Connected Kitchen Thoughts & Ideas
- Recipe Scan
- Wow! You want to keep that recipe for Rosemary Rack of Lamb, but you don't want to cut up your magazine. Simply scan the small barcode next to the recipe into your Kitchen database. Now you have the recipe and can still read that article on Italy's Regional Cooking.
- Video Scan
- "What do I do for the family picnic!!!" Your Kitchen sends out the call and picks up the video feed from Martha Stewart Living where she tells you how to make Southern Fried Chicken that even your grandmother will love.
- Menu Planner
- What can I make in a certain amount of time for a certain amount of people with what I have in the house (or with pre-planning&$41;? What did you make for the Carons the last time you had them over for dinner? And Jacqueline was deathly allergic to shellfish...or was it peanuts? And their son refuses to eat anything which is green or has an "n" in its name. Your Menu Planner can track all of this for you.
- Appliance Care and Feeding
- The kitchen can help you fix that toaster or care for that Cuisinart with online care information. Also, it warns you when your warranty is due to expire on any given appliance.
- Taking Stock
- I'm in the mood for Mexican food. What can I make with the ingredients I have in the house? Your kitchen will take stock of your staples and suggest 3-5 recipes. Or you can ask the kitchen what you can do with the risotto in your cupboard. It will see what else you have and suggest a number of recipes.
- Ingredient Tallying/Inventory
- Record the ingredients/staples you have Ð either on the counter or in your pantry, refrigerator, etc. You can know what ingredients are available for a given recipe, etc.
- Freshness Counts
- The kitchen keeps track of its perishable ingredients and makes sure they are current and fresh by alerting you to discard old milk or eggs and automatically ordering replacements. The kitchen can auto-generate a chopping list and arrange for automatic ordering and delivery of staples to your door.
- Hmmm...I want...
- You ask the kitchen, "What are my breakfast choices this morning?". The kitchen takes stock of what food is available and says, "You can have waffles, but you are out of syrup. You have the proper ingredients for Eggs Benedict. And you have two slices of leftover plain pizza in the refrigerator."
- Sommelier
- You kitchen can evaluate what you cooked for dinner, check what wine you have on hand and suggest a wine which will complement the meal. It can also take a given bottle Ð its vineyard, vintage, etc. Ð and recommend when the bottle will be at its peak for consumption.
- kitchen@home/www.mykitchen.com
- You're at work and have a yen for lasagna for dinner. You either email your kitchen or check out your own kitchen's website to see if you have all the ingredients you need or if you need to stop at the store on the way home. Or better yet, automatically place your order online and have what you need delivered to you office, home or corner store for pickup.
