Crushing ice for a frozen cocktail? Reach for a full-sized blender. Need a quick smoothie for your morning commute? Break out your personal-sized blender, then hit the road with its on-the-go jar. But ...

While it may be the middle of summer, for me it's soup season lasts in perpetuity. Anyone who has ever been blessed enough to eat with me at a restaurant knows that I'm going to ask the server the ...