Hasta La Ideas

Okay, I know that choosing unitaskers from Williams-Sonoma is so simple that it’s like shooting fish in a barrel … but I can’t help myself! There are so many wonderful unitaskers lining their shelves. It’s fruitless for me to try to steer clear. I am drawn to their shiny, unitasker-ness like a moth to a street lamp. I can’t help myself.

This week’s winner of the unitasker title is the Beaba Babycook.

Simply by using a pot, a steamer insert for that pot, and a blender (or potato masher or food processor or even the back of a sturdy fork) that you already own, you can make your child’s food without this contraption. Heck, if you already own a rice cooker you don’t even need a pot and steamer insert (a rice cooker, although the name implies it only cooks rice, is actually quite a wonderful multitasker). I am stumped as to why a parent might possibly need this Beaba Babycook appliance. Oh, and it’s $150 for an appliance you will maybe use for a year, if you even use it at all.