Let your kids play with their food and exercise their creativity at the same time! Bring on the mashed potatoes and peas, the Food Face Kid’s Dinner Plate ($13) sure makes meal time fun!
Food Face is mid-sized (9-inch diameter) and crafted from the highest quality, food safe, high fire ceramics. Individually gift boxed with lots of inspirational food art.
This week might seem a little light, but don’t let the numbers fool you. Tuesday lets loose with the first title in a steamroller assault of huge and anxiously anticipated AAA games leaking out over the next few weeks.
The must play of the week is definitely Dark Void. Capcom takes us on a wild jet-pack ride straight to the center of the Bermuda Triangle for a collision course with aliens, robots, Nikola Tesla, and an alterna-history cold war. It’s got all the elements, so I’m hoping it adds up to something really unique. I spent a little time with the demo last week and flying around with the jet pack is really awesome. It conjured up every memory of that summer I spent when I was a kid trying to build a real Rocketeer suit. Jumping of the roof with mom’s mix-master strapped to my back may not have been the greatest idea back then, but this week I’ll finally live that dream. Dear Capcom, thank you.
This week’s count: 10 new games.
Monday (Jan. 18)
Glory of Heracles (DS)
Starship Patrol (DS)
Tuesday (Jan. 19)
Dark Void (PC, PS3, 360)
Dark Void Zero (DS)
Fast Food Panic (Wii)
Orb and the Oracle (PC)
Satisfashion (Wii)
Shepherd’s Crossing 2 (DS)
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (PS2, PSP)
Saturday (Jan. 23)
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction (DS)
(Written by Nick Creature)
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association presented the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards Sunday night and you can view the winners HERE.
Apple just announced an event on January 27th to show off something the company is calling their “latest creation.” The proceedings will take place at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco, and will get underway at 10AM Pacific. Hopefully this will be the tablet announcement we all have been waiting for. The Fire Wire will report on the event and update you on the next shiny must-have object from Apple.
The new Cuisinart 7 Quart Stand Mixer (SM-70) has the power, capacity and precision to handle any mixing job your recipes require.
Housed in durable die-cast metal (color choices are white, stainless and black), this stand mixer features a powerful 1,000-watt motor that can handle the heaviest mixing tasks. Its extra-large, 7-quart, stainless-steel bowl accommodates big batches–even double or triple recipes. The unit also provides 12 mixing speeds, along with a 15-minute countdown timer and automatic shutoff, for maximum precision. Choose the slow-start function to eliminate splatter or the ultra-gentle fold function to carefully blend in delicate ingredients. The mixer’s tilt-back head allows for easy access to the mixing bowl and makes attaching accessories simple.
Accessories include a chef’s whisk, a flat mixing paddle, and a dough hook, as well as a splashguard. The whisk aerates ingredients to increase volume or can also be used on slow speed to gently combine dry ingredients. Contoured to reach the bottom and sides of the bowl, the flat mixing paddle ensures thorough mixing. The dough hook makes hand kneading obsolete, while the splashguard offers an extra-wide pouring spout for easily adding ingredients. The stand mixer also contains three power outlets, including a high-speed outlet for its optional dedicated attachments (meat grinder, citrus juicer, blender, food processor, or pasta maker–all sold separately). The stand mixer measures 15-1/2 by 11 by 14-1/2 inches, carries a three-year product warranty and a five-year motor warranty and retails for $399.
The Cuisinart 7 Quart Stand Mixer is quiet, efficient, beautifully designed and has great features (the fold, slow-start, timer, etc.). The simple fact that the bowl is narrow at the bottom means that I can use it even with smaller recipes. The splatter shield is also very well designed.
Product Features include:
Tilt-back Head
Top Cover
3 Power outlets
7 Quart Stainless Steel Bowl with Handles
Head-lift Release Lever securely locks stand mixer head into raised tilt-back position
On/Off, Fold and Speed Control Dial
12 speeds for precision mixing.
15-Minute Countdown Timer with Auto Shutoff
Chef’s Whisk
Flat Mixing Paddle
Dough Hook
Splashguard with Pour Spout
One of the most talked about films of 2009, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, will be released on a Two-Disc Special Edition DVD and Special Edition Blu-ray on March 20, 2010 – a Saturday street date that will allow for fans across the nation to celebrate at retailer’s midnight release parties before taking home the film at 12:01 a.m.
Already a worldwide literary phenomenon, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, a post modern Romeo and Juliet story filled with action, suspense and the supernatural, took in an estimated $300 million domestic at the theatrical box office and had the third largest opening weekend box office in movie history at $142 million.
