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.
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Lékué Non-Spill Baking LinerWhy It's Cool: Keeps your baking pan clean and your food from stickingSometimes you just need a little altitude! We love to roast things in the oven ...and there are various approaches to the messy issues that present themselves in the oven: an...
OXO Silicone Flexible Omelet TurnerWhy It's Cool: Widest, thinnest edge; perfect for turning an omelet or crepeThe saying goes: You can never be too thin or too rich. In the case of turners, our view is that you can never be too thin or too wide. We’ve spent literally years looking for a...
GEFU Primeline (Fish, etc.) Turner - G25Why It's Cool: At last: the perfect turner! The silicone edge makes it usable in non-stick pans, while the flexibility of the fish turner design makes it easy to slide under your food.The ‘basic’ turner - or ‘spatula’ - presents several issues, especially if you use non-stick or coated pans. Many have single-piece blades, either rigid or semi-rigid,...
Trudeau Dripless Oil Spout-GreenWhy It's Cool: Truly dripless pouring from any bottle.We all buy - or receive - bottles of olive oil or vinegar that we store for another day … they come either corked or with a screwtop that has to be removed and/or replaced every...
Charles Viancin Silicone Trivet / Pot Holder - CV31Why It's Cool: Soft, flexible multi-tasker: trivet, pot holder and jar openerWhen 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...
Charles Viancin Gift Set of Lids - CV29Why It's Cool: Use instead of plastic wrap for a better seal and greener kitchen...and it's oven safe...and now at an outstanding price!We all love Charles Viancin silicone lids: they’re beautiful, they’re useful, they’re effective, and they’re wonderful to own and to give as gifts. In addition, they’re...
Progressive Silicone Microwave MultimatWhy It's Cool: It has a ton of kitchen functionality in a small, affordable package.OK, you know this problem, right? You put something into a container and put it in the microwave to heat up. You thought it was contained (it’s in a ‘container’, after all)....
Tovolo Silicone Mini Tongs - T41Why 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....
Cuisipro Fat Separator And Baster - C52Why It's Cool: Spacious area on top to catch solids; cooking liquid released from the bottom so easier to separate the fat from the good stuffThe Search is over!Yes, we found the perfect fat separator. Now we realize that a fat separator may not be the holy grail, but this is a category of tool that we’ve looked at...
Gefu Primeline Griddle Spatula (Turner) - G27Why It's Cool: The strength of stainless steel, with the protection of siliconeWe 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...
