Electric panini press trumps tradition

From: Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me. | Date: December 23, 2007| Author: Amy Scattergood | Copyright information

Things I love: perfectly cooked panini, anything cast iron (also steak weights and bricks).

Things I don't love: single-use kitchen gadgets, nonstick coating, anything I have to plug in.

So when it came time to test the many panini makers, manual and electric, on the market this holiday season, I was expecting to fall in love with a gorgeous, old-fashioned hunk of iron. This did not happen.

On the contrary, I now plan to get anyone on my Christmas list who wants a panini g...