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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Olipac Stainless Steel Olive Oil Bottles by IPAC - I10Why It's Cool: Strikingly beautiful olive oil bottles for kitchen or dining tableWe always look for kitchen tools that are high design, high functionality, but sometimes we see something that blows us away. When we were walking the show in Chicago last month,...
Norpro Stainless Steel Herb and Kale Stripper and Chopper - N12Why It's Cool: Not only does this strip all different kinds of herbs and kale, it has a blade to chop them as well.OK - you know you love the special flavors that herbs can add to a variety of dishes. But the ‘dried’ stuff in bottles doesn’t deliver the punch you want, and the effort of...
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...
The Cheese Knife (Large Size)-Black - T21Why It's Cool: Cuts cheese cleanly without sticking, especially in large block formatsThe original Cheese Knife was a great surprise for us … a very Cool Tool: beautiful mid-20th Century American industrial design, with a clean functional purpose, that performs...
The Cheese Knife (Large Size)Why It's Cool: Cuts cheese cleanly without sticking, especially in large block formatsThe original Cheese Knife was a great surprise for us … a very Cool Tool: beautiful mid-20th Century American industrial design, with a clean functional purpose, that performs...
RSVP Stainless Steel Dry Measuring Cups (Set of 7) - R35Why It's Cool: All the good sizes in a set of 7 18/8 SS dry measuring cupsAs we stated in our Cool Tip: There is a Difference, you really do measure wet and dry ingredients differently. Wet ingredients will find their own level in a measuring cup,...
Norpro Nested Silicone Bowls (Set of 3)Why It's Cool: You can microwave (melt) ingredients and then mix to do it all in one bowl, and then squueze to pour our without drippingHow could a set of mixing bowls be a Cool Tool? We all use mixing bowls … of various shapes and sizes and materials … and sometimes we have even more than one set, to cover...
Erik Bagger Salad Servers - E10Why It's Cool: Danish Modern Style design salad servers, executed in weighty polished stainless steel to combine beauty and functionality in an everyday toolWe enjoy salads, almost daily: flavorful and healthful, it’s a great way to combine a wide range of ingredients and dressings to complement almost any meal. Here’s our recipe...
Gefu Treppo Chopper - G11Why It's Cool: 12-24 knife cuts replaced by one Thwack--easy and beautiful results with way less effortAs I’ve said, more than once, I’m a lazy cook. I love to cook, but if I can substitute one ‘Thwack!’ for 24 cuts, without losing any quality, I’m in! And that’s...
Gefu X-PLOSION® Salt or Pepper Mill - G20Why It's Cool: Highly adjustable, versatile, easy to use and good looking--everything you want in a salt or pepper mill!Manual or electric? Ceramic or metal? Consistent through-put? Adjustable? Is the adjustment precise or random? Classic or modern design? These questions, and many more, confront...
