Kitchen Essentials
Silicone Bakeware Surges in Popularity for Holiday Baking
Have you noticed the popularity of silicone kitchen equipment? We were shopping at our Bed, Bath, & Beyond store this weekend, and were floored by the amount of floor space given to silicone bakeware and other cooking accessories. Has anyone else noticed?
For sure, silicone baking mats like Silpat and basting brushes work wonders in our kitchen, but now there's so much more. From muffin pans, to bread loafs, to cake forms, spatulas, gloves, and rolling pins . Wow! How much silicone cooking accessories has made it into your kitchens?
See silicone cooking accessories at: Chef's Catalog | Sur la Table | Amazon
November 21, 2005 Kitchen Essentials Comments (0)
Natural Kitchen Cleaning Kit from Caldrea
Caldrea cleaning products are natural, pleasant smelling, also effective way to clean your kitchen. Lift your senses with these cleaning solutions that are blended with mint and ylang ylang oils, with a touch of citrus from oranges, lemons, and bergamot. Keeps hands soft too.
Caldrea 3-pc. Kitchen Cleaning Set, Citrus Mint Ylang Ylang | $29 at Cooking.com
October 31, 2005 Kitchen Essentials Comments (0)
Cheese Graters by America's Test Kitchen
These cheese graters were selected by America's Test Kitchen as tested in October 2005 Cook's Illustrated.
- Box Grater - by Cuisipro 6-Sided Stainless Steel Grater | $25 at Cooking.com
- Rasp Grater - by Microplane 12-in. Microplane Zester | $10 at Cooking.com
- Rotary Grater - by Pedrini Rotary Cheese Grater
| $15 at Amazon.com
October 21, 2005 Kitchen Essentials Comments (0)
Braun Multiquick Hand Blender
Once we added a hand blender to our kitchen, we wondered how we ever got by without it. This Braun Multiquick Hand Blender saves lots of cleaning time from using a food processor or counter top blender. Puree, whip cream, crush ice, and make smoothies. Blending right in your glass, pot, or bowl saves on using extra utensils. A do-it-all kitchen tool.
Braun Multiquick Hand Blender | $35 at Cooking.com
Braun Professional Multiquick Hand Blender
October 19, 2005 Kitchen Essentials Comments (0)
Stackable Dinnerware by Jonathan Adler
Mix and match these simply designed melamine dinnerware pieces by Jonathan Adler.
Jonathan Adler Dinnerware | $4 and up at Velocity Art & Design
October 18, 2005 Kitchen Essentials Comments (0)
Kershaw Shun Kitchen Shears
A good pair of kitchen shears helps with a multitude of kitchen tasks. This is Kershaw-KAI's version, manufactured in Seki City, Japan's cutlery production and historic samurai sword-making center.
Kershaw Shun Classic Kitchen Shears | $32 at Cooking.com
October 10, 2005 Kitchen Essentials Comments (0)
What to Look for in a Kitchen Scale
We've been in the market for a kitchen scale, and weren't really sure what features to look for. As with all things, great design and great functionality are sometimes hard to find in one item. Since we don't have much familiarity with using a kitchen scale, we went searching for information online. The best we found was kitchen scale test and review from Cooking for Engineers' website.
"A kitchen scale is an essential tool in every kitchen. Most American kitchens have a set of measuring cups, but don't have a kitchen scale. Even though kitchen scales aren't that common to the American kitchen, Amazon.com still has over 200 scales for sale ranging from $7 to over $300. Is this a gadget that only perfectionist chefs and constant bakers need? No, give a good scale a try and you'll find that it's a better and faster way to cook."
Read complete review: CookingforEngineers.com Kitchen Scales
Shop: Amazon's selection of kitchen scales
October 7, 2005 Kitchen Essentials Comments (0)
Magnum Plus Pepper Mill - Reader Favorite
The Unicorn Magnum Plus Pepper Mill is a reader favorite for their kitchens. Also chosen by Cook's Illustrated in their Best categories.
9-in. Unicorn Magnum Plus Pepper Mill | $45 at Cooking.com
September 8, 2005 Kitchen Essentials Comments (0)
Mandoline Picks -- Oxo and Others....
What's that chef doing? Plucking out a tune when he should be slicing onions?
Oh, hold on. He's strumming on a mandoline … so he is slicing onions. The mandoline — a kitchen gadget with a stationary blade that you "strum" your vegetables over — is the secret weapon restaurants use for cutting things into absolutely neat, even slices. Or ultra-thin slices for, say, fresh potato chips or an elegant potato gratin. Read whole article here.
Oxo Mandoline available at Amazon.
January 16, 2005 Kitchen Essentials Comments (0)
Easier Grating with Microplane Graters
From everyday cooking to holiday baking, we find the razor edges of our Microplane graters to make the difference in adding lemon rind or parmesan cheese to our recipes.
Full line of Microplanes available at Sur La Table.
December 1, 2003 Kitchen & Cooking Tips, Kitchen Essentials Comments (0)
Vintage Storage Looking Hip
Whether you're looking for that perfect storage container that looks great on your counter top or one that is roomy enough for all your essentials, you've found it in the Vintage Storage Containers from Stonewall Kitchen. This canister is elegant and classic in its simplicity and can hold just about anything you've got in mind.
Stonewall Kitchen also has begun their holiday promotion for 10% off on orders placed before Dec. 10. Shop early to save!
October 26, 2003 Kitchen Essentials Comments (0)
