I'm not into gadgets, but this little corn peeler from Kuhn Rikon removes corn from a cob in a way nothing else can. The blade is curved, so when you hold a cob flat in one hand and put this gadget at the top of the ear and pull it toward you, the kernels pop off in neat long strips, evenly sized and whole, cutting just above the tough part of the cob that you inevitably get some of when you try to denude a cob with a knife because you tend to cut too deep because you know that the kernels either side of the middle are going to get cut too shallowly. That's precisely why I tend avoid making dishes out of fresh corn--the corn itself looks kind of ugly and inelegant. No more! Each cob is stripped in about five seconds, and the cob itself left behind is as smooth as glass. Highly reccomended!
The fuddy-duddies at Corningware have finally gotten over the French white stuff and designed oven-to-table bakeware that's both very contemporary and vastly improved in the sensibility department. Look at my new 9 x 13 baking dish. It's black, heart be still! And it's tall--almost 4 quarts compared to the shallow 2 qt 9x13's of my mother's generation. AND IT'S GOT HANDLES. This line also comes in red and white, or at least those are the colors the Ace Hardware store I bought this at had.
Don't even get me started. I'm not even going to raid my travel savings account. I'm going to just go down to Kitchens 'n Things to do a window shop -- really!