Ron Popeil, the infomercial pioneer and inventor who served as the enthusiastic pitchman for products like Chop-O-Matic and the Showtime Rotisserie, has died at the age of 86. Popeil’s rep confirmed ...

Late-night TV in the 1990s turned cooking into something viewers could watch and buy all in one sitting. Infomercials repeated demonstrations until the gadgets became familiar, and those products ...

The hot debate around the water cooler in Takisha Sexton's office: Pasta Pro or the Better Pasta Pot? No, seriously. "We're obsessed," says Ms. Sexton, a 24-year-old New Yorker, who, like many people ...