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Best place to buy a duck that makes mashed potatoes

No, the headline is not a joke. Gadgets, a funky kitchenware and gift store, stocks a potato masher with a handle shaped like a duck's head and a masher shaped like webbed feet, for $14.75. And that's indicative of the whimsical yet practical approach the store takes. Prices range from $1 for a wicker soap-saver to $200 for All-Clad pots and pans. Sure, there are loads of things for the "serious" cook, but it's the stuff like the $25 paper-towel holder shaped like a wiener dog - the paper towels are his middle - that keep people coming back for more.

Gadgets, 763 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain, (617) 524-6800.


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