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Some appliances provide a means to prepare a wide variety of foods. Consider the myriad possibilities for meals from the oven, stovetop, or even the microwave and it becomes apparent that their use in daily life is rich and varied. The flip side to that coin is that there are plenty of appliances that are capable of only doing one thing, such as deep-fry foods or keep a pot of fondue happily bubbling away. But when two features are combined, then the resultant fusion can lead to something more than the sum of its parts.

Providing a means to deep-fry … Read more

Food has always been about a communal experience. From the earliest times, dinnertime was always an event. Nowadays, hunting down the evening meal may not require much more than a trip to the supermarket, but that in no way makes our meals any less reliant on others. While unseen individuals may be responsible for getting our food to the table, our instinctual desire to share food is hard to ignore. With family, friends, and fondue, of course.

The Trudeau Alto Electric Fondue Set offers a convenient and modern way to enjoy a communal eating experience. The set is around $140, … Read more

A trip to a fondue restaurant typically marks a special occasion for my family. Though it's not hard to come up with a pot of melted cheese at home, preparing the broth or oil necessary for a three-course fondue meal is a different matter. The Cuisinart Electric Fondue Maker makes that process more manageable, however; just by eliminating the need to have an open heating source next to a pot of oil, I'm much more comfortable making European-style fondue at home. The set is entirely electric, and though that means that it needs to be plugged in, it'… Read more

While I enjoy fondue, I'm not a fan of most fondue sets. They rarely seem to have everything I need to eat melted cheese with my friends and someone always winds up using a table fork wrapped in a napkin.

With the Swissmar Lugano Cheese Fondue Set, you won't suffer from those problems: it's a nine-piece set that not only has six forks, but also includes a pot, a burne,  and a wrought iron rechaud. You can use the the fondue pot on any type of heat source, but it is not dish washer safe. The … Read more

I tend to ask for fondue any time my family wants to go out for a special occasion. There's just something about hot cheese that makes for a great meal. The Tapas Fondue Pot and Fondue Server offer an opportunity to make fondue at home with a certain style that you may not even find at a great fondue restaurant. The set was designed in Holland and makes use of black earthenware and warm wood to create a striking appearance, adding geometric shapes that catch the eye.

The Tapas Fondue Pot and Fondue Server's earthenware has a food-safe … Read more

There's nothing that quite compares to the experience of sharing a meal. Perhaps it is some ancient human characteristic of safety in numbers that is triggered by communal eating. Or, maybe it's that we simply get hungry around the same time of the day. Whether it's due to our caveman ancestry or to our modern idiosyncrasies, we as humans like to eat together. Also, it's a great excuse for a party.

A variety of foods can be cooked at one time with the Eware 3K076 Electric Indoor Raclette Barbeque Grill with Fondue Pot, opening up the … Read more

Fondue is fun. Sitting around with family and friends, jostling for position over a bowl of melted cheese or chocolate can be quite entertaining. Add some good wine and better conversation and you got yourself a complete evening. However, as enjoyable as this communal experience may be, there are at least two things involved with fondue parties that nobody enjoys: setting up and cleaning up.

When people think of fondue, generally cheese and chocolate come to mind, but also a small flickering flame. The Swissmar AlpenGlow 11-Piece Electric Fondue Set bypasses the convention of utilizing fire, and instead relies on … Read more

It's not hard to throw together a fondue party. All you need are a few friends, some easy-melting ingredients, and bread, fruit, or something of the like to dip in it. Oh, there's one more thing that would make the evening go down as easy as a vat of melted cheese or chocolate: the fondue pot. Even if you have such a device, creating the velvety centerpiece would probably require the use of a saucepan on the stovetop. That is, unless you have a fondue pot that does double duty.

The All-Clad Fondue Pot with Cast Aluminum Insert … Read more

You know how you always wanted that fountain in the back yard? That chocolate fountain? Imagine it: a 16-foot-tall tower of gushing chocolate, always ready at your disposal. Wake up in the morning, look out through the window and across the lawn, and gaze upon one of mankind's greatest treasures. Simply go outside, take your morning cup of coffee, and hold it under the flowing waterfall of chocolate.

Unfortunately such simple pleasures can be monstrously unattainable. Luckily, the Select Home Chocolate Fondue Fountain can fill in the gap until you can afford your dream fountain. Standing at a respectable … Read more