Holiday Helpers
These are to Cool Tools that will help make your holidays Merry and Bright!
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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...
Tappi Champagne Stopper from AdHoc - A11Why It's Cool: Preserves the bubbles, looks great, takes up very little space in the drawer or fridgeThere are at least 2 major issues with Champagne stoppers: they take up too much space in use on your refrigerator shelf, or out of use in your drawer, and they’re awkward to...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Franmara Cheese Grip - F41Why It's Cool: Keep your fingers off the cheese with this convenient handleOne of the first pieces of entertaining “equipment” that I received as a gift from my mother when I had my first apartment was a cheese button: a Lucite disk (yes, I’m...
RSVP NonStick Scrubber - R42Why It's Cool: Won't scratch your cookware, great flexability, and enough oomph to do the job!Cleaning up is probably the least fun part of cooking, but unfortunately, it’s a necessity. So are there Cool Tools that make this easier or less unpleasant? We’ve tested...
Host Wine Filter, Aerator, Pour Spout and Cap - T80Why It's Cool: Aerates and filters, and you don't need two hands to use itTo paraphrase Superman: Look at that thing in your bottle: It’s a pourer, it’s an aerator, it’s a filter... (OK, enough of that!) This is one of the most versatile and...
Dreamfarm Flat Balloon Whisk ("Flisk") - D29Why It's Cool: A balloon whisk with 3 personalities, allowing it to be a great whisk, a sauce whisk, and a compact tool to store.Whisks are very useful--nothing can quite take their place. But there are a few problems with most whisks: They take up a lot of space in your drawer or tool crock; You...
