Gifts for the Foodie in Your Life with Carol Mackey
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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