That Kitchen Place Blog

Just in time for summer, we are stocking the new popsicle maker set by Zoku. It works like a modern ice cream machine; you keep the non-electric quick pop maker in the freezer and then make pops whenever the mood strikes. Pops freeze in 7-9 minutes, just pour in juice and watch it freeze. Add fruit slices, candy, nuts, or make stripes with yogurt for a one-of-a-kind pop! We have a tool kit, pop storage container, and a quick pop recipe book available also. This super-cool set is a perfect remedy for our North State summer heat!

From Welcome Home Brands, we just received a wide variety of paper bake-ware. Perfect for baking as much or as little batter as you need, the many sizes and shapes of paper bake-ware are oven safe to 400 degrees, freezable, and perfect for gift-giving. When baking a beautiful gift cake, there is no need to ask for the container back! We have two sizes of miniature tube pans, red heart pans, and many other sizes of rounds and muffin sizes; they even come in oven-safe plastic dessert cups! Come in today to see the variety of fun shapes; let your baking imagination flow!

Stacey, of Two Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, was here with us last Saturday at ShopHop, showing off her hand-painted pie birds and spoon rests. Pie birds vent steam so your juicy, two-crust fruit pies down boil over in the oven. They are very cute and collectible and Stacey will personalize them at no extra charge! Perfect for any gift-giving occasion, the turn around time is short because Stacey in located in Shingletown. Customize a pie bird or spoon rest by special order today for your bride, grad, or the special birthday girl.

Anonymous asked: Is it possible to get a catalog or search through your Peggy Karr items?

Thank you for your interest in the Peggy Karr glassware. We don’t have our inventory listed online but would be happy to search through our Peggy Karr stock for you, just call us anytime!

Don’t miss the Spring ShopHop when 9 local businesses offer special discounts, samples, raffles, and fun.Here’s how it works: Visit any of our ShopHop businesses and pick up a map and a ShopHop shopping bag. Get your map card stamped at each shop and then you will be entered into a drawing for ShopHop merchants’ gift cards worth $225! ShopHop businesses are: Antique Cottage & Garden, Classic Trendz Boutique, Fabrics, Etc., Prestige Home & Gifts, Sweet Spot, Sweet Treats Candy Shop, Sugar plum Cottage, That Kitchen Place, and Wild Thyme Gift & Garden. Go to www.shophopredding.comfor more information or a map of ShopHop stores. We’ll be hosting Stacey, from Two Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, who will be showing her locally made pie birds. We love her old-fashioned, hand painted pie birds which vent your double-crust pie so juices don’t boil over, dirtying up your oven. Pie birds were recently featured in both Martha Stewart Living and Country Living magazines because they are both functional and decorative. Our special sale items for ShopHop are all glasses 10% off!

At our Show N’ Shine last Tuesday (for Kool April Nights) we raffled off two cooking classes as a fundraiser for the Wounded Warrior Project. (For more information on how to get involved with this wonderful organization, visit their web page: www.woundedwarriorproject.org) That day we also had a pressure cooking and canning class with Chef Pam. We offered our raffle tickets to the participants and a student in the class, Deborah Baldwin-Pulcini donated and won the raffle! She and husband Joseph Pulcini will be taking a cooking class in the future. Deborah recently visited Disneyland and during the Retiring of the Colors ceremony the crowd was asked if there were any veterans present as they like to honor any vets present. Since Deborah’s “semi-son,” John Joy is in the Air Force in Balad, Iraq, she had the couple’s photo taken with the color guard and posted the it on facebook which is easily visited by the soldiers. We’re happy to report that due to everyone’s generous donations, we are sending the Wounded Warrior Project a check for $100!

It’s electric! It bakes 8 mini cupcakes in 5-8 minutes! It’s pink! It’s the cutest electric gadget we’ve gotten in is quite some time. Priced at 39.99, it’s a very cool thing for Grandma or Mom to do with the kids and would be very fun at a children’s birthday party. It comes with a little cookbook with some interesting ideas, not all cupcake-related, such as one and two crust mini pies and savory appetizers. We think it’s pretty fun for little and big bakers!

It’s been so nice to see the sun, after so much rain! It’s going to a beautiful summer. We are getting geared up for the outdoor season by receiving a big Lodge cast iron cookware shipment in readiness for our Dutch Oven cooking class, Saturday, April 9th. We have lots of the Dutch ovens with legs and the special lids used for holding charcoal and plenty of Dutch ovens for indoor use. Those taking the class receive a discount of 10 percent off everything (except electrics) the day of the class. The class fee is fifty dollars and there are still some spaces available. Shari ordered some new Lodge pieces that we haven’t had before so if you are a cast iron fan (like we are!) come in soon for best selection of cool Lodge cast iron.

We received our compact-sized kitchen scales from Escali, the Pico series. They retail for 23.95 and have all the functions and features of their bigger counterparts. The scale, measuring a little bit over 3” by 4”, weighs up to eleven pounds by ounces or grams. The Pico comes in black, soft green, red, royal blue, and silver gray.

New from Escali is the digital luggage scale in a cool purple color. It weighs luggage up to 110 pounds or 50 Kg. It features one-button operation, data lock, low battery indicator, auto power off, and a zero-out function. It retails for 19.75, potentially paying for itself by saving you over-weight fees on your next air excursion.