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The article focuses on hangover food experiences, from indulging in crinkle cut fries covered in feta cheese sauce in Athens to discovering new classics like breakfast burritos at Ursula in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, catering to various tastes and preferences.

The article focuses on the nostalgia of Gen Zers for point-and-shoot digital cameras as social media influencers tout its novelty and encourage the fun of using the gadget and thus fueling fashion trends. It shows Gen Zers' break from their smartphones and their realization of the fun and quirks of photos taken with digital cameras, as well as attempts to achieve aesthetic. It attributes the popularity of digital cameras to a layer of personality, stylistic choices and special memories.

In the article, the author offers tips on how to change the settings of consumer electronics devices like smartphones, computers and television to reap their optimal benefits. Among the topics cover topics like how to unlock an iPhone while wearing a mask, how to set the highest resolution of iPhone cameras for shooting videos, and how to set the color profile of Android phones.

Features the thin metal hangers Monkey Hooks.

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

Reports study findings showing that chimpanzees use tools that have been modified to make them more efficient. Data published in a 2004 issue of "The American Naturalist," focused on the apes' use of tools to catch and eat termites; Acknowledgment of tool use as a defining characteristic of human lineage.

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

Describes Japanese tableware available from Tortoise, a store in Venice, California.

Features bamboo veneer plates from Bambu. Prices.

The article discusses that Meg Luther moved to New York six years ago, rented in Midtown Manhattan, then moved to Brooklyn, eager for a quieter and more residential neighbor hood, and her little studio in a new rental building in Fort Greene, near Downtown Brooklyn.

The article offers information about vases. Topics mention including the appeal of the vase shape in terms of table architecture and interpretation, interest of artists Bari Ziperstein in vases which looks like a miniature Brutalist monuments and feedbacks of curator Alexandra Cunningham Cameron regarding vases.

This section features products from various manufacturers including the battery-operated heated vests from Ororo, the wearable Qsun Ultraviolet Exposure Tracker, and the Carex DayLight Classic Plus Therapy Lamp.

The article evaluates Halo, a new fitness-tracking bracelet from, offered by Amazon.com.

The article discusses how personal computers that had been away for a long time have been the star gadgets of 2020, partly because the pandemic has forced people to spend more time.

The article provides advice to take care of the smartphones and other technological devices amid the pandemic-induced recession.

The article suggests gifts for high school and college graduates in the U.S. in 2020, including a laptop, photographs and books.

The article reports on a plan by the European Union to require manufacturers of electronics products to offer more repairs, upgrades and ways to reuse existing goods, instead of encouraging consumers to buy new ones.

The author offers suggestions on spending money on toaster oven which can be used everyday and mentions that household brand Whirlpool has invested in software powered heating methods that can cook food.

The article offers information on kitchen gadgets offered by S. Feldman Housewares based in Manhattan, New York, owned by Scott Goldsmith, and mentions its products like Flexicado and the Avoquado, two of the many slicers, and mentions impact of technology on cooking.

The article presents an interview with David M. Halbfinger, bureau chief for The Times in Jerusalem who discusses the technological gadgets and apps used by him in work and personally including iPhones by Apple, MacBook, Bluetooth headsets, and Johnson & Johnson's 7 Minute Workout app. When asked about the tools being used to direct the language barrier in Hebrew and Arabic, she refers to the use of Google Translate.

The article evaluates an apron and handmade utensils by Mariana Velasquez, a Colombian chef and designer and Marcelli Formaggi, a cheese company along with a review of "A Grandfather's Lessons: In the Kitchen with Shorey," by Jacques Pépin.

The article offers information on the food made by the backpackers at camping sites. Particular focus is given to the increase in the number of camp cooks, the use of various utensils, and the condition of the dried-freeze food market. Comments from various backpackers including Inga Aksamit and Leslie Peng are also included.

The article discusses consumer-friendly measures taken by industries in 2015 including full-time staff members to be hired by Premier Cru wine store to handle delivery of wines, lower amount than quoted offered by CashforLaptops.com for used gadgets, and issues concerning the Taxi TV.

