This is a perfect choice for the home cook who demands professional-grade performance without breaking the family budget. Cooks Illustrated named it their "Best Buy" among all the saucepans they have tested.
An essential in any great kitchen, the classic food mill is the tool of choice for controlling the texture of puréed foods. This food mill will transform cooked foods into velvety purées.
Ateco's French-style rolling pin is made of solid maple, is 20" in length and is tapered from the middle to each end to permit easy rotation around dough for rolling out perfect circles. Since 1905, Ateco has manufactured tools to help professionals as well as enthusiasts create extraordinary looking cakes, cookies and pastries.
Now while this blade is not hot drop forged, it is ice hardened and hand honed, in addition to having a laser guided edge. You'll find it to be a useful size and shape for carving roasts, and the handle is securely fixed to the tang.
More is more sometimes, at least in the world of small appliances. KitchenAid has introduced a new member of the stand mixer family, known as the Artisan mixer. It has a tilting head, like the KSM90, but it has a larger 5 qt. capacity bowl. It also gives you more oomph, as in 325 watts of cookie dough busting power. What's not to love? If you've been considering a stand mixer, this may be the perfect "starter model" for you.
This assortment of attachments makes your KitchenAid stand mixer as flexible as a Swiss army knife. You get the food grinder, the slicer and shredder, and the fruit and vegetable strainer. Each has its own instruction booklet, with tips and recipes. An excellent gift set for your favorite stand-mixer fan.
Nothing beats a freshly ground, freshly brewed cuppa joe to start the day, and with this grinder, you can have up to 20 cups' worth of beans at a time. Stainless-steel blades guarantee a long life and an even grind, whether you use this grinder for coffee, spices, nuts, or even whole grains.
The French Oven that Cooks Illustrated magazine calls "our favorite" Dutch Oven, is perfect for cooking meats and vegetables in a simmering broth. The 7.25-quart red Round Dutch Oven by Le Creuset includes a tight-fitting lid that helps seal in moisture and flavor. Constructed of cast iron to absorb heat quickly, distribute it evenly and retain it for maximum efficiency, even at low temperatures.
The folks at Cooks Illustrated magazine praised this Cream Whipper as a wonderful splurge for serving whipped cream without the undesirable ingredients found in commercial products in aerosol cans.
