For the New Cook
Here are some Cool Tools to help the new cook discover the fun and joy of cooking.
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Dreamfarm Peeler ("Sharple")Why It's Cool: Peeler with a cover to protect your hands and a ceramic ball to keep its blades sharp!A peeler? … What could possibly make a simple peeler a Cool Tool?! Everybody has a peeler, or 3 among their basic everyday kitchen tools; we take them for granted, and the...
Dreamfarm Silicone Brush ("Brizzle")A good basting brush is something every cook needs in the kitchen, whether you're basting pan juices or butter on a protein, spreading butter or oil in a saute pan or a baking pan...
Dreamfarm Chopping Spatula ("Chopula")Why It's Cool: Super thin, super flexible to pick up food, but strong enough to chop food in the pan.For years I have chased pancakes around a griddle because my spatula wasn’t thin enough, or I was unable to get over the lip of a saute pan and underneath whatever was in it...
Dreamfarm Masher ("Smood")Why It's Cool: Mashes anything mashable in about half the time with half the effort.Who doesn’t love mashed potatoes? Whether as a side, a base for fish or meat, or as a ‘refill’ for ‘twice-baked’ potatoes, a thoroughly blended ‘mash’ is one of...
Dreamfarm Citrus Juicer ("Fluicer")Why It's Cool: A unique approach to juicing citrus that both is more efficient and saves space.What dish isn’t improved by a splash of citrus? We love lime in Asian or Mexican dishes, orange in chocolate or with chicken, and lemon in just about anything. We’ve tried a...
Dreamfarm Citrus (and more) Zester ("Ozest")Why It's Cool: A sharp zester with the right curve that cleans itself--Brilliant!A zester is one of those things that you don’t think much about, but it’s a kitchen necessity. You use (we use it everyday) it to add a touch (or more) of citrus peel, ginger,...
Dreamfarm Thumb Scraper ("Cleana")Why It's Cool: Does what your nails do, only better--and without ruining your nails!One of life’s minor but irritating problems is removing things that are stuck on. Like labels or price stickers on new purchases, or those pesky plastic safety seal wrappings...
Dreamfarm Regular and Mini Cooking Spoons ("Supoon")Why It's Cool: Many innovative features make thes spoons true multi-taskers.In the process of preparing any dish, we often find ourselves using multiple tools, looking for that ‘just-right, what I need right now!’ tool in the middle of cooking, and...
Dreamfarm Apple Divider ("Flapple")Why It's Cool: Easily and safely cut apples or pears into convenient pieces, and then take up very little space when stored in a drawer.You know the old saying: “an apple a day keeps the doctor away”? Well, everyone is telling us to eat more fruits and vegetables, and the apple, and its cousin the pear, are...
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,...
