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Lifestyle Expert Chi-Lan Lieu Preps Your Kitchen For Fall

STUDIO CITY (CBSLA.com) — Is your kitchen ready for fall?

Lifestyle expert Chi-Lan Lieu visited the KCAL9 studios Wednesday to show viewers all the latest cooking essentials for Fall.

Kitchen essentials

Cuisinart Alfrescamoré Outdoor Pizza Oven

Who doesn't love authentic tasting pizza?

-Replicate the perfect pizza environment of a brick oven, using convection, conduction, and reflected heat to create high air temperatures and an even cooking surface

-Extremely portable (weighing in at only 35 lbs.)

-Assembles in less than 10 minutes without tools

-Cook time is only five minutes

-Incorporates a smoke chip cup which allows you to add authentic wood-fired taste

-Available at Amazon.com, HomeDepot.com, BedBathBeyond.com and in select Bed, Bath & Beyond stores for $249.99

Philips Airfryer

Keeps us indulging in our favorite foods, the Philips Airfryer lets us have deep fried food without all the guilt.

-Air Fryer uses patented technology to fry your favorite foods to crispy, golden brown perfection, using little or no oil.

-It works by precisely circulating hot air, yielding results that are virtually indistinguishable from traditional deep-fried foods. From French fries and fried chicken to homemade doughnuts, this remarkable innovation lets you enjoy all your best-loved fried foods—without the guilt.

-60-minute timer lets you know when your food is ready, then automatically shuts off the machine.

-Pull-out baking tray simplifies putting food in and taking it out of the fryer.

-A stainless-steel rack allows you to fry more food—or cook two kinds of food at the same time.

-The oil pan, frying basket, baking tray and inside of the fryer have a durable nonstick coating for quick, easy cleanup. Oil pan and basket are also dishwasher safe.

MSRP $299.99

T-Fal OptiGrill

-Tabletop grill makes cooking anything from sandwiches to meat easy

-sensor measures thickness of food to get the perfect 'doneness'

-makes delicious grilled meats and veggies

-cooks evenly on both sides

-the plates are removeable for cleaning.

MSRP $179

Keurig 2.0

Speaking of getting things done easily, the Keurig 2.0 makes it so easy to brew a carafe of coffee (up to 4 cups) at the touch of a button - great for people who drink a lot of coffee or like to entertain guests/throw parties

-Extra Large 80 oz. Water Reservoir

-Large Color Touch Display

-Programmable Clock

-Strength Control

-Hot Water on Demand

$199.99

Brookstone Perfect Bake

Perfect Bake App-Controlled Smart Baking

-A great way to bake with kids. Perfect Bake, the app-based baking system measures ingredients as small as a pinch to ensure perfect results.

- Smart Scale connects to your phone or tablet

-Free app for iOS or Android devices guides you through baking each recipe

-Place a bowl on the scale and Perfect Bake lets you know exactly how much ingredient to add

-Tell Perfect Bake the number of cookies you want to make, and it automatically scales the recipe

-Choose from hundreds of recipes, or create and save your own

-Pantry Feature gives you lists of delicious recipes from the items you have on hand

- $69.99

Food Markers

And last but not least, this is something that will help you keep all the delicious food you're making this fall organized in the fridge.

Make fridge clean-outs easy and leftover night a breeze with Food Markers.

With these handy fill-in stickers, you'll know whether a food item is past its prime or a prime dinner solution.

-$6.00 for 90 labels

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