Game On: 5 Gadgets You ll Need for Your Super Bowl Party

Whether you re rooting for back-to-back Seahawks championships or hoping Tom Brady gets his fourth ring, we can all amicably agree that Super Bowl Sunday is a great excuse to throw a great party, hang with friends, and eat loads of cheat-day food.
With less than a week to go until the big game, we rounded up five brilliant kitchen gadgets that we promise will be MVPs at your Super Bowl party.
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The Thermometer You Can Check from the Couch
You won t miss a single laser-beam-perfect pass from Tom Brady on Sunday thanks to the iDevice Kitchen Thermometer ($80; store.idevicesinc.com). The precision thermometer turns your iPhone into a sous chef using the-future-is-now levels of Bluetooth technology. Plug it into your game day roast/turkey/brisket and the iDevice will send real time temperature updates directly to your phone and alert you when your food is ready.
We put the thermometer to the true test with an all-day-long smoked brisket. Read our full editor review here.
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The Healthy (Really!) Fryer
Fried chicken, french fries, potato chips, doughnuts: get ready for a revolution. The Phillips Viva Digital Air Fryer ($300; williams-sonoma.com) allows you to cook all your favorite cheat day staples using little to no oil. The miracle working device uses Rapid Air heat circulation technology to cook game day bites to crispy, golden brown perfection without the guilt.
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The Slow Cooker That Will Never Let You (or Your Chili) Down
As powerful as the Legion of Boom, this Cuisinart bad boy will cook up your favorite chili recipe perfectly every time. The Cuisinart Cook Central ($199; cuisinartwebstore.com) is versatile too! It boasts four cooking methods (slow cooking, steaming, sauteing, and roasting) and allows you to preset your (cooking) game plan.
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The MVP Mincer
Your salsas will be ready in record time with the Prepworks chopper ($17; amazon.com). The no-frills, easy-to-use device dices an onion instantly and, even better, saves you from tears since the irritating aromas are kept locked in. Now, if only the chopper could stop us from crying when our fave team loses.
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The Perfect Popcorn Popper
Getcha popcorn ready! It s showtime this Sunday and we ll be serving one of our favorite eat-it-by-the-handful snacks: homemade popcorn. We love the Waring Pro Popcorn Maker ($60; surlatable.com) because it s easy to use, makes reliably yummy batches of fluffy goodness, and its top double as a bowl for easy clean-up.
Since it is the Super Bowl, we suggest going all out: Drizzle some rich caramel sauce, like Sel Gris ($8; deandeluca.com), over your popcorn before serving. Game on.
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Happy 13th Birthday, Sasha Obama! Look Back at the First Daughter s Style Evolution

See All Photos Today, we are wishing Sasha Obama, the youngest member of the presidential family, a very happy birthday! The first daughter is ringing in an important year: She turns the big 1-3. We ve watched Sasha grow up alongside older sister, Malia, ever since Mom and Dad, Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama, arrived on the national political scene and we ve witnessed the birthday girl transition from pretty florals to an edgier, chilled-out look (we re obsessed with her metallic lace-up oxfords!).
From her 2009 inauguration dress to her love of playful prints, Sasha Obama has come a long way since first stepping out in the public eye. Click through our gallery to see her style evolution.

Lauren Conrad and William Tell s Engagement Photos Are Perfect, Just Like We Imagined

It comes as no surprise that Lauren Conrad s engagement photos came out as adorable as they did, but we couldn t help talking about it regardless. The designer—who also wears multiple hats including entrepreneur, best-selling author, DIYer, and social media star—shared two of her engagement photos on her personal Instagram and given Conrad s picture-perfect grams (whose exact filters she won t divulge to anyone, trust us, we ve tried to coax it out of her!), they re exactly what we expected and then some.
The very talented Elizabeth Messina came to our home to photograph us in our element, Conrad shares on her blog. I love how the photos turned out! In the two shots, Conrad shares a sweet moment with her fiancé William Tell—former Something Corporate guitarist and law student—and in the second, a romantic image of Conrad in a tulle dress showing off her round-cut diamond on a simple platinum band. We can t wait to see more portraits and all of Conrad s behind-the-scene preparations, which she promises to share on laurenconrad.com. As for the bride-to-be, she s so excited for the big day!
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What s Right Meow: Try Purr-sonalized Sweet Treats from Minibrownie!

