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Features the Clam, a knife block which can be opened for cleaning, available at the Conran Shop in New York City.

Focuses on the paper towel holder from kitchenware company Simplehuman of the United States. Pricing; Company's use of ethnovideography; Features.

The author discusses her efforts to use various silicone kitchenware and reports on her results. She felt that the potholders, pot handle covers, mitts, baking mats, and splatter screens have quickly become adopted into her kitchen. She was not impressed by silicone bakeware. When investigating the safety of the items, she was dismayed by the overall lack of information about the safety of the products she was using.

Until the mid-'70s, high-quality copper cookware was made in Brooklyn, by Bruno Waldrow. When he shut down no one in Brooklyn, and quite possibly the United States, was making classic copper pots. Mac Kohler, left, started Brooklyn Copper Cookware last year. He discovered that the Hammersmith company in Bushwick had acquired the Waldrow copper works and was doing architectural fabrication and occasionally retinning copper pots for chefs. He is contracting with Hammersmith's owner, Jeff Herkes, to make the cookware, which Mr. Kohler sells online. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WEST CHESTER, Pa. A FEW seconds before going on the air here, the QVC host Sandra Bennett hurries onto a set that looks like a suburban American kitchen. Rachael Ray is waiting behind a counter stacked with her cookware, on sale today at $49.76 for an eight-piece set. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LITTLE or no cooking is one way to keep the kitchen cool in the summer, but if the food you produce is cool (and delicious, of course), that's a real plus. Cold soups are a common solution. It's difficult to imagine one simpler than this one, and impossible to imagine one richer and creamier. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article focuses on the author's experience of using plastic plate. When the author used thick plastic plates, the cheap forks used to clang with the plate and make noise. The author learned that the Max 1 plates were designed in 1964 by Massimo Vignelli, who designed the logos of the American Airlines Inc. and Bloomingdale.

Reports on the development of a corn holder by Zyliss, a kitchen tools maker in the U.S.

Features designer utensils, gardening tools, and other products for cultivating and serving tomatoes. Price of the Swirl Tomato Spoon; Width of the Mariposa sand-cast aluminum platter; Quality of the 5-inch J. A. Henckels Professional S tomato slicer; Effectiveness of the Sluggo pesticide; Durability of the Nantucket trellis.

Features the pastry board called the Big Chill by Kuhn Rikon Corp.

Features the ceramic colander-server created by Danish designer Ole Jensen for Royal Copenhagen Inc.

Features several kitchen tools for outdoor dining. Wooden salad bowls; Silvermark's stainless steel Toss and Chop; Battery-operated stainless steel mills for grinding coarse salt of peppercorns.

Features the three-sided stainless steel grater from Cuisipro.

Focuses on bone-handle forks. Description of bone-handle forks owned by the author; Observation that such forks were never meant for fine dining; Background on the forks, which can date to the Civil War era; Utilitarian aspects; Discussion of handles, tines and metals.

Deals with the cooking utensil called whisks. Two general types of whisks; Description of a good whisk.

Introduces Tomato Core-It, a kitchen tool, by Prince Castle Inc. Description of the gadget; Capabilities.

Focuses on kitchen use of the mortar and pestle. Comparison of its efficiency to that of motorized tools, including the food processor; Comparison of pesto sauce made using a mortar and pestle, a food processor and a blender; Types, materials, and characteristics; Recipe for Walnut Sauce.

Compares retro-styled electric toasters available in the United States as of January 1999. Comparison of features, function and cost of a Dualit, a DeLonghi Classica, a Russell Hobbs Classic Coolwall, a Cuisinart, and a 1950s Toastmaster purchased at a used-kitchenware shop.