Chef's Pencil Set

• $11
• Paper Pastries

This little pencil set offers a few key definitions for the budding cook: Sauté, knead, zest! A good set for the kitchen drawer, or as a gift. More

It sounds completely counterintuitive that a razor-sharp knife would actually cause fewer injuries in the kitchen, doesn't it? An interview with a butcher in a recent Gourmet Live article reveals how this is so. More

My fiancé is a huge Star Wars fan, so naturally the first off-registry gift we received was a set of Star Wars themed spatulas from Williams-Sonoma. I was initially skeptical of spatulas in the shape of Darth Vader and his stormtrooper minion, but to my surprise, these are actually excellent kitchen tools. More

Chef’n Mixer Spatula

• $12
• Williams-Sonoma

I have a lot of spatulas in my kitchen, but the ones I reach for over and over are the ones that can most effectively scrape out my mixer bowl. Chef'n has a new spatula designed specifically for the curve of a stand mixer bowl, and it gets rave reviews at Williams-Sonoma. It fits around the blades, so you scrape down your mixer bowl without turning off the mixer.

Remember Borough Furnace? We showed you these modern, gorgeous cast iron skillets last year. The catch, at the time, was that they were just prototypes, designed by two friends who want to produce cast iron skillets by hand. Now they're on Kickstarter — looking for crowdsourced startup funding. This is your chance to support a small company and get a little something back, too! More

The pressure cooker is a kitchen staple elsewhere in the world because it cooks food more quickly and economically, making short work of tougher (and cheaper) cuts of meat or from-scratch beans. Many Americans still see them as dangerous, but NPR says pressure cookers may be poised for a comeback. More

These tall, conical tagines manage to catch my eye every time I walk through a kitchen store. They're used for cooking the North African dish by the same name, and I've been putting serious thought into how I might possibly justify buying one. More

Q: I am looking to purchase a stovetop grill and have no idea what brands or kind to get. Any tips?

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I cook at home every day and I love vegetables. So that means that I spend a lot of time with my cutting board. While my board works well as a cutting board it's rather large and bulky, and it only gets used to chop things and then sits back in the corner by itself. I wish it did more than just provide a safe place to mince, dice and chop. Maybe if it doubled as something else I'd find more appreciation for it. Here are five boards cute enough to show off all the time, not just when you have a knife in hand. More

My husband and I finally went out and purchased a grill. We bought a gas-fueled one for the convenience. It's basic and will probably do the job just fine, but I can't help thinking of the more exciting possibilities out there: More