I Test Kitchen Tools for a Living. Most People Are Missing This $18 Essential
As you spend more time in the kitchen, it becomes clear that having the right tools can have an outsized impact on your recipe success rate. Some gadgets out there aren’t worth the space they take up in a drawer, but many are essential without an obvious substitute or workaround. A high-quality knife collection, forgiving wooden cutting boards and a smattering of good pans fall squarely in this category.
Other, less obvious kitchen tools that chefs and home cooks deem essential exist. As a culinary school grad-turned kitchen tech writer, I have several. One, in particular, I can never count on finding in rental kitchens and Airbnbs, so I always take one along.
I used to travel to summer beach rentals with all manner of basic tools: tongs, a whisk, a rubber spatula, you name it, plus a fleet of knives, a good bottle of olive oil and bagged-up samples...
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