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Check DiPalos, SOS Chefs, Buon Italia in Chelsea Market.

While I don't have experience with the unit you've acquired, Norm, I generally find that machines that do more than one thing don't usually do either of the things they do better than a single purpose unit. That said, it will be interesting to hear from you how this thing works out over the next couple of months. As to the Brazen, while I haven't seen a full-blown review on the product yet, Sweet Maria's has a video review - they like it but with a few caveats. Even with the temperature on the unit set to 205°F, the temperature at the brew head was actually 196°F. They also don't love the flat-basket design. As to the ability to control temperature of water, many people like to play around with brew temperatures. A quick search here through some of the coffee threads will point that out easily.

Mini bagel, pickled herring, ikura, Gaspe Nova, smoked sable, whitefish salad. Yes, Russ & Daughter's.

The hardest part for me was parting with my old Made-in-Italy DeLonghi - must've made us thousands of toasted bagels, bialys, etc. I also ordered that Chicago Metallic non-stick set for toaster ovens from Sur...it was on sale for a little more than the Amazon price, but with free shipping.

Yeah - me too. Always feels good to get something at a steep discount. Maybe they'll do Vitamix next!

Wow - that's quite a price increase...and a whole different ballgame.

No - more likely the result of being picked too unripe or the disease that threatens the orange industry, called citrus greening.

Yep - the stock hardware on those is some pretty high quality stuff. When I was referring to spending more on hardware, that was about handles and things.

How much did that bad boy cost you?

But isn't one of the problems with (at least) seedless grapes and watermelons that they don't taste quite as delicious as their older counterparts? Maybe since not many people actually eat lemons (certainly not like they eat grapes, oranges and watermelons) out of hand, the cost/benefit isn't worth it.

Re:IKEA. My wife and I did a gut kitchen remodel of an apartment we have in DC. The kitchen is tiny (like under 100 square feet) and weirdly shaped. IIRC, the IKEA website lets you practically design your own kitchen, which I did. They were running a sale, so by buying some of our appliances at the same time, we got 20% off the whole package. We bought the sink, dishwasher, range and microwave from IKEA, and I got the fridge (which I needed to be a certain size to fit into the space) via Home Depot. The IKEA cabinet bases are very nice quality for the dough, and of course it's up to you what you spend on the doors and drawers and hardware for those cabinets. Before: After:

One of the features of fleur de sel is its moisture content. I wouldn't be putting grains of rice in there to basically turn it into another dry salt.

I don't think it's too small - for a toaster oven.

IKEA.

What's also nice about this size pan is that it's a perfect fit for a C Fold paper towel that's only half unfolded. They're great prep pans.

An 11" pizza pan should fit, since my 11.5" round cazuela fits with a little room to spare. Check this out... Polar Ware Or this... http://www.webstaurantstore.com/chicago-metallic-41800-eighth-size-aluminum-sheet-pan-6-1-2-x-9-1-2/32641800.html

I could see the focaccia being the case where something like an 11" pizza pan comes into play. I also have a couple of 1/8 sheet pans that might be perfect.

I'm really not so worried about its ability to bake loaf bread, since I rarely do that. The reviewer that I linked above did a decent bread that he said tasted great. Once I get better arm usage, I will try some flatbreads (i.e. focaccia) however.

Yeah, but it (the Dualit) looks good!

Also, even though the preheating cycle is a joke (as it is in all ovens, imo), I stuck 2 oven thermometers in the unit and let it go for 30 minutes. They both read within 5 - 10 degrees of the oven setting, which is also impressive in my book.

You know, I toasted half a bagel and a slice of multi-grain at the same time this morning. They came out great and I'm thinking - hey, this unit is pretty cool for Cuisinart.

There are a number of units on the market that are wall ovens. Seems to me that a nice combo of a gas range and an electric combi wall oven would be perfect. Now, if I can just move to that house in the country...or that apartment on Park Ave...

Wow - that's more impressive than I imagined. Now I have to do some pork chops in there.

That Sharp is still on their website. I don't see how that Sharp looks more "decent" and more "amazing" than the Cuisinart. As a matter of fact, I've always thought Sharp should've stuck to TVs.

Of course.