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More Essential Kitchen Tools
 Back in October of last year I wrote about essential kitchen tools and kitchen simplicity. The article attracted a few comments from readers stating that my list was too extreme and left out some key tools and items. So, I've decided to take another look around my kitchen and update my essential kitchen tool list (sorry still no pizza stone): 1. CuisinArt Food Processor and Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer OK, I'm going to start off by saying that both my grandmother and mother never used or owned the above tools and they both made/make fantastic food. In fact, I remember trying to convince my grandmother to let us buy her a large stand mixer so that her weekly bread making would be a little easier for her (she of course said no). I use our CuisinArt Food Processor for making hummus, slicing onions for French Onion soup, and, when I'm lazy, pesto. Our Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer is used for pizza dough, bread, and countless cakes. Both products are very well built and should last a lifetime. 2. Krups Hot Water Kettle Boiling water takes time, not a whole lot of time, but just enough minutes to annoy me at certain key moments (for example, waiting for boiling water in the early morning for your French Press Pot). We picked up a Krups electric kettle two years ago and it's been a terrific, time saving, device. We use our kettle for tea, coffee, pasta water, etc. Plus, it actually saves energy when you consider that the device boils water faster than our fancy Wolf, 18,000 BTU, gas stove. 3. Microplane Grater For citrus zest and emergency cheese grater. 4. Kitchen Shears For emergency tasks, quick herb mincing, etc. 5. Large Grater For the best way to grate most soft cheeses. 6. Serrated Bread Knife The best knife to cut fresh bread. 7. Locking Tongs Tongs are essential and most are made in an inferior manner. Buy two , well made, products (one with metal pincers and one with rubber) - All-Clad makes a pricey, but well built, all metal version. 8. Vegetable Peeler Pepin used a paring knife, for everyone else get a vegetable peeler. 9. Instant Read Thermometer You'll throw this out after becoming a competent cook, but you should have one in your kitchen for the early years. 10. Peppermill You'll use this every day and there' a big difference with freshly ground pepper (same difference with freshly ground coffee). I own a French made, Prefex, that's compact and very functional. 11. Salad spinner If you eat tons of greens then you need to dry most of them before cooking or consuming, the salad spinner is a revolutionary product and you should have one. 12. Colanders You should have about three of these for draining pasta, cleaning vegetables, etc. 13. Toaster Oven This will cause some debate, but I could not live without our small toaster oven. I used out tiny DeLonghi toaster oven to broil thin white flesh fish and salmon, heat up pizza, toast bread, etc. The device cooks food in no time and unlike a microwave it perfectly toasts and browns food for tremendous flavor. The device also does not use as much energy as our larger Wolf or Cadco ovens.
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