Hey V Fans,

We have a lot of juicy stuff for this week's update, so get ready for your Voltaggio fix!

First up, a fan blog called My Last Bite features a big, fat story about Michael's demo for Williams-Sonoma. Read all about it HERE.

And for all you Top Chef (and Master Chef) lovers out there, guess what? There's accompanying cookbooks for each! Now you too can be a top/master/amazing/guru/king chef in your very own kitchen! The article also goes on to give the recipe for Michael V's Apple Sorbet. (yum)

And for our general foodies who live in LA, feast your gourmand eyes on this Taste of Beverly Hills wrap up HERE.

Television Without Pity does a great job wrapping up Top Chef's last episode. That's right! Click HERE for it!

And last but decidedly not least, Michael V uses his new found partnership with Williams-Sonoma to get all of YOU discounts! Click HERE if you want his favorite Vitamix Blender on the cheap! I mean, ya know, "cheap."

Enjoy, everyone!

Hey Guys!

You know how Bryan knows pretty much everything about everything? Well, he totally does. Read all about Bryan's feelings on being a judge on Top Chef, and his predictions for the winner!

Read HERE.

And, because I know your weekly emotional arcs are basically shaped by these Friday Gadget posts, here's a few amazing/awesome/bizarre treats that caught my eye this week.

First up, we have a super cool gadget for all you parents of finicky eaters - The Chew Chew Train! Check it out here. 

Know how after you chop garlic you REEK of it for days upon days? Even AFTER you've used your stainless steel garlic mouse? Enter Garlic Zoom!

I've been looking for ways to create smallish, semi-manageable kitchen fires. You?

Welcome to the portion of this post where I tell you about insane ideas which will never go anywhere!

And finally, if you don't run right out and snatch these up IMMEDIATELY, we are no longer friends.

Happy weekend!

-Audie

Hey Guys!

Want to know the best way to deal with basil? Want to know a secret to cutting acidity? Bryan V was kind enough to perform a demo at the Urbana Music  Festival and you can read the review from the Frederick News right HERE!

Now, moving swiftly on to your favorite weekly recap of all things kitcheny and cool.

First up, we have the Smart Fridge. This big ticket appliance will actually create a recipe for you based on the ingredients in your fridge. I wonder what it can concoct with batteries, cream cheese, mint, and Vegenaise?

I guess this one is for people with failed olfactory senses? Kind of excellent, nonetheless.

If you're anything like me, french fries are part of the reason you wake up each morning. However, if you had fried food as much as your heart longed for it, you would become beefy, sloppy and generally grotesque. Enter the One Tablespoon Deep Fryer! Now we can all eat 2 pounds of potatoes and pretend they're good for us!

What is completely inessential yet beyond thrilling? THESE.

Happy coveting, and check back with us on Monday. And tell us, what's YOUR most useful gadget?

Have a great weekend, everyone!

-Audie

PS: The photo at the top is of an automatic spaghetti twirler. Not required. Barely awesome. Totally hilarious.

Hey Guys!

It's Friday, and even though this is the day you LEAST need that how-am-I-gonna-make-it-through-the-day treat, I also thought - isn't a treat always a treat? So in the spirit of foodie-camaraderie, or foodaraderie, I offer all of you the following life-changing, all important, useless but priceless, initially exciting yet ultimately pointless collection of kitchen paraphernalia destined to be pushed back to the furthermost recesses of your drawers and cabinets!

First up, it's the world's first portable toaster! Guaranteed to singe a fingertip or two, but who doesn't want to make a perfectly golden slice of toast on the subway, enjoying the onlooking envy of every boring NON portable toast-having loser?

Next, I bring to you the Veggie Peeler! It probably peels poorly, but look at that little peel-trapper! If you're anything like me, your sad, limp peels sit not in, but NEAR your garbage disposal for roughly 14 hours before being truly discarded, so this might take care of some of that mess. Or...maybe I just need a housekeeper. Either one.

You know how you have your giant block of knives, yet you use only one? Here's a knife that will replace all of those - it slices, dices, chops, peels, zests, and oh so much more!

Have you been thinking of a way to blend your love of tea with your love of shark attacks? Join the club! This baby marries the two seamlessly!

And lastly, you know that dark, howling tempest of sadness you've been feeling lately? No more! Enter Salt and Pepper shakers designed to look like batteries! You can thank me later.

Enjoy getting your kitchen gadget geek on. Have a great weekend, everyone!

-Audie

Hey Guys!

I thought we could all geek out together for a sec. I've been scavenging the internet for the coolest and most excellent foodie finds, and would love to share with all of you!

First up, we have the very twee Finger Food party plates by The Spoon Sisters. Have you seen anything more adorable today? My guess is, you have not.

Also, you know how you have 18 cookbooks and barely ever read any of them? Well, here's your 19th! "Things Cooks Love" is chock-full of useful tools and culinary gadgets - plus now you won't HAVE to spend your entire paycheck at Sur La Table this month - you can just peruse the pretty pictures! Sort of like how when you make a giant meal for a crowd, you really don't need to eat dinner yourself. Or something like that.

Lastly, I thought, well, it's not yet Friday. You folks probably need a little cheering, right? Right. Enter THIS.

You're welcome.

Enjoy!

-Audie