The author discusses what he feels are the most essential kitchen tools. He felt that most cooks can get by stocking a basic kitchen for $200, whereas a nicely equipped kitchen would cost $300. The trick is to shop at a restaurant supply store which have utilitarian utensils at reasonable prices. A shopping list of items is supplied.

The article discusses America's fascination with gadgets. The author explores a variety of gadgets including the "Annoy-o-tron," the "Baker's edge," and "Stainz-R-Out Moppers slippers." Several web sites that feature gadgets, or discusses gadgets, are presented. Firms that manufacture gadgets are discussed.

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.

The article offers information on the Rabbit Push Muddler from Metrokane Inc., reviews the Tapas restaurant El Colmado Butchery, and reviews the book "The Community Table: Recipes & Stories From the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan & Beyond" by Katja Goldman, Judy Bernstein and Lisa Rotmil.

The article offers brief information on several products suited for travelers including the Mobile Foodie Survival Kit from the Plant design shop in Brooklyn, New York, the Auvio Headphone Splitter from Radio Shack, and the Petzl Headlamp from Ems.

The article offers the author's insights on the holiday season garage sale whom she took her daughter once. She states that the items displayed on the sale are vessels of emotions of their designers with the diminished attraction from their owners. She mentions several artists which includes Lauren DiCioccio who reproduced plastic bag into embroidered sculpture ,Jonathan Legge, the founder of the online design boutique Makers & Brothers and Ingo Maurer, a German poet of high-tech lighting.

The article offers information on the handmade vessel of French artist Jean-Michel Othoniel, that was exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum in New York.

Two letters to the editor are presented in response to the article "Romney's Go-To Economist" in the October 14, 2012 issue and the article on R. Glenn Hubbard in the October 14, 2012 issue.

CORRECTION APPENDED When Steve Jobs talked about the iPad's rivals, he didn't mince words. ''If you see a stylus, they blew it,'' he said in 2010. Well, in that case, thousands of people are happily blowing it every day. The stylus is one of the most popular accessories in the touch-screen age. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

There is, of course, the first law for grandparents with computers: When the grandchildren come over, they will do something to your electronic gadgets that will render them forever quirky. I am hardly a computer novice. As a sportswriter for The New York Times, I had the distinction of sending in the paper's very first article by computer, back in 1974. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THERE are accessories for cars, accessories for gadgets, fashion accessories and even accessories to murder. Come fall, there will, again, be Elle Accessories. Elle Accessories, devoted to fashion accessories like handbags, jewelry and shoes, was a spinoff of Elle magazine that was introduced by Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. in 2005 and closed in 2008. (Some overseas editions have continued to publish.) Hearst Magazines, which acquired Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. last year, has decided to revive the American edition of Elle Accessories with the same frequency as before, twice a year, in spring and fall. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Pity the poor flight attendant. They didn't sign up for this: millions of petulant airline passengers surreptitiously reading digital books and magazines on their iPads or Kindles during takeoff and landing. The flight attendants' job was never easy. Glamorous once, at times rewarding. But now they have to stroll the aisles of a plane while it lingers at the gate or on the runway to ensure that people turn off their smartphones, computers or tablets - yes, ''Off, not in Airplane Mode.'' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

If you need proof that grilling is a guy thing, just wrap your fist around the wooden handles of the substantial new spatulas and turners in the Tim Love Collection at Sur La Table. Mr. Love, a chef in Fort Worth (and briefly in New York several years ago) has put his name on a hefty spatula with a 4-by-6-inch surface that will not be daunted by a whole flank steak, and a big, sturdy but gracefully curved slotted fish turner, able to lift a striped bass fillet. Both are stainless steel with walnut handles and a leather strap, and made in the United States by Lamson & Goodnow. Finely finished, they are beveled to a knife-sharp edge, the better to release your meat or fish cleanly from the grill, or even to make a test cut for doneness. Tim Love Collection large beveled turner and fish turner, $39.95 each at Sur La Table stores, surlatable.com. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

