The Basics Contest Winners
"If you want to cook well you can't do it without the basics. If you want to experiment, you need these basics even more." From chicken stock to foie gras foam, it's …
Tag: Gifts: Under $50
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Mechanical Music Box
The Mechanical Music Box comes with paper strips and a hole punch for DIY music-making without a need for actual musical talent. The little devices presents endless possibilities for creating your own …
Photo Album Alternatives
Recent years have seen several offline products that are a way to enjoy all the digital photos that otherwise end up lost to the inner depths of our hard drives or on …
The Basics: The Techniques of Continental Cooking
This book of essential techniques and basic recipes was a success in Belgium, France and the U.K., and is finally coming out in the U.S. on 15 June 2007. This small black …
Agelio Batle: Graphite Sculptures
Agelio Battle is an artist living in San Francisco. His sculpture tries to "find epiphany in mundane materials" such as maps, newspaper, dictionaries and pencil lead. The latter has found its way …
Fontifier Personal Font
Fontifier offers a simple (write and scan) and inexpensive ($9) method to create a personalized font based on your handwriting. The seven step process requires a printer and scanner. You can create …
Li Xi Gift Envelopes
Those of us who still haven't started our holiday shopping can take comfort in knowing that we are still in time to celebrate Chinese New Year in style. These Li Xi Gift …
GoodStorm T-Shirt Wizard
Photo tees are always a hit when it comes time for gift-giving, but the lead time means last-minute shoppers are out of luck unless they opt for GoodStorm's new T-Shirt Wizard Gift …
Gorillaz Giveaway
Like the concept itself, Gorillaz: Rise of the Ogre is a part fictional, part real account of the band's rise to fame. Faux interviews and Jamie Hewlett's illustrations, as well as a …
Fling
Fling, a Chicago based company, aims to bring art to the general public by transforming works of fine art into accessible everyday objects. Based on the installation "1,000 White Lies" by artist …