Indoor Living
Best Budget Potato Ricer
Using a ricer to mash potatoes is far preferable to whipping them into a gummy, oozing mess with an electric mixer. And it's a lot less labor intensive than using a hand masher.... read more
Best General Purpose Bench Vise
A workbench is not complete until it has a quality bench vise solidly mounted and decent lighting so you can see what you are doing without shadows. This is no place to scrimp. This is a matter of safety. Cutting, dri... read more
Best Ultra-Luxury Turkey Gravy Sauce Pan
If you've hit the gravy train, and you want to make great gravy for your Thanksgiving turkey, the best ultra-luxury sauce pan is the Mauviel Copper Sauce Pans with Cast-Iron Handles.... read more
Best Cherry Pitter
Preparing fresh cherries for cooking can be a tedious, messy operation unless you have the right tool for removing pits. The best cherry pitter is the Oxo Good Grips Cherry Pitter.... read more
Best Ultra-Luxury Turkey Roasting Pan
If cost is not a concern and you want the very best way to roast a turkey or anything else, the Mauviel Cuprinox 2.5 mm 16-by-12-Inch Rectangular Roasting Pan with 8-1/2-Quart Capacity and Bronze Handles is the best ultr... read more
Best Special Lasagna Pan
Not everyone likes turkey for Thanksgiving. If you want to please these naysayers and vegetarians a good bet is lasagna.
Most cooks probably know about the new generation of brownie pans with extra baff... read more
Best Pliers Set
This is a basic beginning set of assorted pliers. Pliers come in all sorts of shapes and sizes for all sorts of purposes. But you need to have a basic set to start with and build on. I trust all the tools here to serv... read more
Best Pastry Blender
While many bakers use food processors to blend butter with dry ingredients, some prefer the control and tactile feel of cutting in butter with a manual pastry blender.
Pastry blenders tend to be somewhat... read more
Best Cookie Scoop
If you bake a lot of cookies, you know that it's best to make the sizes uniform so they all bake at the same rate. The best tool for this is the Oxo Good Grips Cookie Scoop.... read more
Best Salt Server
Lots of cooks have a box of Kosher salt in their cupboard for cooking and seasoning. But schlepping out the box every time you need it is annoying, and it's not practical for use at your table.
The be... read more
