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Here is a non-exhaustive list of the various “Essential Tools in My Kitchen.” It is a sample of my favorite - and essential – utensils.
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Slicers, peelers, and graters

  • Basic essential peelers:
    a straight potato peeler
  • Skip the blanching with:
    A soft skin peeler for tomato
  • Can’t do without:
    A dual-head peeler. With this tool, peel carrots and asparagus twice as fast!
  • For lasagna-like slices of carrots or zucchini:
    A swivel peeler
  • Fancy!
    A julienne peeler
  • Indispensable for spices, nutmeg, tonka beans, and the like:
    A fine grater
  • An extra to have on hand:
    A medium grater
  • Basic essential knives:
    A good utility knife
  • Also:
    A high-quality chef’s knife
  • “If I only had one” I’d choose:
    A Komachi knife.
  • A plus:
    A pizza wheel, which can double as a dough slicer

    • Bowls of all sorts, Strainers of all shapes, and other Chinois…
    Pots, pans, casseroles, kettles and other cookware…
    Baking pans and molds, pie dishes and other bakeware…
    Great little utensils that make life easier…
    “Heavy duty” specialty cookware to look like a pro!...