Safety First
Here are some Cool Tools to help make life a little safer...
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Cuisipro Olive / Cherry Pitter - C54Why It's Cool: Holds the olive or cherry for an easier operationIn spring, you can't help but think that cherry season is right around the corner... And it's always olive season. And olives add so much to a savory dish (see our recipe for...
Rösle Pineapple CutterWhy It's Cool: Cores and slices pineapple in one easy operation; removable handle makes it even easierI was about 10 or 11 years old, when my family took our first vacation to California from Chicago; and that was the first time I had fresh pineapple. Wow, it blew away...
Chef'n StemGem Strawberry Stemmer - C34Why It's Cool: Grabs and removes strawberry stem and hull easily...fun and safe for kids to useIt's summer... and we're surrounded by wonderful strawberries! And if you have strawberries, and if you’re going to serve them over a dessert like Guilt-Free Panna Cotta or...
Tovolo Flexible Cutting Mats (Set of 4) - T33Why It's Cool: Sturdy enough to stand up to a dishwasher without curling, yet flexible enough to deliver your chopped food to a bowl or panWe all have cutting boards of various sizes and materials … and sometimes we have and stick with one favorite … that large professional wood board is a favorite: looks like a...
Progressive Zip Slicer - P14Why It's Cool: Zips through a lot of small round things (grapes, cherry tomatoes, etc) in one quick movement... saves time with great results!So we recently learned something we didn’t know: small round things are not good to let toddlers put in their mouths. Duh! But small round things, in this case, include healthy...
Chef'n Hullster Tomato Huller (Corer) - C33Why It's Cool: Cleanly and easily removes the hull (core) from the tomato, so it's ready to use!It almost tomato season, it’s almost tomato season, it’s almost tomato season!! I keep telling myself that, as I wait for the tomatoes to ripen in our garden. We actually had...
Franmara Cork Retriever - F40Why It's Cool: It just works, and pulls that cork right out of the bottle.There is an all-too common problem that arises when you drink a lot of wine: when you are trying to pull the cork, you push it - some or all of it - into the bottle. We find...
Gefu Adjustable Handheld V-Blade Mandoline Slicer - G13Why It's Cool: Compact size, wonderful slicing capabilityAs you may know, one of the key criteria when selecting a Cool Tool is that it is a home cook's substitute for a sous chef (chefs have sous chefs; home cooks have Cool Tools!). In...
The Cake Knife - T22Why It's Cool: Serrated teeth and unique material allow knife to slice through a layer cake without getting cake stuck all over the blade, and the large, flat blade lifts that slice easily onto a plateCakes are wonderful desserts … ranging from a single layer cheesecake, to a multi-layered iced and decorated extravaganza - in the dominant flavor of your choice, of course!...
Charles Viancin All Silicone Cutting Boards - CV11Why It's Cool: Flexible to deliver cut food to pan or bowl, doesn't move on counter as you cut, dishwasher safeWhen we reviewed the original Charles Viancin Lilypad Cutting Board, we talked about the many choices of cutting boards, including the fact that we all probably have several, in...
