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- Prep 107
- Cooking 65
- Serving 49
- Entertaining 15
- Storage 23
- Miscellaneous 13
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:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Storage: When the meal is over, what do you do with all those leftover bits? These Cool Tools will help.
- 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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Tovolo Blender Scraper - T34Why It's Cool: Reaches places no spatula has gone beforeThere are certain kitchen clean-up jobs that just seem harder than others. One of those is scraping all of the contents out of any jar, bottle, blender, or other container, in...
Charles Viancin Silicone Coasters - CV15Why It's Cool: Protects your furniture from glass marks and drips, designed not to stick to your glass, prevents sliding if used between your glass and a tray... and they're beautiful!Coasters are an interesting subject. What, exactly, are they supposed to do? Are they supposed to be absorbent, like the bar napkin that always accompanies your drink? Are they...
Chef'n Twist 'n Sprout (Brussels Sprout Tool)Why It's Cool: Makes the hard work of getting rid of the hard core easy!Brussels sprouts--the new “it” vegetable, that people are using to make everything from little chunks of roasted goodness, to “slaw”-type salads, to hash, to ethereal...
Butterie Butter Dish - B28Why It's Cool: One-handed access to soft butterHow many mornings have you fought with hard cold butter, just to get a decent slice of buttered toast? Or what about the last time you made a grilled cheese sandwich (yum!) and...
Chef'n Avoquado (Avocado Tool) - C30Why It's Cool: Easiest, safest and most effective way to prepare an avocadoBetween the myriad health benefits and the wonderful taste and and rich texture, avocados may just about be the perfect fruit. But now there are articles and studies coming out...
Oggi Stainless Steel Non-Skid Serving Tray - O10Why It's Cool: Keeps your glasses and drinks from sliding aroundIt’s a beautiful day and your guests are enjoying the outdoors, whether it’s a springtime lunch or a balmy summer evening. But how do you get cocktails or glasses of wine and...
Cuisipro Silicone Ladle - C57Why It's Cool: Great shape and tapered edges make it unbeatable to get all your food out of the pot; and it won't scratch your nonstick cookware!A ladle may not be the most exciting kitchen tool in the world, but we’d be lost without one. Just imagine trying to spoon soup out of a pot with even a fairly-large spoon, The...
Charles Viancin Silicone Glass Covers (XSmall Lids) - Set of 2 - CV30Why It's Cool: Keeps the heat in and the bugs outOK, it’s a beautiful afternoon, you’re enjoying the outdoors with a lovely glass of wine, and all of a sudden you notice that a fruit fly is doing the backstroke in your wine...
Trudeau Dripless Vinegar BottlesWhy It's Cool: Truly dripless pouringHow many times have you poured oil or vinegar from a bottle, only to have that bottle drip when you put it back on your shelf? What a mess!Although you can pour vinegar straight...
Cuisipro Peelers - C51Why It's Cool: Ergonomic handle and balanced weight, along with wicked sharp blades make peeling chores easyEvery kitchen needs a peeler … or two. This most basic kitchen tool performs so many functions: from peeling potatoes, carrots or beets, to cleaning knobs of ginger or jerusalem...