from the deepest Swedish…place where rocks come from, that you chill in your freezer and then throw into your drink instead [...]

The Noko Jeans project has sent my imagination running wild and my jealousy levels through the roof. Run by three Swedish guys with a self-described background in PR and advertising, it’s a company set up for the purpose of making jeans in North Korea. Or as they describe it: Noko Jeans is our attempt to [...]