The Twilight Saga: New Moon Two-Disc Special Edition DVD has a suggested retail price of $32.99, while the Special Edition Blu-ray is set at $34.99. Both are packed with bonus features that are sure to please even the most-hard core fans, including a revealing Audio Commentary with Director Chris Weitz and editor Peter Lambert; a riveting 6-part documentary that takes you behind the scenes; exclusive band rehearsal footage with Muse; and music videos from Death Cab for Cutie, Anya Marina and Mute Math.
The Twilight Saga: New Moon stars Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Dakota Fanning, Michael Sheen and Anna Kendrick. Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Nikki Reed, Ashley Greene, Jackson Rathbone and Kellan Lutz return to their roles in the Cullen family.
The Beaba Babycook is a one-of-a-kind, patented compact countertop appliance that functions as a steamer, blender, warmer and defroster to prepare fresh, healthy meals for baby. It starts by steam cooking vegetables, fruits, and meats in less than 15 minutes, while preserving their vitamins and flavors. It then purees or blends them to the desired consistency. Parents can also use it to quickly reheat or defrost precooked foods. BPA-Safety Tested.
The Babycook includes a 2 1/2-cup plastic bowl, cooking basket, spatula and recipe booklet.
This simple to operate device is a must-have item for the parent that cares about what their infant is eating. You know what’s in the food because you make it yourself. The bowl and basket are dishwasher safe and the exterior of the machine can be wiped with a damp cloth. You can purchase this exceptional item at Williams-Sonoma for $150 HERE.
At the L.A. Farmers Market, shoppers can select from the best farm-fresh goods representative of Southern California’s bounty, but the market, a favorite among tourists and locals almost since its 1934 founding, also hosts dozens of small restaurants, bakeries and stalls selling prepared food. In time for the market’s 75th anniversary JoAnn Cianciulli, a food writer and Food Network producer, collects recipes from 48 of these eateries, some that have been around since the market’s beginning or close to it, others more recent and reflective of L.A.’s diverse, ever-changing population. Cianciulli divides the book (258 pages) into four categories (breakfast, sandwiches and light bites, main meals and desserts), with such dishes as La Korea’s Korean-style short ribs, a Middle Eastern falafel sandwich at Moishe’s and Breadworks’ toothsome Hungarian cinnamon loaf. Cianciulli prefaces recipes from each place with a brief history, an introduction to the lively owners and an evocative description of the atmosphere it generates, so reading feels like a walk down the bustling market aisles. Though most of the recipes use ingredients available from the farm stands, the farmers and the ideal of sourcing food locally are not the book’s focal point, which may disappoint some readers. Most, however, will be thrilled to have access to such a wide array of favorite recipes and to help celebrate the long life of this vibrant institution. L.A.’s Original Farmers Market Cookbook: Meet Me at 3rd and Fairfax can be ordered at Amazon HERE for $15.61.
Centipede Press just released Knowing Darkness: Artists Inspired by Stephen King, with an original introduction by film director Frank Darabont.
This 448 page oversized hardcover book measures 11 x 15 inches and features over 500 illustrations. 30 pages are double-page foldouts.
In addition to the wealth of previously published artwork, new works of art have been commissioned especially for this book: Michael Whelan leads the way with a magnificent front cover, and a new interior piece illustrating The Dark Tower. The newly commissioned interior pieces include art illustrating “One for the Road” (Stephen Gervais), It (Bob Eggleton), The Shining (Douglas Smith), ‘Salem’s Lot (John Picacio), Hearts in Atlantis (Les Edwards), Duma Key (Don Maitz), “The Lawnmower Man” (Jason Eckhardt), The Tommyknockers (Alex McVey), Black House and Cell (Zach McCain), “Weeds” and The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (David Ho), and others.
Shot from the originals or the artist’s original color-corrected computer scans, free of distracting type or design, the artwork in this book is printed on heavy matte paper and varnished for protection. Every artistic medium is represented: scratchboard, oils, watercolors, pencils, collage, photographs, and digital art. The text, written by King critic George Beahm, looks back at 34 years of King in print. It provides a detailed look at the writer and his life, supplemented with interviews with Michael Whelan, Bernie Wrightson, Drew Struzan, John Cayea, Dave Christiansen, and many others.
I have never seen a more lavish production in regards to the eye popping artwork that has filled Stephen King limited and trade edition books. Information on how to order the book can be viewed HERE. If you are a King collector, this book would be a welcome addition to your library!
Apple has released its new MobileMe Gallery application for the iPhone and iPod touch. This new application lets MobileMe users access all their galleries, including those that are password protected or hidden albums, view friends’ gallery photos and movies, access previously view photos when offline, share links to albums directly from the iPhone, and also supports flick and pinch-to-zoom gestures. MobileMe Gallery requires a MobileMe account and iPhone OS 3.1 or later, and is available as a free download from the App Store.
