Information/Education thoughts & Ideas
- Helpful Hints
- Heloise is online via your Kitchen. Or perhaps you need to engage Miss Manners instead. All you have to do is ask...
- How Do I...?
- What can I make using this appliance (cuisinart, wok, steamer, etc....&$41; with what I have in the house? Or a steamer came with the wok. What can I make with it? The Kitchen will tell you.
- Substitution/Suggestion Database
- The kitchen counter (and other kitchen elements can suggest substitutions for ingredients in a recipe - for health, dietary or other reasons (i.e. "Oh, no! IÕm out of baking soda!") Also, it can offer suggestions for the right sides, veggies, wine, etc.... to go with what you want to cook.
- No, Not the Oyster Fork!
- Until you pick it up to use, your silverware subtly glows during its proper course to let you know which fork or spoon to use. Once you pick it up, it stops glowing.
- A Pinch of This...
- Your kitchen learns from you in a number of ways. It remembers that you used oil instead of butter the last time you made this dish. You can ask it how you made the shrimp scampi that night it came out "perfect". It can print out the menu you made for the Joneses that last time they were over for dinner. And anything else you want it to learn from you.
- Terms Tutor
- From Beginner mode - "Julienne the carrots by cutting them into little strips." - to more advanced - "Brine the meat by soaking it in a mixture of salted and seasoned water." - the kitchen can teach you the nuances of recipe terms and kitchen techniques.
- Whole Foods Catalog
- A new take on the Whole Earth Catalog. This would focus on food, kitchen tools, and the pun is that whole foods (as opposed to packaged foods) are healthier by far.
- Mediator
