When you cook, do you have certain kitchen tools that you feel that  cannot cook without?  If you end up in another cook’s  kitchen, do you feel off-balance without your stuff?  Sort of like trying to write with the wrong hand?
I like to have my own tools. I like my cutting boards, my knives, and my wooden spoons. They feel comfortable and familiar in my hands. One of my favorite tools is a flat cheese grater that used to belong to my Great Grandma. It has a fine-size grating section that is perfect for Parmesan or citrus zest. I have a stand …read more

If you are looking for a double sided cast iron griddle that is affordable, here is one from Overstock.com. It’s only under $30.
One side lets you cook pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausages. On another side, you can grill up some steaks, kebobs, pork shops, chicken breasts, burgers, etc. The size is 18 inches long x 10 inches wide. And like I said, it’s on sale for only $25.99.
Who doesn’t like 2-in-1 cooking gadgets? So even if it’s raining or snowing outside, you can still grill up some meat dishes for dinner or small parties.
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Even though I’m not fond of sandwiches (my husband is), I would like to own a panini grill. Think if it as my love for owning kitchen gadgets. At least a panini grill will be used a lot because my husband likes sandwiches. I think I would too once I get my own panini grill like this Refurbished Wolfgang Puck Panini Grill.
The word refurbished probably surprised you. I was too when I saw it on Overstock. For a refurbished one, it got 4 1/2 stars. Well, it’s Wolfgang Puck. Anyhooo, this refurbished panini grill is on sale for $40.49. Features …read more

The best cooking tool to use in melting chocolates or making sauces is a double boiler. I mean you can use two post son top of each other but if you are someone who really loves to cook, chances are you want one of these cook wares.
SmartBargains.com has this KitchenAid Double Boiler on sale for $34.99 right now. It’s a 2.5-quart double boiler size. Not bad at all.
If you’re looking for a double broiler with quality, why not check out this one from KitchenAid?
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If you enjoy hosting dinner parties, buffet style, then you could probably use this cordless buffet server and warming tray.
It happens to be on sale for $89.50. It used to be $149 so that’s a good deal. If you are into catering business, this cordless buffet server and warming tray would be a perfect addition to your serving tools. If not into catering business, it’s good for special holidays like birthdays, Christmas, Thanksgiving, or any dinner parties for that matter.
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Don’t you just love top 10 lists?  I know I do, even when they’ve got slightly more or fewer than 10 items on them.  It seems that lately everyone is coming out with a top-whatever list of cooking tools and gadgets.   Cooking Light just came out with a great list, about three-quarters of which match my own list 

What would you change?   Anything?  Even though I do love my strainer and my peeler, I can think of other ways to do those jobs.  And as for a food scale…yeah, I know I should probably use one, but I’m …read more

I found my fondue set for $3 at a Goodwill store last year. The whole family had an awesome time dipping different kinds of fruits onto the melted chocolate. It’s a nice basic fondue set but I want to upgrade.
This fondue set only has the ceramic bowl, stand, candle holder,fondue forks and the tealight candles. The wooden lazy susan and the bowls are not included. I just used them to complete the whole thing and make everything have it’s own place.
I would love to this Fondue Set for an upgrade:

I am not a sandwich person but I want a Panini grill. Am I crazy of what? I drool over the electric panini grills that I see in stores. I’m always hinting at my husband how I would like to own one. Of course I’ll use it to make sandwiches for the whole family once I have it.
Here’s an interesting panini grill and press from Mario Batali.
I called it “interesting” because it looks different from all the other panini grills that’s I’ve see. This looks more like a regular cast iron pan with grill marks and a heavy cover fore …read more

Why bother to get both a measuring cup and a funnel messy when one gadget will do both? It seems like I’ve been waiting all my baking like for this set of flexible measuring cups…they flex, so that once you’ve got the proper amount measured, you’ll also have complete control as you pour it out! They also have a textured surface so they won’t slip out of your hands. Great great idea

Bake a pie and serve it individually from the same pan you used to bake the pie in. How innovative and clean is that?
Check out these Individual Pie Slice Pans. They’re stonewear and perfect for baking fruit pies, pot pies, cobblers, and I’m assuming custards as well.
No need to slice the pie and leaving some of the fillings and crust on the pan. Just serve the slice on it’s own. I’m thinking you could probably also bake different fruit pies, according to your guests or family’s favorite, all at the same time.
A set of 2 is currently …read more