While growing up in Barcelona, Spain, pastry pro and cat lover Moises Alvarez always had a thing for sweets. But it wasn’t until he lived in N.Y.C. for seven years that he discovered a passion for chocolate brownies (his wife, Juli, happened to ask him to make them for her one day).
From Alvarez’s early days as a test kitchen cook with the Food Network when it first launched—to working with esteemed establishments including Bouley, Lespinasse, Le Cirque, and currently at The New York Palace—he combined his experience with European pastry training from culinary schools in Spain, Italy, and France to open up an Etsy shop called minibrownie. This coming month marks the one-year anniversary of the e-commerce site dedicated to delightful brownie offerings.

“I started playing with fun elements and different textures of the American classic—twisting the basic ones a little bit more with unusual flavors and ganache,” Alvarez tells InStyle. “Like everything in pastry, the quality of the ingredients, a minute more or less in baking time, or a few degrees in the oven temperature makes all the difference.”

Among peanut butter and espresso-flavored desserts, customizable fudgy goods are also available—you can send in any image to put on top of the sweet treat. (Hello, Instagram!) A popular design includes a marshmallow brownie aka the Minimallow Photograph with an adorable feline face (above). “It took about two seconds to decide to put a cat on it—we are a pet-crazy society, and knew people would just love the idea,” says Alvarez, who bakes the desserts straight from a kitchen space in the Financial District of Manhattan. The photo is reminiscent of his dearly departed Russian Blue, Boo Boo. “Both have that same intense look on their faces, like they want to say something to you. Most of the photos sent in are actually of cats—and they’re beyond cute!” 

Shop the delicious sweets from minibrownie ($5 to $32), made-to-order daily at minibrownienyc.com.

Want concoctions that are both scrumptious and oh-so-chic? See our gallery of runway-inspired desserts here.

Rosamund Pike On Taking Post-Baby Fashion Risks: Everything Feels So Fun and Free

There s no question that Gone Girl star Rosamund Pike has been killing it on the red carpet all awards season long, and that s largely in part thanks to her post-baby outlook on fashion. At the unveiling of Louis Vuitton’s Series 2 exhibition last night in Los Angeles, the star (who gave birth to her second child on Dec. 2), looked incredible in head-to-toe Louis Vuitton and dished on experimenting with style post-baby.
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It s a wonderfully freeing time right after you ve given birth and you re a mom. It gives you an opportunity to really treat fashion as something fun because things don t exactly fit and your body is a different shape, which makes it a time to experiment, Pike tells InStyle. Everything feels so fun and free for me at the moment. But there s really this juxtaposition where I m at home feeding him, and then I put a dress on and am suddenly on the red carpet. It s surreal, to be honest. I m just not thinking about myself and fashion that much. I m sort of doing the red carpet and going back to the most important thing, which are my children.
As for her look at the event, Pike was loving it: I realize this might become one of those iconic dresses. I think it s a really beautiful creation—it was the thing that caught my eye most in the Louis Vuitton collection, she says. You ve seen it in white in the ad campaign, and I m wearing the blue version. I love the feeling of being covered up and protected. I m not into revealing too much (Golden Globes gown aside), but I think there s something very nonchalant about this dress with its long sleeves, high neck, and short length.
The Best Actress nominee is gearing up for what will certainly be another fashion win at the Academy Awards, and we can t wait to see what she wears.
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Justin Timberlake s Birthday Message to Expectant Jessica Biel Is the Cutest Thing

As celebrity couples go, Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel are definitely up there with the sweetest. And as proof of just how smitten the pair are, Timberlake just sent the perfect birthday message to Biel.
To mark Biel turning 33 on March 3, Timberlake posted an Instagram photo in which the couple are huddled together as he looks down lovingly at his wife.
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Summing up just how much he adores Biel, he captioned it:  Happy Bday to the sweetest, most GORGEOUS, goofiest, most BAD-ASS chick I know. You make me smile til it hurts. I love you like crazy! —Your Huz.  If this is anything to go by, we d bet Timberlake writes the sweetest love notes.
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Although Biel is due to give birth to the couple s first child soon, the actress is still busy working on her upcoming movie, The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea. And ever the doting huz, Timberlake paid her a visit on set in New Orleans on her pre-birthday weekend.
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Last Chance! Enter Our 20 Days of Style Sweepstakes Now

To commemorate InStyle’s 20th anniversary, we ve spent the month of September giving away a bevy of prizes (more than $20,000 worth, to be exact) for our 20 Days of Style Sweepstakes, and there s still time to get in on the action! We ve already given away a $1,000 Amex gift card, 20 Bare Escentuals brushes, a Clarisonic gift basket worth $1,000, and a $1,000 Joie gift card. But we re not done yet.
The contest ends on Sept. 20. Head over to 20th.instyle.com for your last chance to enter to win daily prizes, including gift baskets from Bath & Body Works and gift cards to Vigoss and Aquatalia!
Plus, check out memorable quotes from InStyle cover stars in our gallery!