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.
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Dreamfarm Peeler ("Sharple")Why It's Cool: Peeler with a cover to protect your hands and a ceramic ball to keep its blades sharp!A peeler? … What could possibly make a simple peeler a Cool Tool?! Everybody has a peeler, or 3, among their basic everyday kitchen tools; we take them for granted, and the...
Dreamfarm Silicone Brush ("Brizzle")A good basting brush is something every cook needs in the kitchen, whether you're basting pan juices or butter on a protein, spreading butter or oil in a saute pan or a baking pan...
Dreamfarm Flat Balloon Whisk ("Flisk")Why It's Cool: A balloon whisk with 3 personalities, allowin git to be a great whisk, a sauce whisk, and a compact tool to store.Whisks are very useful--nothing can quite take their place. But there are a few problems with most whisks: They take up a lot of space in your drawer or tool crock; You...
Dreamfarm Masher ("Smood")Why It's Cool: Mashes anything mashable in about half the time with half the effort.Who doesn’t love mashed potatoes? Whether as a side, a base for fish or meat, or as a ‘refill’ for ‘twice-baked’ potatoes, a thoroughly blended ‘mash’ is one of...
Dreamfarm Citrus Juicer ("Fluicer")Why It's Cool: A unique approach to juicing citrus that both is more efficient and saves space.What dish isn’t improved by a splash of citrus? We love lime in Asian or Mexican dishes, orange in chocolate or with chicken, and lemon in just about anything. We’ve tried a...
Dreamfarm Citrus (and more) Zester ("Ozest")Why It's Cool: A sharp zester with the right curve that cleans itself--Brilliant!A zester is one of those things that you don’t think much about, but it’s a kitchen necessity. You use (we use it everyday) it to add a touch (or more) of citrus peel, ginger,...
Dreamfarm Regular and Mini Cooking Spoons ("Supoon")Why It's Cool: Many innovative features make thes 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...
Dreamfarm Apple Divider ("Flapple")Why It's Cool: Easily and safely cut apples or pears into convenient pieces, and then take up very little space when stored in a drawer.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...
Dandy Scooper Duper (Folding Bench Scraper) - D10Why It's Cool: Move and funnel your chopped ingredients to a bowl or storage container easily and with one handHave 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...
OXO Silicone Dough Bag - O38Why 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...
