For the New Kitchen
Whether it's a new house, a second house, or starting over again, here are some things that will help make it a home.
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KitchenIQ Angle Adjust SharpenerWhy It's Cool: Adjustable to work with different knives, easy to useA sharp knife is a beautiful thing--it makes any cutting, slicing or chopping job easier and the results better and, if you cut yourself, it’s actually less painful and...
Rösle One-handed Locking 16" Grill TongsWhy It's Cool: Easy one-handed locking operationTongs are an essential grilling tool: you want to move things around the cooking surface, you don’t want to pierce the crust and lose the juices, and you want to avoid burning...
RSVP Endurance All-Purpose ShakerWhy It's Cool: Large holes, perfect to evenly distribute rubs and other seasoningsFor that wonderfully complex grilled food flavor, you want to layer on the flavor. The first or second layer (depending on whether you start with a brine or a wet marinade) is a...
RSVP Endurance Cheese Server - R31Why It's Cool: Pretty way to serve grated cheese at tableWe all love cheese, and some of us even love it more than others. In the kitchen, you can sprinkle it on to any dish, and you can bake it on top of any casserole. But how do you...
RSVP Endurance Cheese Slicer - R30Why It's Cool: Blade (instead of wire) cuts cheese easilySlicing cheese into even and uniform slices is always a problem: you want these slices for your cheeseburgers or grilled cheese sandwiches, or simply to grill for a side to your...
Chef'n StemGem Strawberry Stemmer - C34Why It's Cool: Grabs and removes strawberry stem and hull easily...fun and safe for kids to useIt's summer... and we're surrounded by wonderful strawberries! And if you have strawberries, and if you’re going to serve them over a dessert like Guilt-Free Panna Cotta or...
Carré Salt KeepersWhy It's Cool: Beautiful way to hold salt for kitchen or table / Double Salt Dish is great if you have two kinds of salt or salt and pepperAs we’ve said often before, we love salt! We cook with it, and we dress our dishes with it. So we always want some salt - and sometimes two varieties - immediately at hand in...
AdHoc "Pisa" Cheese GraterWhy It's Cool: Very smooth and natural operationThere are so many times that we all want freshly grated cheese on some dish: for us, last night it was grilled eggplant slices. Tonight it’s haricots vert. Every other night...
Charles Viancin Silicone Lids - CV28Why It's Cool: Use instead of plastic wrap for a better seal and greener kitchen...and it's a universal lid on the stove or in the oven or microwave.I’m pretty much a disaster when it comes to plastic wrap; it seems to stick to everything except the bowl I'm trying to cover. And the green side of me hates to use it once...
Joseph Joseph TriScale - J21Why It's Cool: Fully functional scale with tare capability using very little spaceHere’s the dilemma: you know that weighing your ingredients is a much more reliable practice than than any other form of measurement (see this week's Cool Tip, and even when...
