#and also mandolin! i just think its neat

[supercantaloupe]

don giovanni at wolf trap opera! this is long <3

right to the top of my list of don giovanni productions! while it does not take the place of my absolute favorite this was a REALLY solid production that i THOROUGHLY enjoyed; it might just be my new second place! desperately wish it was recorded for streaming or at the very least not a one-night-only performance but alas, at least i get to feel special about having been able to see it at all. director john de los santos you will always be famous to ME

the orchestra was definitely lacking some of the Oomph i really love in a good live performance but i think this is purely do to the acoustics of the theater being open air rather than the fault of like. the orchestra themselves. i thought they did a good job other than a couple of points when they were a little bit out of sync with the singers. great mandolin solo in deh vieni!

vocally speaking i thought ottavio (lunga eric hallam) and anna (renee richardson) were the standouts but everyone in the cast was very well suited to their roles. don giovanni (cory mcgee) was great but i am just personally not as into deh vieni being sung with That Much vibrato and grandeur behind it (i prefer it to sound more intimate) but that's me picking nits here

okay leporello is always gay in my heart but this is easily the most OVERTLY gay i've seen him yet. dramatic af. limp wristing everywhere. you can absolutely see why he follows the don around despite the Everything Else; he's obviously in love. it was pretty neat to see that played as obviously as it was for once!

definitely these are not MY versions of the characters exactly; leporello is a bit too "willing/enjoying the don's shenanigans", elvira a bit too bitchy, etc for my own personal interpretations of them. HOWEVER the production really COMMITTED to its characterization and i respect that. even if my own interpretations are a bit different, it was easy to follow along and still like the characters as they were presented. so kudos for that!

they made the don so. flamboyant is not exactly the right term for it because he wears mostly black with a bit of gold/dark purple accents throughout the show. but. there was a very strong Energy to him. the slightly silly mustache. the eyeshadow. the dangly earrings and sparkly necklace. the see-thru lacy black shirt. the way he moves like a dancer. being SHIRTLESS in the lass scene, possibly with glitter on his bare chest. Mother Fucker. absolutely captivating to watch. i hate him and i'm obsessed

this also has to be the FUNNIEST production i've yet to see; possibly this is due to it being the first production i've seen live in the theater surrounded by an audience, which i think always heightens the energy as compared to watching a video at home or even in a cinema, but regardless this was a really funny production of don giovanni. i'm a big fan; don giovanni IS a dramma giocoso, and i think a LOT of productions these days tend to forget that it's supposed to be at least kind of funny here and there. it should still be dramatic and emotional at times, yes, but you can (and should) strike a balance. and while this production was perhaps slightly less emotional than others, it was really funny in a way i haven't seen before in don giovanni, which thrilled me.

a lot of it came down to little acting choices (blocking, gestures, tone of voice, etc; elvira threw a lot of shit across the stage in anger in this. good for her), some of it on creative liberty with the translation (eg. elvira calling the don a straight up jackass and bastard at Multiple Points lol), and a couple of tiny additions that amused me. there were SO many little moments that amused me.

i'd say the biggest thing that disappointed me with this production was the number of cuts they made. it seems like they were working with a very strict deadline of "final curtain at 11pm sharp" (to their credit, the show ended At 11pm Sharp) and decided to trim some bits deemed the most inessential for that reason. with that in mind i think the choices they made make Sense, but it's still kind of disappointing when you're expecting a particular aria and it never shows up, or if you're a weirdo like me who basically has the score memorized at this point and you're like "wait a minute there's supposed to be more recit here". the show started at 8pm but it was originally scheduled for a downbeat at 7:30; i'm not sure what the reason for the change is, but i can't help but wonder if those cuts wouldn't have been made if they'd had those thirty extra minutes to work with.

at any rate, if this production ever got revived (either here or somewhere else, ideally without cuts), i would be THRILLED to see it again, and heartily recommend it to anyone else who's even remotely interested. cuts aside (and really that's my only big criticism of the entire production) it was a FANTASTIC experience and i LOVED going to see it so so much <3

also final note on the venue. glad i brought my little handheld fan because an open air theater in virginia in august is STIFLING lol. that heat and humidity really lingers after sundown! but the seats were SURPRISINGLY comfortable for the three hours, moreso than a lot of, like, proper theaters i've been to lmao.

