Today on the Martha Stewart Show®, Martha was making a cake from a recipe of Martha Washington as listed in the new book by Caroline Kennedy, A Family Christmas. It was a large cake requiring 40 eggs and Martha brought out her large Hobart ™Professional Mixer from her catering days. Martha told Caroline that most people wouldn’t have such a large machine, but that such kitchen appliances “make me feel good.”

Markdown Mom shares the same feelings. Somehow having a wonderful kitchen appliance, tool, or gadget makes you feel that you can tackle any gourmet situation. Much like the people of the Victorian Era who had eating utensils and dishes for every kind of meal or dish, today technology aids for cooking, cleaning, decorating, or making anything with your own hands makes MDM and others “feel good.” It may be part of our self-reliance, or the value we place on “homemade” especially with such busy lives we live today.

That is part of the reasoning for MDM’s trendy kitchen gadgets category. Not only are these handy items because they are user friendly, they aid in placing culinary artistry within our reach by opening our imagination and creativity in the kitchen. Recently, MDM found a new gadget that would be great as a stocking stuffer for any burgeoning chef or gourmand at The Home Marketplace®. This Cuisipro butter slicer/spreader reg.$9.99/on sale $7.49 combines the technology of silicone with stainless steel to shave butter or chocolate into curls. Update: Available at Amazon for $12.99. This is great for getting just the right amount of butter, rather than the large chunks from that refrigerator-cool stick, and the silicone makes smooth spreading of the butter or margarine. Imagine having a small bowl of butter curls on your holiday table, how elegant! And for making chocolate curls, this is a perfect tool.

This is a perfect holiday stocking stuffer, or put together a kitchen basket with kitchen towels, spices, specialty cooking oils, jams, chutney, and other kitchen gadgets and cooking utensils. MDM bets even Martha would love such a gift!

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