What to Look For in a Wok


Updated 01/24/12 11:55 AM · Posted by · 5 comments

How to Buy a Wok

Enjoy cooking Chinese at home, but want to take your skill set to the next level? Then get yourself one of China's most integral cooking tools: a wok. "A wok is essential to Chinese cooking," said Ching-He Huang, host of the Cooking Channel's brand-new Easy Chinese: San Francisco. But, she warned me, it's just as important to find the right version for you, as there are many different selections Read more

8 Tools to Trick Out Your Home Bar


Updated 10/11/11 6:24 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Home Bar Tools

Who says the party has to be over now that Fall has officially arrived? We just shared our picks on what alcohol makes a home bar stocked, but here's a quick refresher course on what tools help make all the cocktails you've dreamed up a reality. We've got you covered with these eight items that are sure to make you feel like the serious bartender you are! Read more

10 Affordable, Essential Cooking Tools


Updated 07/11/11 3:21 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Kitchen Tools For New Cooks

If you've just moved to a new city or are learning to cook for the first time, it can be hard to nail down new recipes, let alone all those kitchen tools. Just ask Eunice, who recently wrote in with this request: "I've just landed my first real job, am moving across the country, and out of my parents' house for the first time. What are some kitchen essentials I should get? Can you direct me Read more

The Easiest Way to Clean a Blender


Updated 06/04/11 10:05 AM · Posted by · 5 comments

How to Clean a Blender

If you're obsessed with making on-the-go smoothies like some of us, chances are that countertop blender will be in heavy cleaning rotation. But don't worry, these kitchen electrics are among the easiest of cooking appliances to clean. I have my mother, a longtime Vitamix devotee, to thank for this tip: the quickest way to clean a blender is to add water and then blend it! Fill your blender a Read more

What Is This?


Updated 02/27/11 3:45 AM · Posted by YumSugar · 0 comments

Guess the Kitchen Cookware

If you're serving caviar canapés at your blowout Oscars bash tonight, you might find this piece of kitchen cookware incredibly helpful. Can you identify it? Read more

Hand Mixer or Standing Mixer: Which Do You Prefer?


Updated 01/05/11 1:34 PM · Posted by · 9 comments

Hand Mixers vs. Standing Mixers

Hard as it is to believe, until recently I didn't own a standing mixer! While everyone else was talking about the color of their KitchenAid, I was at work with a good ol' hand mixer. Now I have the Breville 12-Speed stand mixer, which I positively love for its hands-off efficiency. But there are times when I reach for the hand mixer, simply because I can't be bothered to lug out its much heavier Read more

Do You Cook With Tongs?


Updated 12/28/10 8:05 AM · Posted by · 11 comments

Cooking With Tongs: A Contentious Subject Among Chefs

Tongs: they might not sound like the subject of titillating conversation, but in the culinary world, they're actually quite a contentious topic. On the Top Chef DC finale, Michael Voltaggio described them as "white trash," and Momofuku's David Chang has known to have had an outburst or two about the utensil: cooking with them, he explained to The New Yorker, displays "disrespect for the entire Read more