[deaadcrush]

Whats your favorite instrument?

oh shit!!! this is a really good question!! <3 a super hard one to answer too.

i think i'm gonna have to say a Bass. both a good ol standup bass and electric/acoustic basses. the only Unifying Thing about my music taste is that I love a good bass-driven song!!

[thesinglesjukebox]

SOCCER MOMMY - CIRCLE THE DRAIN

[7.73]

Did not Usher in a top score; did yield a lot of writing...

Ian Mathers: There's a mandolin part (or something) peeking through the mix here in places that, combined with the dreamy listlessness of Sophie Allison's lyrics and delivery, is giving me significant pangs of that ol' devil nostalgia for both my past and the music of my past. Sometimes though, you just gotta go with it. [9]

Vikram Joseph: Nostalgia is a hallucinogen; it blurs the distinction between times you miss and times you simply happen to remember more vividly than others, and, more disconcertingly, between places you have been and places that have only ever existed in your internal world. There's something about "Circle The Drain" - with its soft golden hour hues, its fuzzy edges - that drives deep into whichever ganglion or cortex is responsible for nostalgia, and sends uncoordinated sparks and signals across its synapses, triggering a slideshow of fragmented memories that may or may not be memories at all. It reminds me of so many tangible things - the late 90s / early 00s guitar-pop of Natalie Imbruglia and Avril Lavigne, the Smashing Pumpkins' "Today", and (strangest of all) second-tier Brit indie band Feeder's tender teenage stoner anthem "High" - but also of so much that is unreachable and unnameable - walks home from nowhere, composite daydreams from a hundred train windows, summers disintegrating into the building blocks of memory. As if getting older isn't frightening enough, if I have this much capacity for nostalgia at just past 30 won't I be slowly crushed under its weight by 70? But for now, while I can still think of myself as young, I'm grateful for this song - a gorgeous, dreamy downer - and for the synthesis of new memories from the glowing rubble of ones that came before. [9]

Leah Isobel: On my first day of work in the new decade, a customer yelled at me. It wasn't the first time this had happened, and he wasn't actually mad at me; he was hurt by something my boss had done, and I was just in the crosshairs. But what he said - the justified core of his anger - has stuck with me, like an ink I can't wash off my hands. It's followed me all month, keeping me from being present with my friends or honest with my parents or productive at my job. I haven't been able to write about it, either; the helplessness, the horror, the rot I feel in my body. It feels a lot like the sick-sweet guitar decay in this song. [9]

Julian Axelrod: Calling a song "passive" is rarely a complement, but everything about "Circle the Drain" feels detached in the best way. The sample-of-a-sample guitars fade in and out of focus, Sophie Allison's numb sigh is couched in a week's worth of reverb, and her verses frame summer love and self-immolation as equidistant unattainable ideals. It's a song about depression, but it doubles as an interrogation of the "slacker rock" tag bands like Soccer Mommy so often fall under: Is this person stuck on the couch because they're unambitious, or has the mold in their brain turned them to a bedridden husk of their usual chipper self? Everything around Allison is pristinely produced, which makes its passivity all the more pointed. As a great artist once said, "Do you think a depressed person could make this?" [7]

Nortey Dowuona: A nice, twee song about being sad. That's it. that's the tweet. [9]

Katherine St Asaph: I cannot pinpoint, and it's bugging me, what specific maybe-obvious riff this is biting. (My ears hear something like Kay Hanley's Cherry Marmalade, and the duh answer is probably like Nirvana, but I think part of it is, of all things, Incubus's "Drive"?) But I've listened to enough '90s college-rock filler to recognize a clear improvement on it. [7]

Alfred Soto: Nailing the early nineties college rock churn 'n' jangle as surely as "Lucy" did last year, "Circle the Drain" flirts more closely -- more ominously -- with the churn 'n' jangle that crossed over several years later: think Shawn Colvin, not Belly. Listeners may dig this direction. I say Soccer Mommy gets blanded out. [6]

