Dana Slatkin

My Top 10 Favorite Kitchen Gadgets

Cutting Board

These days it seems like everything is on sale, and even my beloved cooking supply stores are offering deals on essentials like knives, pots, and kitchen gadgets. So, this week, I diverge from my style musings to talk practical. In my cooking classes, I am frequently asked which are the kitchen tools I use most. The question usually comes up when I am demonstrating how to whip egg whites to frothy peaks, because no one can believe that I do not use a Kitchen Aid mixer to perform the feat. I respond that I do not own one. Gasp! How can I not own a Kitchen Aid mixer, or any mixer for that matter? True, I have always admired the retro-chic contraption, with its designer colors and domestic goddess presence on sleek kitchen counters. But … [Read more...]