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. Tovolo Seal 'N Store Storage-Pesto-Oyster_Charcoal
    Tovolo Seal 'N Store Storage-Pesto-Oyster_Charcoal
    Why It's Cool: Genius Storage Solution that extends the life of your produce
    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? Well,...
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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...
  5. 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...
  6. OXO Cast Iron Brush - O41
    OXO Cast Iron Brush - O41
    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,...
  7. Dreamfarm Apple Divider ("Flapple") - D21
    Dreamfarm Apple Divider ("Flapple") - D21
    Why It's Cool: Easily and safely cuts apples or pears into convenient pieces, and then takes up very little space when stored in a drawer. It also grabs hold of its own base.
    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...
  8. Dreamfarm Regular and Mini Cooking Spoons ("Supoon") - D22
    Dreamfarm Regular and Mini Cooking Spoons ("Supoon") - D22
    Why It's Cool: Many innovative features make these 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...
    As low as $7.00
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