Thomas Inskeep: Is that a banjo? Well, that's unexpected. The guitar-plugged-into-a-sole-amp and ramshackle '90s-Beck-ish drums, those are expected. But you can definitely hear the increased production budget on this, and I'm not 100% it's for the better. [6]

Brad Shoup: The dream of Adult Alternative is alive and well and uncanny. The idea of daubing one's emotional grayness into the short shadows of a deceptively summery pop rocker... I wasn't sure that was a move anymore. [7]

Joshua Copperman: This doesn't sound like a 90s radio hit, this sounds like 90s album filler. Okay, that's a bit much. It sounds like it was there, but then someone at Loma Vista said 'it's 2020, music has been functional background noise for like four years now, take out everything interesting except for the delay spin in the second verse and the nifty tape flutter effect around four minutes in, don't distract anyone'. There's a synth pad at 1:15 that disappears by 1:20. The actual song is pretty great - I especially love the imagery of walking on a cable, depression being so debilitating that doing anything has the stakes of conducting the electric city. The top comment on eight-minute advance single "Yellow is the Color of Her Eyes" currently reads "If she went far enough, I think she would meet Chris Martin at the beach." For "Circle The Drain," I wish she did. [6]

Michael Hong: Bubbly and burbly, "Circle the Drain" sounds exactly like that, a spinning whirlpool. Where Clean was blurred by the surrounding ennui of being a teenager with a crush, "Circle the Drain" marks a clear progression in Soccer Mommy's sound, sounding more expansive and vibrant. You feel it in the twang of the looping guitar melody and in the shuffle of the backing beat. The background noise of Clean is washed away, reduced to a low fuzzy din and Soccer Mommy's voice comes with reassuring elegance that suggests while you can fall apart in the spiral, there's comfort to come when it does eventually end. [9]

Joshua Minsoo Kim: I hate the game my mind plays with regards to my depression being "legitimate" enough. If things are OK and I don't feel depressed: Great, but was I just dumb and emotional this whole time and my depression not actually real? When things are OK and I feel depressed: Not great, but at least I know my depression is... real? I don't know. That I have such thoughts is an upsetting thing in and of itself, and the plainness with which Soccer Mommy talks about not wanting to remain strong for family and friends is a reminder of how debilitating life can be. That others feel that way makes me feel less alone. "Circle the Drain" is a song about being stuck, of being "chained" to your bed (please help me if I'm "napping" all the time). There's a quiet appeal--a slacker glamour--that this song exudes, that captures the allure and sickness and banality of depression in the everyday. [8]

Will Adams: The chorus is curious; the bridge sets up a clear launch, but at the cathartic moment the production falls away, to the point it feels like we're getting a second verse. It's not until the titular thinking appears ("round and around") that the arrangement comes back into focus. It's a neat trick. One that wears thin by the third time, but who am I to argue with a song that wraps me in the nostalgic comfort of Orange County radio and Daria commercial bumpers like this. [8]

Jacob Sujin Kuppermann: Soccer Mommy's best songs capture the clarity of feeling like shit like no other artist's do. It's a hard feeling, the way that being lost and beaten-down create not any kind of moral righteousness but a shocking awareness. It's everywhere on "Circle the Drain," from the crunch of the intro guitars and the tinniness of the drum machine on the bridge to Allison's vocal performance, which sounds at once both immediate and far away. But it's there most in her songwriting, which Gabe Wax's production only intensifies. The way that the second verse breaks from the figurative language of the first into stark, morbidly funny descriptions of mental illness and decay is arresting, and the way the song pushes through it, almost making the final choruses sound triumphant, is even more so. [8]

Alex Clifton: "Circle the Drain" is a story of depression set to the warmest guitars I've heard this side of the nineties. It's a beautifully neat trick to pull and Soccer Mommy here does so with aplomb--both aspects kept reeling me back in for second and third listens. Although the lyrics are sad, the feeling is ultimately uplifting. It's okay if you are falling to pieces. A song like this will catch you. [8]

[Read, comment and vote on The Singles Jukebox]

[the-backspin-alchemist]

Get To Know Me Tag

Alright I know this is like a day and a half late but I’ve been semi-busy doing stuff and that’s a vague as hell excuse but it’s my excuse and I’m sticking with it!

