Safety First
Here are some Cool Tools to help make life a little safer...
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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...
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...
Vineyard Table Serving PiecesWhy It's Cool: Beautiful Hand forged hors d'oeuvres-sized serving pieces at a great price to elevate your entertaining.One of the things that transforms a serving of food into a work of art is the presentation, and that’s often as simple as adding an interesting utensil or plate. It’s pretty...
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)...
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...
Gefu Flexicut Vegetable Splitter (Cutter) - G30Why It's Cool: Easily cuts round things (fruits or vegetables) into quarters or eigths, without risk to life or limbOne of the most difficult categories of things to cut a lot of are round things. Think about it: Brussels sprouts, carrots, small potatoes, cherry tomatoes, radishes, cucumbers,...
Franmara Cheese Grip - F41Why It's Cool: Keep your fingers off the cheese with this convenient handleOne of the first pieces of entertaining “equipment” that I received as a gift from my mother when I had my first apartment was a cheese button: a Lucite disk (yes, I’m...
Oggi Telescoping Stainless Steel Straw, Case and Brush - O12Why It's Cool: Convenient, easy to use and carry, and better for the environment...not to mention...COOL!We’ve been on the hunt...for the perfect non-disposable straw. We all know that it’s better for the environment to have something we can reuse (with minimal effort), rather...
Proud Grill Q-Swiper Grill Cleaner - P51Why It's Cool: Clean your grill without the risk of wire bristles in your food!If you have a grill - outdoors or indoors - then you know you have to clean it! Sometimes you can minimize that effort by using a Grill Mat, but that doesn’t always cover the...
Triangle Stainless Steel Gourmet Tweezers (Tongs) - T90Why It's Cool: Beautiful, elgantly shaped extensions of your hand (without the germs!)We’re always on the lookout for small, well-designed, attractive tweezer tongs that can be used for both plating and serving. Particularly now that all of us are much more...
