I'll never forget the summer my best friend received a FryDaddy home deep fryer as a birthday gift. For several months, accepting an invitation to dinner at her house required a willingness to shave a few days off your life span, courtesy of the platefuls of deep-fried fill-in-the-blank that she offered up to guests.

If only she'd received an Actifry, the latest appliance from European kitchen goods maker Tefal (in the U.S., T-Fal), which the company claims will make fried foods a little bit healthier by removing most of the cooking fat. With one tablespoon of oil … Read more

If you like King Cobra 40s but hate the excess dew you get on your hand from giant bottles of beer, then the 40cozy might be for you. Made out of neoprene, it hugs your beer in a range of styles including camouflage and a pattern of beers and crowns.

The company will even make custom designs for bulk orders (holiday bonus anyone?). 40cozy is also doing its part to be green as it reduces the need for those pesky brown paper bags. It even make cozies for tall boys! So if you are drinking 40s out of style rather … Read more

What is it about outdoor music systems that makes manufacturers insist on designing them to look like ice buckets? Are they supposed to look like coolers or ice cream makers to blend in with the poolside decor?

Whatever. SkyMall, everyone's favorite catalog at 30,000 feet, is the latest to offer one of these picnic wannabes with its "Boombucket iPod Music System." Like others of its ilk, the $150 bucket claims to be "weather-resistant" and can play an iPod up to 8 hours per battery charge, though we wouldn't recommend dunking it for laughs.… Read more