I’ve just come back from a whirlwind tour of GE Monogram’s gorgeous showroom in the Architects and Designers building in New York City (a one-stop shop of nearly every grand design brand—I was a kid in a candy store). And I’ve now got a new piece to add to my dream kitchen wish list: GE’s Monogram Advantium oven, a four-in-one built-in that’s as Futurama as it gets. I witnessed it bake a perfect piece of salmon in four minutes and a juicy rack of lamb in 14—all through pre-programmed “recipes” that balance a percentage of power from its four cooking elements: a convection fan, a halogen light overhead, a ceramic heater underneath and a microwave. Now, if I can just convince Marcus Samuelsson to share his Fried Yard Bird recipe from his Harlem-based Red Rooster, I’ll have left NYC totally happy.
GE Monogram Advantium oven, $3,749, available in West Vancouver at Y Franks, edmondsappliances.ca/yfranks.htm and Calgary at Castle Appliances, castleappliance.com.
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