Shout-out to @simplyghosting for the tag.

Rules: Answer 21 questions and tag 21 people you wanna get to know better.

1. Nickname: Backspin in digital space, otherwise my name on its own is my nickname in meatspace.

2. Zodiac sign: I think I’m technically a Capricorn?

3. Height: 5’7 (about average)

4. Hogwarts house: No idea. Given their propensity for dumbassery from what little I remember of the books, probably a Gryffindor.

5. Last thing I googled: “Korg NTS-1 price”

6: Favorite artist(s): Ooooof there could be a lot here. Uuuuuh let’s see...Rush, Pendulum, Jade Cicada, Skrillex, Au5, Smashing Pumpkins, Daft Punk, Porter Robinson, FLOW, GRiZ, Hainbach, Linkin Park, Jeff Williams, Vulfpeck, Foo Fighters, Andrew Huang...I could go in for a while, but I’m pretty sure y’all don’t want four-paragraph/long lists.

7. Song stuck in my head: Tesselate - alt-J

8. Favorite time(s) of day: nighttime. Things are nice and quiet and it’s really pretty when the moon is out.

9. Favorite color(s): blue, purple, black, silver. Golden-yellow gets an honorable mention.

10. Following: 283 (that number feels kinda high...)

11. Followers: 749 (I have no idea when that number got that high but I can tell not a lot of them are actually paying attention to me. Plus I have probably close to that many bots blocked...)

12. Do I get asks: Occasionally. I have a few dedicated friends on here that send me stuff every so often. (You guys know who you are, and you’re the best!)

13. Amount of sleep: Either 5-6 or 10-12. Drought or flood.

14. Favorite number(s):3, 7, 9, 343

15. Wearing: BOSS “Analog Distortion” DS-1 shirt (yeah I know I’m enough of a need that I wear shirts with guitar pedals on them, I’m lame like that), black Goodfellow jeans (which are INSANELY comfortable, and I’m not usually a jeans person, FTR), ace ring and Triaxial pendant.

16. Dream job: full-time creative person. Music production probably specifically, but author or podcaster would also be really neat. Technically working on all three at the moment.

17. Instrument: I “play” varying synthesizers (my synths of choice are the Korg Monologue and the Novation Circuit Mono Station, but the Teenage Engineering PO-20 is also quite fun to mess with). I am in the process of attempting to learn to play mandolin and electric bass.

I also dabble with playing keyboard every so often, but so far my skill on that is mostly “hey look guys I can use this to figure out chords! :D” and “look, guys, I can play Vulfpeck’s Hero Town and the intro to Dire Dire Docks! :D”

I can also “play” my Seagull Totally-Not-A-Dulcimer/Guitar-Hybrid, but that’s doesn’t take talent because you literally can’t play a wrong note on that thing.

18. Language: English. I am monolingual because I didn’t get any decent linguistic education during my younger days. (I do still wanna learn Gaelic at some point, and possibly Japanese so I can actually properly sing along to the varying FLOW songs I like)

19. Favorite song(s): My stated favorite changes from day to day (my current statement would probably be Cherub Rock by The Smashing Pumpkins), but the one song I always get drawn into whenever it shows up, ever, is Waiting For The End by Linkin Park. Something about that song speaks to my soul.

20. Random fact: I apprenticed under the recording and mixing engineer that did Aerosmith’s Pandora’s Box album for like...a week.

It was a very informative experience.

21. Aesthetic: Uuuuuuuh dark colors with bright highlights. Lots of handmade stuff, otherwise.

Like...I dunno. I guess you could say my aesthetic is, like, edgy hopepunk? Lots of me trying to be optimistic, but being deep and using dark colors and stuff based around that.

I dunno, I’m really bad at describing my aesthetic with words. It’s...just whatever it happens to be.

Tagging: Uuuuuuuh oh boy. Don’t think I’m gonna have 21 folks to tag for this...

