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10 Essential Tools You Need in Your Kitchen

Shopping for kitchen tools can be hard. There are so many out there, and when you're just starting out you need a good foundation, which doesn't include that electric cherry pitter or heavy pasta roller. As it turns out, all you need to sharpen your cooking skills—and stock your drawers properly—are 10 strategically selected kitchen tools. Senior food editor Rick Martinez gave us the lowdown on what you actually need when you're building your toolkit from the ground up.

Released on 10/31/2016

Transcript

(upbeat music)

[Narrator] Feel like there has

to be a better way to cook eggs?

(loud gong)

Well there is, introducing a

10 inch stainless steel skillet.

Gone are the days of cleaning

the stove top after every meal.

(timer) Poultry on the run?

(punch sound effect)

(chicken qwark)

Keep that bird in its coup.

With a cutting board.

No Chicken Run sequel here.

Are round knives getting in the

way of perfectly sliced meat?

Add a chef's knife to your arsenal for precision slicing.

This knife can do anything.

Well, almost.

Tried of your carrots going limp?

Wasting more than you're eating.

A vegetable peeler is what's up, doc.

(whistle)

Can't get you pasta in the pot?

(punch sound effect)

Tired of dinner going up in flames?

You need a large heavy pot.

(audience applause)

Perfect for the, oh no, no, no, no, no, no.

Don't oh God! (screams painfully)

Introducing a metal spoon,

stirring pasta has never felt so cool.

Baking proportions out of control?

Act now and buy measuring cups.

Available in dry and liquid.

Cookies keep ending up at the bottom of the oven?

Don't let dessert plans fall through.

Invest in a sheet tray (laughter).

Whoa, okay.

Speaking of dessert, when it rains, it doesn't have to pour.

A mesh, sh.., sa.., seeve,

what are we saying there?

A mesh sieve gives you total control.

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