51�Թ�

As uninspired as it sounds, something like a toaster oven can be an amazing gift because it will be useful.

It was nothing like the aging, rent-controlled apartment she once sublet in Venice, where she often had to cook using a toaster oven.

Still, none of the methods we tried, including toaster oven, microwave, broiler and even roasting over the flame of a stovetop, seemed to get us definitively to true hot dog perfection.

Today, I keep my coffee maker, grinder and a small toaster oven on the counter and stow lesser-used small appliances on easily accessible pullout shelves in the lower cabinets.

The fulfillment center will stock household goods weighing less than 25 pounds, ranging in size from a box of pens to a small toaster oven.