Abstract: The utensil comprises a generally disc-shaped body having a plurality of laterally spaced apart cutting blades that project downwardly from the underside of the body. Lowermost, generally horizontally extending cutting edges on the blades are pushed into and through the food in a severing action when the body is placed in the palm of the user's hand and pressed downwardly into the food. Preferably, the top wall of the body is gently dome-shaped to be complementally received by the palm of the hand. Repeated pressing of the blades down into the food product at different rotative positions yields a crisscross cutting pattern that severs the food product into numerous small pieces, the final size of which depends upon the number of crisscross cutting strokes employed by the user. A preferred embodiment includes a central button in the top of the utensil that may be depressed to advance a stripping plate along the knife blades for dislodging any food pieces that may have been trapped between the blades.

Abstract: The vessel has an open top receptacle that is provided with a drink-through cap unit removably secured to the upper end of the receptacle. The cap unit includes a cap and a battery-powered mixer incorporated into the cap. An elongated mixing element of the mixer projects downwardly from the cap into the receptacle for agitating and mixing the contents when a switch on the cap is actuated by the user. Without removing the cap unit from the receptacle after mixing, the user may drink the contents directly from a lip on the drink-through cap. A stopper for the drinking orifice in the cap may be mounted on a rockable operating lever that is easily manipulated by the user between open and closed positions.