http://www.appliancepulse.com/blog Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:12:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It seems everyone is getting back to the basics these days. With all that going on in the economy, many people are stepping back a little and examining how they can conserve money and time without compromising their daily lifestyle too much. Cooking for yourself or your family can save you ... http://www.appliancepulse.com/blog/the-crock-pot-is-back-in-style/ AppliancePulse is now on twitter. You can have direct access to all our post once you add us to your favorites.  So get to it :) Add us to your favorites! http://twitter.com/ApplianceGuy http://www.appliancepulse.com/blog/setting-appliancepulse-on-twitter/ Coffee is one of life’s simplest pleasures, and yet its not as simple as it may seem, if fact at it could be quite complex. We settle on the cheap to but coffee at the local gas station, or even worse we drink the sludge they have in our office because ... http://www.appliancepulse.com/blog/properly-ground-coffee-life-can-grind-to-a-halt/ Toaster ovens have to be one of the most underrated appliances in the kitchen but if you own one you know that they are they greatest asset one could have while cooking a small meal. Ever since I got my Delonghi toaster oven I haven’t had any reason to use ... http://www.appliancepulse.com/blog/toaster-oven-the-all-in-one-kitchen-saver/ Being a fairly new coffee drinker, I am just starting to tell the difference between a good cup of coffee and a bad cup of coffee. And although many restaurants are hit and miss, I can always count on myself brewing a simply horrible cup at home. Nothing seemed to work. ... http://www.appliancepulse.com/blog/grind-your-own-coffee-for-best-taste/ There’s something special about making ice cream at home in your ice cream maker, and it’s not just the taste.  As a kid, nothing caused as much excitement as seeing mom bring out the ice cream machine.  Making ice cream was always a family event.  Everyone helped, and everyone shared ... http://www.appliancepulse.com/blog/making-homemade-ice-cream-in-your-ice-cream-maker/ Fried foods with less fat? sounded too good to be true but my curiosity got the best of me and I tried the George Foreman GSF026B Deep Fryer and all I can say is WOW! I can finally TASTE the food again instead of the oil! I tried onion rings and ... http://www.appliancepulse.com/blog/gsf026b-george-foreman-deep-fryer/ No other appliance has revolutionized the way we do our cooking in the 20th century than the microwave oven.  Cooking can be done faster than ever, and foods have been developed specifically for speedy use inside this appliance.  They also are efficient users of electricity, as only the foods placed ... http://www.appliancepulse.com/blog/microwave-oven-the-efficiency-revolution/ Today a lot of women are working and spreading themselves pretty thin, so cooking tasty meals for their families could become a problem.  With an active family, finding time for cooking becomes even more of a challenge.  How can she provide her family with quality cooking when time is so ... http://www.appliancepulse.com/blog/slow-cookers-for-the-active-family/ One of the most useful things that a student who is about to go away to college should buy is a rice cooker. I realized this my first year in college, when I experienced my first few all-night cram sessions on an empty stomach! Rice cookers are convenient, easy to ... http://www.appliancepulse.com/blog/rice-cookers-an-essential-buy-for-college-students/