who long for a complete suite of state-of-the-art appliances for cappucino-making, sandwich-pressing -- and popcorn. And then there is me. I hate tools that have only one use. For a gadget to ...

Kettle corn bought by the sack at summertime fairs. And best of all stove-top popcorn. My grandma made us real old-fashioned popcorn on the stove every summer, and it was by far the best.

Plenty of us are still making popcorn the old-fashioned way. Well, of course, that depends on how you define old-fashioned. I own one of those long-handled fireplace popcorn poppers, but it’s ...