The Looftlighter

Start your next fire with a 1000°F electric wand

Sick of grilled chicken tasting like lighter fluid, theater director Richard Looft made his first prototype by using a reversed vacuum to blow air onto a toaster filled with charcoal. When he saw that the coal was ready to use in just a few minutes, the concept for the Looftlighter was born. The resulting curling-iron-shaped device produces 1000°F electric heat to ignite anything from charcoal …

Modern Picnic Essentials

Take dinner outdoors with handmade cutlery cases, dead-stock fabric blankets and reusable sandwich bags

While nothing beats a vintage picnic set for the kitsch value, when we head to the park to eat, we more often find ourselves tucking an old tablecloth into a tote and rifling through last night’s takeout bag for plastic cutlery. Below we highlight a few ways to class up your outdoor dining supplies with some favorite finds from Etsy. Sewn Natural sews vintage fabrics …

Cream

Kick up desserts and cocktails with alcohol-infused whipped cream

Desserts just got a whole lot more grown-up with the introduction of Cream, the alcohol-infused whipped cream created by Kingfish Spirits of Cleveland, OH. With Cherry, Vanilla, Caramel, Raspberry, and Chocolate flavors, you can mix and match flavors to create the perfect recipe. The CH favorite, Chocolate, packs a punch on its own (all creams contain 15% alcohol volume at 30 proof) and makes for …