@lilybugarini @grandduchessgemini @tumb1rprincess @spookyakamaru @flying-suitcase @parteehardy @thepreciousem and @charlezarrd are all I got for now.

[lovecolibri]

SaL anon here (hoping i'm not making the situation in your ask box worse, let me know if you need a break!) still in my gentle hopeful Malex feels so let's talk about tententen (Tumblr is weird about me using the numbers). Again, Ryan combines gentle music with lovely lyrics to make a song you can just drift through. The imagery of shaping paper and embracing change gets me in the Malex feels, and I love how its emphasized that it's not necessarily giving something up, but can build things too.

Nonnie, seeing you in my inbox is always a joy and I'm never too busy to answer these and especially one about soft Malex feels. So at first, I was very confused about which song you were talking about and I had to slow my excitement and stop skimming and actually focus on reading the words in front of me, lol. Then I realized pretty quickly you were talking about 101010 but I always read it as one-zero-one-zero-one-zero. I always knew why I read it that way but wanted to double check because I was curious why you went with ten-ten-ten. And fun fact! Ryan's blog mentions it gets its name from the date 10/10/10 (link to the blog post because it's actually a lovely story) but there was NO mention of what I always assumed was the reason for the name. You see, in HTML color coding, #101010 is the color code for grey which is a center feature in the song! It was a fun little journey I went on this afternoon. This song is also one of my favorites. It's so gentle and the mandolins are a particularly nice touch. It also has a lighter, brighter than some of the heaver songs (it makes me think of East that way, just full of light), and fun fact! Yesterday's song was perfect because we were having a huge rain storm, and today's song is perfect because it is bright and sunny and beautiful!

The lyrics for this song are so good! Not that we don't say this enough already, but the idea of slow changes starting to come together and new, healthier habits to form is what I want to be seeing from Malex this season. It's time to see them meet each other "in the middle" as Alex requested at the end of last season.

hold your breath and count to 28. change is slow but i feel it taking shape. folding over us like waves on origami ocean tides, we sway

So right off the bat, we get the opening (and closing) line that is the theme for this song-"change is slow but i feel it taking shape" which is such a lovely sentiment because making real, lasting change in your life is slow going! I also love the imagery of holding your breath while change folds over like waves, but there isn't the heavy imagery of drowning, it's a lighter, softer imagery of being cradled by pretty paper waves and I just think it's neat! I am really loving this idea of slow steady change for Malex because it's got to be something that will stick and that's going to take a lot of work and I am READY to see it start taking shape!

like blueprints constantly being rearranged. over microscopes we plan and strain.

the finest print in the whitest ink, before it dries, there’s no time to think. it feels like everything we’ve known is sink or swim

Now, you know any reference to microscopes and blueprints is going to make me think of Michael, but also makes me think of who Alex and Michael wanted to be when they were 17 and how much of that got rewritten and changed over time. I also love the last line, that so often in their lives there was no middle ground, no chance to just be given some space to exist, it was just about survive or don't. And now I'm hoping they are moving towards a place where it isn't always so dire. Where they can pause swimming and trust the other not to let them sink.

but grey is not a compromise - it is the bridge between two sides. i would even argue that it is the color that most represents God’s eyes.

I love this! Grey is often considered blah, or boring, but I love the idea of something being grey as being a bridge. As we just saw, when it feels like everything is either sink or swim, maybe there is a third option. A middle ground. And I love the last bit, that if we could see the eyes of God, they would hold that middle ground, that space to rest. For Malex especially, we have the age-old story of the family of (alien) hunters vs the family of the hunted (aliens). They are literally on two sides of a conflict and their love is the bridge! Ooooh, I am in my sappy Malex feelings now!

hold your breath and count to 29. connect the dots and cherish every line.

paper cuts and trails aside, make a wish and hold it tight, this time, we’ll try our very hardest not to try.

