I am so not a kitchen gadget guy. I mean, I have a digital scale, $100 instant-read thermometer, food mill, KitchenAid stand mixer, and Cuisinart 11-cup food processor — you know, the necessities — but when it comes to all those infomercial-style gadgets that just wind up cluttering your counter space or sitting on a shelf in the basement, impossible to re-gift after you’ve used them once, I have no interest.

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Next time you’re in Kitchen Kapers eyeing up one of those shiny, whole-month’s-rent Jura-Capresso espresso machines, keep this in mind: You might be able to score it at half its price.

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This new gadget makes my apartment’s counter seating one step closer to looking like the bar at Osteria. (Well, OK, I still need the brick oven and the world-class chef.)

Created by an Allentown-area restaurant owner, Wine Saver PRO does two amazing things. First, it extends the shelf life of open wine bottles by pumping it full of argon, a gas so heavy that it creates a barrier between your fruity Stag’s Leap Chardonnay and the air’s evil, quality-turning oxygen. Then it has this fancy-schmancy spout system that delivers that fresh-as-the-day-you-opened it wine straight into your Riedel.

It holds up to five bottles (look for a cheaper three-bottle home system this fall), takes up about a foot-and-a-half of counter space, and will make your next wine-and-cheese party pretty kick-ass.

Regular price, $1,195, introductory website price, $895; order at winesaverpro.com.

I’m no advocate of the eat-and-run. (That is: eating while running, from appointment to appointment to appointment.) But if you have to take it to go, at least you can finally do it with style at some Philly spots. There’s the old-fashion, department-store-style shopping bags for Korean takeout at miniature Giwa and the simple why-didn’t-I-think-of-it plastic stoppers on the counter at Ants Pants Café. Admit it: The lollipop-shaped thingamajigs are the only thing that keep you from wearing the café’s Blue Water coffee. But best of all, is the completely unnecessary and equally irresistible cupcake suitcase at Grocery. The coffee mug-sized, neon-plastic contraption snuggly fits one homey cupcake, protecting the frosting from smearing — and saving you from the embarrassment of licking the buttery frosting off the bag.

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