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    The food processor—a grate alternative that slices and purees too

    Consumer Reports News: September 15, 2010 02:11 PM

    If it's been so long since you used your food processor that you're not even sure it has a pulse button, check out Mark Bittman's column, " The Food Processor: A Virtuoso One-Man Band," in today's Dining section of the New York Times. With his everyman eye, Bittman rattles off a bunch of aha uses for the oft-forgotten countertop appliance, such as whipping up mayonnaise, grating cheese, and making flour from soft grain. He also lists a few tasty recipes, like chicken meatballs and stir-fried sweet potatoes.         

    Bittman then proffers a paragraph or two on choosing a new food professor. The advice is mostly sound, though you could leave it thinking all food processors are basically created equal. In fact, Consumer Reports' latest review of 27 food processors reveals a great deal of variety—and plenty of ways to throw away your money.

    The Waring FPC14, for example, is a $400 "commercial" food processor that was merely good at chopping and even worse at slicing and kneading. Our testers were far more impressed by the $100 KitchenAid KFP715[WH], which was very good or better at most tasks and also one of the quietest models we reviewed. And in the under-$100 category, the Oster 3212 and the Hamilton Beach Big Mouth 70573H are two to consider.

    In addition to Bittman's recipes, consider these festive ideas fit for a food processor. 
     
    —Daniel DiClerico

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