While all of our cooks agreed that a "good" and "sharp" knife was perhaps their most important kitchen essential, a few more ...

When I started out as a pastry cook, my boss handed me a plastic Matfer bowl scraper. "The only tool you'll ever need," he said. It soon became an extension of my hand. It's flexible enough to get ...

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Another peculiar yet handy tool is the sturdy coconut grater. While anyone can opt for bags of flakes or shreds, these are often chock-full of added sugars, oils and binding agents that detract from ...

One of my favorite tools in the kitchen is a bench scraper, also known as a bench knife. A simple thing, really, it’s nothing more than a flat piece of metal or plastic, sometimes with a handy grip at ...

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You may not own a bench scraper. In fact, it's possible you don't even know what it is. But hopefully, by the time you've heard us out, you'll be convinced you need one. A bench scraper (also called a ...

There’s nothing sexy about the rectangular piece of plastic that is the bench scraper — a common cook’s tool for measuring, cutting, gathering, and cleaning. But Sarah Rich, half of the duo behind the ...

This old school tool has what it takes to get the job done. I am a firm believer in having the tools I need in order to complete whatever task I have before me. But I am not one of those cooks who ...

Are you planning to make some South Indian delicacies? Perhaps, some lip-smacking idlis coupled with coconut chutney? Well, whatever the recipe, if it involves coconut, be prepared to break a sweat!

How do you like your whole fish? I like mine either dried, deep fried, steamed, baked or stewed but what I do with is dependent on the recipe I have in mind at the time. Besides dried fish that I buy ...