I know we have the lost decade and Michael has spent time without Alex before I want them to show that this time it was different. That they have learned in this longer time between Alex's deployments/military assignments what it's like to live in the same place and (hopefully) how to at lest keep up with each other while Alex is away, and to cherish the time they have together. (I also love that there is imagery about folding paper and origami and paper airplanes, and then this line about paper cuts which is a fun nod to those other bits in the song) The Star Wars nerd in me (and it Alex) makes me think of Yoda on that last line. "Do. Or do not. There is no try." And it makes me think of Malex when they finally get together it isn't going to be a "let's try and see if maybe we can make it work this time." it's going to be "we are in this and are going to do what we need to to make this work because this is what we want. (Also having feelings about Michael making wishes on stars and hoping on of them was his home but now I'm sad)

‘cause grey is not a compromise - it is the bridge between two sides. the shores on which our stubborn land and restless seas collide. grey is not just middle ground, it is a truce that waits to be signed. i would even argue that, from where we stand, it most represents the color of God’s eyes.

This is one of my favorite lines and so perfect for Malex! "the shores on which our stubborn land and restless seas collide" just makes me think of Alex being so stubborn and shut down, even when he doesn't always want to be, and Michael being restless and wild with his emotions, always tossing more at Alex than he can absorb and processes at once (god Alex's little blink-y face when his brain is just like *processing* like an ancient computer is so adorable). I also love the idea of them finding a middle ground for them and their relationship and their sometimes opposing trauma responses, but also, being that they are on opposite sides of a "battle" between humans and aliens, that they are the ones to sign that truce, and shut it all down. And as I mentioned before, Alex asked "would you meet me in the middle, can we both stop keeping score" so I would love to see them hash things out and find that middle space for themselves.

so, let’s fold our atlas into paper planes. change is slow, but i feel it taking shape.

And we end how we began! Change may be slow, but it's coming! And that is something I think we can hope for for Malex this season, is to see it finally starting to take shape!

[bushraslifestyle]

10 Best Kitchen Gadgets You Can’t Live Without

Kitchen gadgets you can’t live without. Aren’t you curious to know what they are?

What’s up lovely friends? Anything new and exciting? It’s pretty hot over here, and it makes one want to stay home most of the time…If you love to cook staying home is easy, right? Speaking of cooking, today’s post is all about the best and must-have kitchen gadgets that I carefully picked for you!

Cooking Teachers & Kitchen Gadgets

My mother-in-law is a cooking teacher and a great cook. She always says, “You should never compromise over quality”. Oh Man, her kitchen is even prettier than mine… she has all kinds of kitchen gadgets! I am always impressed with her stuff. A few gadgets here might be stolen from her kitchen’s gadget recommendations.

In the future, I will interview her and do a post about her favourite gadgets only. I promise, you will not be disappointed as she has a great taste.

You can’t be a cooking teacher if you don’t have great kitchen gadgets in your kitchen, right?

Moms Also Recommend These Kitchen Gadgets

My mother is also the best cook on earth. Her food has high demand in my husband’s friends circles. When I eat at work I mostly eat in my office, and after that when I see patients, they always say “Oh, it smells so good here”. You will see some of the gadgets I have for my mother and she uses them every day. She also has a wishlist to get some more for herself.

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Here is The List Of The Best Kitchen Gadgets

1- KitchenAid KSM155GBAZ 5-Qt. Artisan Design Series with Glass Bowl

The Kitchen Aid brand is pretty reliable to pretty much all of us. Their products last long. This is a well-constructed mixer and comes with easy controls. Its stand out feature is a glass bowl which is a show stopper in the kitchen. Somehow. glass has always flattered me in the kitchen.

This gadget will totally transform your kitchen!

If you are hooked to baking, then this mixer is a must-have. It looks very elegant and classy. Having it certainly uplifts your status as a cook and will make you an authentic pie crust maker.

Key Features:

Easy to use

Comes with one-year limited warranty

Multipurpose attachment hub, over 15 optional attachments

5qt glass bowl with measurement markings

10-speed setting with tilt-head design.

Available in 13 different colors.

Comes with the burnished metal flat beater, burnished metal dough hook, and wire whip. It’s a bit pricey but the quality is awesome

You can create endless menu and culinary treats with its extra accessories

This one is a little less expensive, but this would be my second choice for a lower budget.

