KitchenBoy » demeyere http://kitchenboy.net/blog Blogging good information on kitchen tools and gadgets! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:47:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Philips Company to Buy Saeco (Gaggia) http://kitchenboy.net/blog/philips-company-to-buy-saeco-gaggia/ http://kitchenboy.net/blog/philips-company-to-buy-saeco-gaggia/#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:41:35 +0000 KitchenBoy http://kitchenboy.net/blog/philips-company-to-buy-saeco-gaggia/ On July 27th, 2009, Philips, the Dutch electronics company, finalized a deal to buy the Italian espresso machine company Saeco (and by default Gaggia). Philips has been manufacturing the Senseo drip style pod coffee machines for years. Personally, I am not a big fan of the Senseo product. Philips has wanted to be in the [...]

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]]> http://kitchenboy.net/blog/value-prices-have-a-price/feed/ 1 Another comment about cookware article http://kitchenboy.net/blog/another-comment-about-cookware-article/ http://kitchenboy.net/blog/another-comment-about-cookware-article/#comments Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:19:27 +0000 KitchenBoy http://kitchenboy.net/blog/another-comment-about-cookware-article/ A Kitchenboy reader from Australia, Wedo, sent me a nice email about the cookware article. They reminded me that when talking about multi-layer or multi-ply cookware, some of the layers in 5 or 7-ply are there to aid in binding the various metals together. This is true. The point I made in that original discussion [...]

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]]> http://kitchenboy.net/blog/another-comment-about-cookware-article/feed/ 3 Tri-Ply cookware…What in the name of AllClad does this mean? http://kitchenboy.net/blog/tri-ply-cookwarewhat-in-the-name-of-allclad-does-this-mean/ http://kitchenboy.net/blog/tri-ply-cookwarewhat-in-the-name-of-allclad-does-this-mean/#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:23:51 +0000 KitchenBoy http://kitchenboy.net/blog/tri-ply-cookwarewhat-in-the-name-of-allclad-does-this-mean/ In response to my previous article on cookware, certain questions have come up. I answered one of those questions in an article on heat sources. This next question is about cladding. Why cladding? As in AllClad, or Tri-ply or 5-ply or 7-ply? First the cynical answer. In an effort to use technology to its fullest [...]

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]]> http://kitchenboy.net/blog/tri-ply-cookwarewhat-in-the-name-of-allclad-does-this-mean/feed/ 29 Zwilling JA Henckels To Buy Demeyere and Staub. http://kitchenboy.net/blog/zwilling-ja-henckels-to-buy-demeyere-and-staub/ http://kitchenboy.net/blog/zwilling-ja-henckels-to-buy-demeyere-and-staub/#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:31:57 +0000 KitchenBoy http://kitchenboy.net/blog/zwilling-ja-henckels-to-buy-demeyere-and-staub/ The German knife company, J.A. Henckels is in the process of buying Demeyere and Groupe Staub. The transaction is expected to be completed soon, subject to European regulatory approval. For J.A. Henckels, it is an opportunity to expand their reach in the culinary world. “The market for cast-iron-enamel cookware is growing everywhere in the world [...]

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