Prep
These are the tools that are your workhorses, and the ones that most take the place of a sous-chef. These Cool Tools help you prepare your ingredients to be cooked. In finding Cool Tools for food prep, functionality, time saving and ease of use are the most important things we look for. Each and every one of these does its job particularly well and takes your food prep from drudgery to fun (well, almost!) When we finally carry knives, they will fit in this section.
- 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...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...Progressive "Crank-It" JuicerWhy It's Cool: Fresh citrus juice made easy!With all the rain, this is a banner year for citrus in California, but even if you’re picking up lemons and limes at your local farmers’ market or grocery store, rather than...Viski Stainless Steel Stepped Jigger - T83Why It's Cool: Stylish art deco design with great functionality and versitilityWe all know that measuring is the key to repeatable, reliable (and great) results, whether it’s in construction, baking, cooking, or mixology. But unlike construction, baking,...Progressive Twist & Juice Citrus JuicerWhy It's Cool: Get more juice with less effort and no wrist pain!SO … getting the maximum amount of juice from a piece of lemon, lime, orange, or other citrus, can be a difficult and sometimes painful exercise, especially if you have carpal...Gefu X-PLOSION® Chilli Cutter - G21Why It's Cool: It cuts (not grinds) dried chilies into tiny pieces to add a hit of flavor to any dishWe love to add the flavors of chilis to many dishes! We grow many varieties in our garden and eat them fresh in season, and smoke or dry more for use throughout the year. So we...Gefu X-PLOSION® Salt or Pepper Mill - G20Why It's Cool: Highly adjustable, versatile, easy to use and good looking--everything you want in a salt or pepper mill!Manual or electric? Ceramic or metal? Consistent through-put? Adjustable? Is the adjustment precise or random? Classic or modern design? These questions, and many more, confront...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...Erik Bagger Salad Servers - E10Why It's Cool: Danish Modern Style design salad servers, executed in weighty polished stainless steel to combine beauty and functionality in an everyday toolWe enjoy salads, almost daily: flavorful and healthful, it’s a great way to combine a wide range of ingredients and dressings to complement almost any meal. Here’s our recipe...Gefu "Spirelli 2.0" Spiral Slicer-Spirelli 2Why It's Cool: Turns your vegetables into "pasta" for healthier (and fun) meals.We really like to julienne vegetables ...either as a primary ingredient in dishes like Zucchetti alla Colbrook, as components in a salad, or simply as garnish, a julienned...