Looks a lot like the first one, but it has fewer functions. However, they both are great. Just go with what suits your budget. I just wanted to throw in a similar one with a lower price.

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2-Premium Stainless Steel Mixing Bowls Set

They seamlessly nest inside each other

We all know that every kitchen needs mixing bowls, hence we have to add them in our list, and this is a cute little set. This quality stainless steel bowl set looks great and pretty. You gotta have pretty stuff in the kitchen. After all, you need to please your eyes as well with everything.

Key Features:

Food-grade steel

Shatterproof and lightweight

Freezer and dishwasher safe

The flat bottom offers reliability & stability

Sized to every task and comes in 3/4 quart to 8 quart

3-Instant Pot Smart WiFi 6 Quart Multi-use Electric Cooker

Once you have this, you will never like to get rid of it.

This little instant pot-electric cooker has way too many benefits to offer. It’s insanely helpful and a huge time saver in your cooking life. It wears many hats, as you can use it as a pressure cooker, slow cooker, rice cooker, or porridge cooker. Oh man, that’s quite a few ways to cook!

What do you guys think? Wait, it’s not done yet.. you can also use it as a yogurt maker, cake maker, saute/searing, and steamer!

This is a necessity in the kitchen- a must have! This thing is phenominal.

Key Features:

OMG, over 750 pre-programmed scripted recipes

Cooks up to 70% faster

Monitor progress in graphics through smart devices

IOS/Android cooker control app with 750 scripted recipes

Progam your instant pot from your smartphone or tablet

Smart WIFI schedule to cook, adjust, & monitor your meal for optimal convenience

Unlimited cooking customizations

Share your favourite recipes with your family

Stainless steel cooking pot and steam rack.

No chemical coatings

Comes with a steam rack with handles, rice paddle, soup spoon, measuring cup, mittens and condensation collector

Energy efficient

I can go on and on praising this thing, I completely love this device! It can replace up to 8 kitchen appliances. Can you imagine that?

Here are 47-plus instant pot recipes for you guys to try!

4- Keurig K475 Single-Serve K-Sup Pod Coffee Maker

My husband can’t survive without it.

Keurig is one of the gadgets my husband can’t survive without. He has many other gadgets to go along with it as well. It is one of the best brands.

This Coffee maker comes with 6 K-Cup pods and a water handle, plus 2 filters to help your beverages taste the best.

Key Features:

Strong brew

5 cup sizes

70 oz water reservoir allows you to brew 8 extra cups before having to refill

Less than one minute brew time

Removable drip tray fits a 7.2″ travel mug

4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 oz K-cup pod brew sizes

Brews a Carafe 22, 26 or 30 oz using K- Carafe pods (Carafe is not included)

Strength control setting

Large color touch screen with a digital clock

Can be programmed on and off automatically at set times to conserve energy

You would love it every single day as we have been using the Keurig brand for the last 7 years.

5- COSORI 5.8Qt Electric Hot Air Fryer – One Of The Neat Kitchen Gadgets

The best thing to have with 100 recipes

I discovered it when I visited one of my friends and she reheated up Samosas in it. They were as crispy as if you fried them the first time. I was instantly sold on it.

Its built-in digital touch screen menu offers 11 cooking presets including, Steak, French fries, Vegetables, Root Vegetables, Bread, Desserts, Poultry, Seafood, Shrimp, Bacon, Frozen Foods, Preheat. Just tap and go!

Key Features:

Designed in California

2 years warranty for free with lifetime support

11 cooking presets,

Super easy to use!

XL oven oilless cooker

Space and time saver

Square basket to put more food in. Baskets are removable and are non-stick

The best health gift for the weight watcher

85% less fat than traditional deep frying methods without compromising over the quality of the taste

Cooks faster than a conventional oven with crispier and tastier results

100% satisfaction guaranteed

It’s hard to find bad reviews for this product. Google-land has a lot of great things to say!

6- KOIOS Juicer, High Juice Yield

It’s totally worth of your money, either on sale on or not. It has a Germany made motor with 2 years extended warranty. It is worth spending the money on it.

