A cooktop griddle transforms your gas or electric cooktop, enabling you to cook multiple pancakes, omelets or grilled cheese sandwiches at one time without juggling several skillets. Typically, cooktop griddles are made of cast metal -- either iron, aluminum or steel.
From gingerbread and sugar cookies to pies and cakes, this is the season when everyone has visions of sugarplums dancing in their heads. We talked to pastry chef Heather Bertinetti to get her take on 12 decadent holiday desserts.
A scalloped edging on a knitted item can be achieved by performing a picot bind-off. The picot, which comes from the French for “small point,” provides a slightly stretchy edge with evenly spaced scallops. The size of the scallops can be made larger by picoting more stitches or smaller with fewer stitches.
A plaster finish on an accent wall in your home can quickly create an expensive and stylish look to your home. Plaster provides both depth and texture to your walls, which creates an interesting focal point to any room in your home. However, the amount of plaster needed to pull off this look is often quite an expense.
Get more out of your Weed Eater string trimmer by attaching wheels, available at garden retailers and online, to the shaft. The wheels, which are also available for other trimmer brands, remove the strain of balancing the Weed Eater, helping you safely and steadily edge in a straight line.
Depending on your budget, your body's needs and your allergies, there are many types of bed pillows available. A microgel pillow is a good option for an all-purpose pillow that's soothing and comfortable but isn't made of down feathers.
Rubber baseboards provide an attractive, functional and affordable alternative to wooden baseboards.
SimplexGrinnell is a well-known fire alarm company that provides alarm systems to a wide array of businesses, schools, hospitals and government installations. The heart of any Simplex system is the fire alarm control panel.
Sticky concrete is a richer concrete mixture that contains less water than the conventional material. It can flow as easily as regular concrete while in liquid form but can bear greater loads once it has solidified. Sticky concrete also has more slump, an engineering property that describes its plasticity.
Bosch dishwashers are among some of the quietest in the industry. They also feature a number of different dishwasher models, including recessed handle appliances, stainless-steel construction and economical washing modes.