Carol Mackey is here to show you some unique gift items for the person in your life that loves to cook and entertain. For more information visit carolthatcooks.com
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00:00 We all know that one person who is described as a foodie or who loves to entertain and
00:10 with all of the kitchen gadgets out on the market, finding the right gift can be hard.
00:15 Entertaining expert Carol Mackey is here with some great gift ideas for just that person
00:19 in our life.
00:20 All right, Carol, so I love this.
00:22 You are an entertaining expert.
00:23 You usually come and do a beautiful tablescape for us, but today we have awesome gifts for
00:29 the foodies in our life.
00:30 Right.
00:31 This is actually my favorite segment of the year, although it makes me nervous because
00:33 I want to get all the facts right.
00:35 But I also...
00:36 We're going to get it.
00:37 Absolutely.
00:38 So the first one is a Swiss Marr Matterhorn Raclette Party Grill.
00:41 And that's this one over here.
00:42 That is.
00:43 Move over fondue.
00:44 We have the raclette maker.
00:45 So it's a great way to entertain friends or your family, a great family night.
00:50 So if you're not familiar, what you do, this is the granite top.
00:55 I love the granite because it promotes an even cooking.
00:58 Any kind of meat.
00:59 I did shrimp the other day.
01:00 You could do beef, chicken, sausage, veggies.
01:04 And then underneath here is you melt the cheese.
01:08 That's amazing.
01:09 So the raclette maker is named for the raclette cheese, which is a mild Swiss.
01:13 So you can use raclette, Gruyere, mozzarella, any kind of cheese you want.
01:17 Love it.
01:18 Delish.
01:19 Put a little cheese on there too.
01:20 Fabulous.
01:21 So similar to fondue, but a little different, a little bit different.
01:25 And really kind of healthier too.
01:26 Oh, great.
01:27 Okay.
01:28 Lastly too, what I also love, there's a temperature control and the oval shape.
01:34 A lot of times you see the rectangle, but it's much easier to share the top with an
01:38 oval shape.
01:39 So this is great.
01:40 It's like going out to a fancy fondue restaurant, but at home.
01:44 So that's perfect for someone who loves to entertain.
01:46 Yes.
01:47 And a great do ahead.
01:48 All right.
01:49 Okay.
01:50 Air fryer.
01:51 Stealing the show.
01:52 Everybody on the crew has been like, how do we get one of these?
01:53 So tell us about this beautiful guy.
01:54 Yes.
01:55 Everyone's all about the air fryer these days.
01:57 So this is the Wonder Oven Air Fryer by Our Place.
02:00 So what I love, it comes in all these fun colors.
02:05 And it's also a six in one.
02:07 So besides air frying, it also will broil, toast, bake, roast, reheat.
02:12 Oh my gosh.
02:13 So it's much more.
02:14 It does everything.
02:16 And it has a water infusion.
02:19 So when you're making meat or something, I made chicken wings the other day and it keeps
02:24 them very moist.
02:25 So you add a little water.
02:26 And it has a window.
02:28 So even though you can time it to see, you know, it takes 40 minutes to watch it and
02:33 know how it's cooking is a really great option.
02:35 It lights up when it's cooks.
02:37 Oh, that's so cool.
02:38 Okay.
02:39 This is great.
02:40 And like Carol was saying, doesn't just come in the screen, although this like hunter green
02:42 is beautiful, but tons of fun colors.
02:46 Yes.
02:47 I love it.
02:48 Okay.
02:49 What about this?
02:50 The next one is the Inova Precision Chamber Vacuum Sealer.
02:52 Okay.
02:53 So do you have a vacuum sealer?
02:54 I don't.
02:55 You must.
02:56 I'm literally obsessed.
02:57 I vacuum seal everything and send the pictures to my kids.
03:00 Okay.
03:01 So is this like if you want to vacuum seal food and keep it for longer?
03:04 I mean, tell me what is this?
03:07 It's many things.
03:08 So the chamber vacuum sealer is a higher level of production and versatility really.
03:16 So besides sealing, you know, let's say you have leftover, you know, shrimp, you seal
03:22 it and you put it in the freezer.
03:24 Also good for if you have a, I'm totally lost.
03:31 I don't know.
03:32 I love the idea of you get to put food though and then vacuum seal it so there's not that
03:36 air in it.
03:37 Sous vide.
03:38 Thank you.
03:39 I have a sous vide.
03:40 So it's great for sous vide cooking too.
03:41 But what is really great about these are the different options.
03:43 It has a button that has infuse and extract.
03:47 So let's say you're marinating a skirt steak and you have to marinate it for like 12 hours.
03:51 You put it in here and in minutes it's completely infused.
03:55 That's amazing.
03:56 You can do olive oils.
03:57 You can do alcohol.
03:58 I'm going to make a lemon cello for Christmas and it's just a matter of minutes.
04:03 Okay.
04:04 You said alcohol.
04:05 You got me.
04:06 I need this.
04:07 I do want to mention that it has two other options, a pickle.
04:09 So yesterday I made tacos.
04:10 I made pickled onions in two minutes.
04:12 Wow.
04:13 Two minutes.
04:14 Yes.
04:15 That's amazing.
04:16 You just set it on the pickle setting.
04:17 I ran it twice and then it has a cool and dry setting too.
04:19 So you can do fried.
04:20 I love it.
04:21 You can do chips.
04:22 That sort of thing.
04:23 Someone can get me this for Christmas.
04:24 All right, Carol, we're running out of time.
04:25 So let's get to work.
04:26 Stocking stuffers for the foodie.
04:27 Okay.
04:28 So these are all from Sir LaTob.
04:30 So we grill year round here in Arizona.
04:33 So we need a good set of grill tools.
04:35 These are very good quality actually on sale today at Sir LaTob.
04:39 Oh, wow.
04:40 And a fun taste test trivia has two categories, tools and techniques and regions.
04:47 So you can stump your foodie and you can learn along the way.
04:51 That is so fun.
04:52 I love it.
04:53 And then lastly, I have used smoked sea salt for years and it just adds a whole dimension
04:58 of flavor to really anything, salads, meats, fish.
05:01 I use it on fresh mozzarella.
05:03 Oh, perfect.
05:04 And it's really fabulous.
05:06 So I highly recommend that too.
05:07 I love it.
05:08 Yeah.
05:09 These are great stocking stuffers, but every single gift would be perfect for any foodie,
05:13 any entertainer on your list.
05:15 And Carol, tell us where we can find more information about you.
05:17 All the information is on my website.
05:20 I'm at www.cooks.com.
05:21 Love it.
05:22 So you can find out more about the products.
05:23 Fantastic.
05:24 All right, guys.
05:25 Well, this is great, but make sure you stick around because we have more of The Mix coming
05:28 up after this.
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