This Week's Cool Tools
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- OXO Cast Iron BrushWhy It's Cool: Easiest way to keep your cast iron (or any) cookware clean and seasonedThe product subtitle - “Tackles hard-to-clean cookware” - more clearly states the problem for which this tool is intended. We all have confronted difficult cleaning problems,...OXO Seafood ToolsWhy It's Cool: Good tools just make seafood so much easier to eat!Dungeness Crab season is finally here, in the Bay Area, after regulatory delays and a multi-port price-related strike! Apparently, some California-caught crabs are going into...Dandy SpoonBest (Spoon Rest) - D11Why It's Cool: Holds any size spoon, tongs or other utensils, elevated above the surface to keep everything clean.Let’s talk about the humble spoon rest: as most of you know, this is not the place that your tired utensils go to seek repose, but rather a way to keep both your counter and...Dandy Scooper Duper (Folding Bench Scraper) - D10Why It's Cool: Move and funnel your chopped ingredients to a bowl or storage container easily and with one handHave you ever been frustrated moving food from your cutting board to your pot or bowl? I know we have. Even with a flexible cutting board, you can’t always get it aimed well...Mahj MATters™ Mah Jongg Mats - M20Why It's Cool: Mah Jongg mats with both style and information--never ask "who's next?" again!It all began with a problem (as many things do): how do you easily and quickly determine who’s turn is next? Who gets the next tiles? Who pushes out their wall next? And who’s...Airtender Wine Aerator and Wine Saver - A20Why It's Cool: Use these Cool Tools to tame the air/wine relationshipAir and wine … friends or foes? The answer is, of course: It Depends! When you open a new bottle of wine, sometimes air is your wine’s best friend: it can soften a wine,...OXO Silicone Dough Bag - O38Why It's Cool: Makes rolling out dough easier and a whole lot less messy!Rolling out dough has always been a challenge: whether it's for a pie, cookies or a pizza, either you can’t get it round, or the dough sticks to the rolling pin, or it’s just...Finamill Electric Salt and Pepper and ... System - F10Why It's Cool: One "driver", one set of batteries, limitless spice grinding opportunities with great throughput and designAs you probably know by now, I’m all about making things easy. That’s why I love electric salt and pepper mills. I love the taste of fresh ground salt and pepper and being...Gefu Treppo Chopper - G11Why It's Cool: 12-24 knife cuts replaced by one Thwack--easy and beautiful results with way less effortAs I’ve said, more than once, I’m a lazy cook. I love to cook, but if I can substitute one ‘Thwack!’ for 24 cuts, without losing any quality, I’m in! And that’s...Brod & Taylor New Improved Knife Sharpener-Professional - B20Why It's Cool: Stylish, easy and incredibly effective knife sharpenersSharpening your knives is an everyday task for everyone who cooks … but it’s often both a pain and a problem: are you doing it correctly? Is what you’re doing effective, or...