The Essential Kitchen

We thought it might be helpful to group our Cool Tools in categories that reflect their role in the meal creation process. So here is our attempt to be helpful:

  1. 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.
  2. Cooking: These are the Cool Tools that you actually use during the cooking process; that means they have to be easy to use, handy to pick up, and work well without thinking about it, because your focus should be on the food--these Cool Tools take a supporting role.
  3. Serving: These are the Cool Tools that take your meal from the kitchen to the table, and make it easy and beautiful to serve your food.
  4. Entertaining: These are all the Cool Tools that are part of your entertaining repertoire and make the event easy for you and memorable for your guests.
  5. Storage: When the meal is over, what do you do with all those leftover bits? These Cool Tools will help.
  6. Miscellaneous: These are some more Cool Tools that we love, but they didn't fit neatly into one of the other categories.
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  1. OXO Cast Iron Brush
    OXO Cast Iron Brush
    Why It's Cool: Easiest way to keep your cast iron (or any) cookware clean and seasoned
    The 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,...
  2. Dandy Scooper Duper (Folding Bench Scraper) - D10
    Dandy Scooper Duper (Folding Bench Scraper) - D10
    Why It's Cool: Move and funnel your chopped ingredients to a bowl or storage container easily and with one hand
    Have 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...
  3. OXO Silicone Dough Bag - O38
    OXO Silicone Dough Bag - O38
    Why 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...
  4. Progressive "Crank-It" Juicer
    Progressive "Crank-It" Juicer
    Why 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...
  5. Progressive Twist & Juice Citrus Juicer
    Progressive Twist & Juice Citrus Juicer
    Why 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...
  6. Progressive Stretch & Seal
    Progressive Stretch & Seal
    Why It's Cool: Saves your produce--saves money--easy to use
    Have you ever used half of something - half a lemon, half an onion, etc. - and then tried to store the other half, only to have it turn slimy and disgusting in no time at all?...
    As low as $7.00
  7. Charles Viancin Poppy Silicone Trivet / Pot Holder - CV16
    Charles Viancin Poppy Silicone Trivet / Pot Holder - CV16
    Why It's Cool: Soft, flexible multi-tasker: trivet, pot holder and jar opener
    When is a pot holder not merely a pot holder? And how could a pot holder be a Cool Tool? When it’s also a trivet, a bottle opener, and a lovely silicone piece designed by...
    As low as $13.50
  8. Gefu Primeline Griddle Spatula (Turner) - G27
    Gefu Primeline Griddle Spatula (Turner) - G27
    Why It's Cool: The strength of stainless steel, with the protection of silicone
    We know there are (at least) three common problems when you cook in a non-stick pan, and you need the strength and rigidity of your steel turner to turn your food: Your steel...
  9. Norpro Nested Silicone Bowls (Set of 3)
    Norpro Nested Silicone Bowls (Set of 3)
    Rating:
    100% of 100
    Why It's Cool: You can microwave (melt) ingredients and then mix to do it all in one bowl, and then squueze to pour our without dripping
    How could a set of mixing bowls be a Cool Tool? We all use mixing bowls … of various shapes and sizes and materials … and sometimes we have even more than one set, to cover...
  10. Tovolo Silicone Mini Tongs - T41
    Tovolo Silicone Mini Tongs - T41
    Why It's Cool: Silicone tongs to protect your cookware, a big versatility in a small package!
    Tongs are an extension of your fingers: it’s the way to pick up or move pieces of food that would be too hot to touch (or these days, unsanitary to touch) with your fingers....
    As low as $10.00
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