EVERY kitchen has one. The ingenious asparagus peeler. The automatic paper-towel dispenser. The whiz-bang electric pepper grinder. These are the tools that Gail Simmons, a judge on the Bravo series ''Top Chef'' and the author of ''Talking With My Mouth Full: My Life as a Professional Eater,'' calls ''the skeletons in the kitchen closet.'' Unlike the preposterous gadgets that turn up uninvited beneath the Christmas tree, they were purchased with enthusiasm and high culinary expectations. Now they languish in the drawer or take up space on the counter, where they eventually die of neglect. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BARCELONA, Spain -- These days much of the action in the world of gadgets is happening in smartphones -- like their sophisticated design and the apps that run on them. That has left desktop and laptop computers looking a little dull in comparison. So computers are suddenly getting more phonelike. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

JULIE SAHNI vividly remembers the first time she had to eat with utensils. Ms. Sahni, a New York-based cookbook author and cooking teacher, grew up in India eating the traditional way, with her right hand. Then, in college, she won a dance competition that would take her to Europe. How, she wondered, would she eat? The answer was a three-day immersion course in Western dining etiquette, which progressed from soup (don't let the spoon clatter on the bowl) to green beans (spear them without sending them into your neighbor's lap) and finally a slippery hard-boiled egg. Ms. Sahni, 66, mastered the knife and fork, but she has never really liked them. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

If you just peek into the huge International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, you might think that it's mostly a deafening showcase for tablets, thin TV screens, superthin laptops and Android phones. But if you really take the time to look -- if you walk all 15 miles of exhibit halls -- you'll discover that, in fact, you were right. C.E.S. really is primarily a deafening showcase for tablets, thin TV screens, superthin laptops and Android phones. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The International Consumer Electronics Show, which will open on Tuesday in Las Vegas, is impossible to ignore. It will smother the city's gigantic convention center with gadgets and those who make and promote them; more than 140,000 people are expected to attend for a frenzy of old-fashioned social networking with other members of the tech set. But once again, the show is unlikely to be where any blockbuster products of 2012 are introduced. Many of the hottest new gadgets in recent years -- including Apple's iPad and iPhone, Microsoft's Kinect and Amazon's Kindle Fire -- were first announced at other events, even though C.E.S. remains the world's biggest consumer technology convention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

ONEIDA, N.Y. - Some local residents, when eating out, instinctively turn their utensils upside-down to look for a telltale sign: the word ''Oneida,'' stamped into the back of the handle. The ''Oneida flip,'' as it's called, is a ritual carried over from an era when Oneida Ltd., the company headquartered here, dominated the global market in flatware, setting tables all over the world with its stainless steel forks, spoons and knives. In recent years, the ritual became a painful reminder of the company's troubles. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

WASHINGTON FIRST, spritz the kitchen's stainless steel counters with disinfectant. Scrub vigorously. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

TECHNOLOGY is a bit like clothing. Here's how: Hundreds of thousands of years ago, a single item of clothing (a well-tailored pelt or loincloth) would probably suffice. Clothing did one thing, provide cover. Nowadays, however, we're immeasurably more sophisticated. We have all kinds of clothing, worn in different combinations to achieve different looks. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE gadget-obsessed spend a lot of time thinking about the living room, especially this time of year, when new devices for watching television and movies and listening to music are destined to take up prime real estate under the Christmas tree. But what about the other rooms in the house? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Good design results in an everyday utensil that can go from kitchen to dinner table without raising its pinky and that even deserves gift-wrapping for a cook. This sleek, shiny stainless-steel slotted spoon with an extra deep bowl can lift pieces of meat, chunks of fish and mussels in their shells from a casserole or serving dish. It can also dredge up macerated fruit from a bowl of wintry glogg and transport it neatly into punch cups. A ladle will take care of the liquid. Slotted Spoon, at Museum of Modern Art shops and momastore.org, is $25, or $22.50 for members. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

If you're an electronics fan, you have plenty to be grateful for at this year's Thanksgiving dinner: The dawn of easy-to-use touch-screen gadgets. A sensible C.E.O. at Hewlett-Packard. Angry Birds. And if you're a camera buff, you can give thanks for the arrival of three of the best cameras ever made: the Sony NEX-7, the Samsung NX200 and the Canon S100. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]