The best thing since sliced bread is a Smart Toaster.

Hamilton Beach’s Smart Toast Toaster not only looks sleek and fits into tight counter spaces, it also fits larger-than-average slices of bread. Looking for a toaster that can handle your bagels? This is the one for you - it will toast one side of the bagel, and even has settings for both frozen and room temperature breads. See all the handy features on this small kitchen appliance in our video from the 2008 Chicago Home Show:

Another cool kitchen gadget we found at the Home show is OXO’s Julienne Mandolin. Make perfect veggie slices with this compact, handheld kitchen doodad that saves time & your fingers! Your family and friends will think a professional chef did the work for you. Also comes with a hand guard and is dishwasher safe. What could be better?

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Two Wagon Updates

We’ve got the scoop from the NY Auto Show on some new wagons from Volkswagon and Ford.

VW’s SportWagon gets 50 miles per gallon on the highway! Talk about fuel economy.

And the Ford Flex is a seven passenger crossover vehicle - a modern take on the classic station wagon with some cool interior touches.

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