Holiday Helpers
These are to Cool Tools that will help make your holidays Merry and Bright!
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Tovolo Olive Wood Tools - T31Why It's Cool: Beautiful natural wood tools that won't scratch your pots and pans in useful shapes with comfotable handlesThe natural beauty of olive wood tools just make you feel good using them in the kitchen--it’s a back-to-nature kind of thing. And they’re also good for your pots and pans and...
Progressive Cut Resistant Glove - P22Why It's Cool: Protects your hands when using a mandoline or slicerIn a couple of the other write-ups, we talk about the fact that mandolines are sharp: really sharp. That’s a good thing and a bad thing (well, not really bad, just, you...
KnappMade Fine Chainmail Dishcloth™ (for Wine Decantors and Pots and Pans)Why It's Cool: Fine stainless steel mesh is an elegant, effective and safe way to clean your decanters and your finest pots and pansChain mail isn’t just for battles anymore (at least not the kind on horseback)! Clean-up is the dirty little downside of cooking; and some clean-up jobs are worse than...
Cuisipro Silicone Spoon - C56Why It's Cool: Great spoon for all your non-stick cookware, with a beveled edge, ergonomic handle and good capacityColbrook Kitchen’s corporate name is Kochlöeffel LLC. In German, that means “cooking spoon”, but in Yiddish, it means so much more. A “kochlöeffel” is someone who...
Trudeau Structured Silicone Fluted Cake Pan (or Bundt) - T63Why It's Cool: The stability of metal pans, with all the great benefits of siliconeI don’t bake much. It’s not that I don’t like to, but I just usually focus on savory dishes. However, a confluence of events (too many zucchinis in the garden, a new bundt...
Trudeau Silicone Piping Bag And QUICK System TipsWhy It's Cool: Piping Bag made easy, clean and convenientIf you thought a piping bag was just something that high end chefs and bakers use on precious food and fancy cakes, it’s time to think again. A piping bag is a very handy (and,...
OXO Silicone Roasting Rack - Set of 2 - O35Why It's Cool: Flexible and convenient solution to elevate your food.A roasting rack is an essential component to good cooking of so many delicious dishes … usually these racks ‘come with’ your roasting pan, but often those that ‘come...
OXO Poultry Shears - O36Why It's Cool: Micro-serrated blades cut equally well through skin and bones, and the blades come apart for easy cleaning.Poultry shears have two basic functions: be strong enough to cut through joints and bones, and be sharp enough to cut through slippery chicken skin. It is surprising how few...
RSVP Endurance Vintage Nut & Seed Toasting Pan - R34Why It's Cool: Toast nuts, seeds and spices quickly, and the mesh lid keeps them from escaping the pan!Pan-toasting brings out the wonderful flavors and aromas in spices, seeds and nuts: it transforms them from everyday ingredients into something almost ethereal, adding extra...
OXO Chef's Precision Oven ThermometerWhy It's Cool: Easy to read, accurate, and stays out of the way with a 2-prong hangerThere is a liar in your kitchen--it’s your oven. It may say that the temperature is 350°F, but what is it really? The only way to know is to get an oven thermometer. You’ll...