If you love healthy drinks and homemade natural juices, then you need to get one of these. It will give you a lot more juice with fewer fruits or vegetables. Overall, no regret if you purchase this.

Key Features:

The motor has 2 years of warranty,

Super easy to assemble and clean.

Very affordable

Ultra-quiet and versatile

A low-speed juicing system keeps nutrients from being destroyed.

Comes with a recipe book as well.

Very easy to clean

7- KitchenAid KSB1575ER 5-Speed Diamond Blender One of My Favorite Kitchen Gadgets

Spoiler alter for sm00thy lovers

Who doesn’t love smoothies? Nothing can be better than a homemade smoothy… yum… now I need to go and make one before I finish this post! This little blender has everything you need to make a delicious and tasty drink. It looks great on your countertop.

Key Features:

Available in 24 different colors

The diamond blending system ensures that all in ingredients blend together.

Time-saving

Easy to clean

BPA free

Shatter, scratch, and stain-resistant

5 years limited warranty

8- Blackbirdlee Microwave Oven Egg Maker, Chicken Shape

We love this in our home!

This is one of the kid’s favorites gadgets that we have. We have a little larger one that this as we can cook six eggs at a time. It’s very helpful in the morning and provides you with freshly boiled eggs.

Key Features:

Multi-functions as you can not only boil eggs with it but also can steam buns, bread, dumplings, and other food.

Cute design with safe handles.

9- Mueller Austria V-Pro Multi Blade Adjustable Mandoline Cheese/Vegetable Slicer

One of the neat tools to have. I have been using one similar to this for the last 13 years.

this is one of the niftiest little kitchen gadgets I have ever used. For me, this product gets a big thumbs up as I have been using it for the last 13 years in my kitchen. It works like magic. It cuts everything very fast. This one stands up or sits on a bowl, A ton of different slicing grating inserts.

Key Features:

Extremely fast blades.

Stylish cutting designs for food presentations

Adjustable from 1-9mm.

German engineered 5 ultra-sharp 420-grade hardened surgical stainless steel blades

FDA and LFGB standard approved

A big time saver

Slicing guard with stainless steel prongs

Comes with a slicer blade, wavy blade, shredder, coarse shredder, and grater

Money-back guaranty

You are going to fall in love with this product, once you use it for a week!

10- DALSTRONG Knife Set Block

This is the expensive version, and It’s on my wishlist for the future.

If you don’t desire to have a sharp and finest set of knives in the kitchen, then don’t claim yourself as a cooking lover. They are great tools to give a final shape to your meal.

The reason I picked this set is craftsmanship. It’s so beautifully made with German HC steel. However, since it’s pricy so I do have included a less pricey version below as well to suit low and high budgets

Key Features:

Will last a lifetime

Stain-resistant, stunning design elements

Incredibly sharp razor with a hand-polished edge at 14-16 degrees per side.

Luxury imported black wood handles are triple-riveted with a grip that ensures comfort and maneuverability

Engineered to perfection at 56+ Rockwell hardness and hand-polished to a satin finish

Money-back guarantee

Here is what included in the set

6″ utility knife for fruit and small veggies

5.5″ serrated utility knife for tomatoes, french loaves and more

5″ Steak knives – set of 6

3.75″ Paring knife for detail work, peeling, pitting, coring, etc

2.75″ Peeling knife for decorative cutting

9″ bread knife

9″ Slicer knife

8.5″ Kiritskue knife

8″ Chef’s knife for the multi-purpose culinary workhorse

7″ Santoku knife

7″ Nakiri – square nose vegetable chopper

6″ Boning knife

10″ Dalstrong honing steel for maintaining edges between sharpenings

A great bang for your buck!

The more affordable version is this one. I wanted to give you an option according to your budget. This is the one I have been using currently and it works just fine. It’s not that fancy though.

This the one I currently have in my kitchen

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Questions For you

1-What is your favoirite gadget? I would love to hear your thoughts

2-Which one have you already used before?

3-Which one do you think can be a big time saver?

4- Do you prefer to spend more money on better quality by investing in some great products?

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