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Ravioli in great shape!

Filled pasta – ravioli in Italy, Maultaschen in Germany – can contain all sorts of delicious fillings, from delicate to hearty. And with these »

More power for pureeing

Kenwood is launching two new designer hand blenders as part of its Triblade System Pro range. These are powerful and reliable kitchen tools capable »

kCook: utter convenience for everyday cooking

Career, family, household – homemakers need to make best use of every minute. If your aim is to cook healthy and tasty meals in the minimum time, »

Buy melons with all your senses

Ripe melons taste far better than the not-so-ripe fruit and a half-ripe melon that you buy won't ripen or get any sweeter after you've taken it home. »

Mirabelles & reine claude – two summer plums

Mirabelle plums and reine claude greengages are much-loved summer stone fruit. Originally from Asia, they are widely grown in Europe, especially in »

Jams and preserves: a taste of summer for the

Why not take a taste of summer into the cold, dark days of winter? Making your own jams, jellies and fruit syrups takes only a little time and effort »

Culinary journey around Brazil

Brazil is a huge country with many regional culinary specialities. In the Amazon region, the indigenous Indians still prepare food as their ancestors »

Fruit flies: a summer plague

On hot and humid summer days, fruit flies are a real plague. They're attracted to ripe fruit, sweet juices, vinegar, beer and wine. This doesn't pose »

Snapdragons are a treasure for a children's garden

You feel that dragons of every sort ought to have a place in a child's garden. But this plant is really brilliant in more ways than one. »

Melons are refreshing and healthy

Summer is high season for melons and you'll find a good choice of flavours and colours in the shops. In a purely botanical sense, melons aren't »

Cooking pulses for easy digestion

Pulses are an outstanding addition to the menu. They are rich in minerals and dietary fibre. Combined with cereals, egg or dairy products they are a »

Lycopene: the tomato’s star performer

Healthy ingredients in fruit and vegetables are often destroyed either wholly or partially by cooking. This rule applies to a whole raft of “inner »

For a kitchen that's a pleasure to use

What kitchen owner, regardless of age or lifestyle, is going to say, "I don't need a more user-friendly kitchen"?. But what makes a kitchen »

Kitchens are the mirror of progress

The history of cooking parallels the development of the human race. Our ancestors soon found out that cooking food in some way made it easier to »

Clever solutions behind the fronts

A lot of modern kitchens lack a central unit to store groceries, to parallel the fridge for fresh food. »

Eurocucina 2016

Italy has always been a centre of modern design and especially of furniture design and kitchen culture. This year's Milan EuroCucina, the kitchen »

The Michel Bras mandoline from kai

What a winner looks like – The Red Dot Award for product design has been awarded to the Michel Bras mandoline from kai.... »

Lava grey calls the tune

A glance at the world of fashion proves that grey is one of the colours that is currently calling the tune... »

Kesseböhmer meets fashion

Fashion! Nothing renews itself so constantly as fashion. It's part of our lives – a statement, a visual declaration. Clothes make the man (or the »

Food shopping at the click of a mouse

Shopping for food online saves a lot of time and you don't have to lug bags of shopping and crates of bottles. Above all, working people living in »

The compact kitchen all-rounder

It is compact, with small parts and brings healthy meals to the table in no time at all. The FDM100 Multipro Micro... »

Trend Report 2014/2015

Nowhere in the world do kitchen design and furniture design meet in such a concentrated, but simultaneously varied... »

Great success for Green Village

When the GREEN VILLAGE closed its doors on Sunday, April 13, it had been visited by close to forty thousand people. The Green Village concept... »

Trend Report 2013

For everyone who wants to keep abreast of the latest design trends and kitchen innovations for 2013/2014... »

Summer brunch ideas to tackle the food waste problem

Summer brunch ingredients often land up in the bin. And not only due to high summer temperatures. »

The best way to organize your fridge storage

Nowadays there are very few homes in industrialized countries that don't have a fridge. The temperatures of around 5 °C slows the metabolism of »

Lemon balm to freshen up your cooking

Lemon balm has an intensively lemony aroma, sharp and most refreshing. You can add it to green salads, to soft cheese along with other herbs, to »

From the Stone Age to the Romans

Stock-keeping in ancient times. The tradition of stock-keeping and preserving food in private homes can be traced back to the Romans. »

From Middle Ages to modern era

From salt tonatural ice and beyond to tins. Meat was pickled in oil or covered with tallow or another type of fat. »

History: Ice and preserving jars

At the beginning of the 19th century public cold stores were set up at the instigation of the American Frederic Tudor. »

A mass of vivid pink petals: the Judas tree

In April, the Judas tree is a cloud of pink blossom. You can't help noticing it, because the branches of the small tree spread widely and the pink »

Pulmonaria changes colour

Young pulmonaria flowers are bright pink. After a few days they turn violet and then vivid blue. Children especially find this transformation »

The hazel catkins are out again

Hazel catkins are worth close inspection, although, if you suffer from pollen allergies, you might not be so enthusiastic. If allergies aren't a »

New A30 Trend Report on the clever-storage website

What's trending in kitchen design this year? Which are the latest colours and materials? What innovations should we be looking out for behind the »

ergoAGENT sets the kitchen moving

For many years, doctors and occupational health experts have been advocating having worksurfaces... »

Show house “modum 8:10”

The new “modum” line of prefabricated houses combines design-oriented living with extremely... »