Great Fathers' Day Gifts
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Zulay Pizza Cutter - Z11Why It's Cool: A more natural way to cut pizza (the leverage is from above); the blade is deep enough to cut through even a fluffy frittata and is covered for safe storage in your drawer.We love pizza...who doesn't? But cutting pizza is always an issue. Knives don't always do a good job; and the traditional pizza cutters just seem to have really weird...
Progressive Cut Resistant Glove - P22Why It's Cool: Protects your hands when using a mandoline or slicerIn a couple of the other write-ups, we talk about the fact that mandolines are sharp: really sharp. That’s a good thing and a bad thing (well, not really bad, just, you...
OXO Non-Stick Cheese Plane - O37Why It's Cool: Slices cheese really well, then lets go--and doesn't take up too much room in your drawer!Yes I’m a knife guy, and I love The Cheese Knife! The concept of a Cheese Plane was foreign to me for a long time, and we never could come to a decision on which, if any, to...
Sirius Chef Muffin Splitter - S10Why It's Cool: Maintains all the wonderful nooks and crannies in your English muffins, biscuits and sconesEverybody loves a breakfast centered around a freshly-toasted English Muffin (OK: if you don’t, then skip to the next article!). And one of the endearing (and delicious)...
OXO Poultry Shears - O36Why It's Cool: Micro-serrated blades cut equally well through skin and bones, and the blades come apart for easy cleaning.Poultry shears have two basic functions: be strong enough to cut through joints and bones, and be sharp enough to cut through slippery chicken skin. It is surprising how few...
RSVP Endurance Vintage Nut & Seed Toasting Pan - R34Why It's Cool: Toast nuts, seeds and spices quickly, and the mesh lid keeps them from escaping the pan!Pan-toasting brings out the wonderful flavors and aromas in spices, seeds and nuts: it transforms them from everyday ingredients into something almost ethereal, adding extra...
ChicWrap - C27Why It's Cool: Takes the frustration out of using kitchen wraps: plastic wrap, foil and parchment.OK, I’ve already admitted that I’m a klutz when it comes to plastic wrap; that’s one of the reasons that we love the Charles Viancin Lids. But there are times when plastic...
Escali SAVU Space Saving Scale - E20Why It's Cool: Small, sleek, and incredibly talented!Precision in cooking may not be as important as it is in baking, but when no two potatoes or carrots or apples are the same size, weighing your ingredients can really help make...
Jaccard Pig Tail Food Flipper Set - J10Why It's Cool: Two sizes of sturdy, handy flippers that make it so easy to turn food on the grill or in the ovenWe’ve always been big fans of tongs… we have several on the site, and love them all. But we were recently introduced to a new technique for flipping and moving food...and we...
Trudeau Maison Oyster KnifeWhy It's Cool: Comfortable to hold, sturdy to use with a protective guard and and edge to cleanly separate the oyster from the shellThe French poet Léon-Paul Fargue (1876-1947) wrote: "I love oysters. It's like kissing the sea on the lips." I learned to love that ‘kiss’ at an early age....
