After Testing Kitchen Gear for 10 Years, These Are the 10 Gadgets I'd Recommend to Anyone
Fact: The right tools = better meals
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A bad cook doesn’t exist. I’m convinced it’s a label for someone who doesn’t have the right techniques, patience or equipment. While you’ll have to do the work on the first two, I can help you with the third. After testing kitchen appliances, pots, pans and other gadgets for more than a decade, I’ve learned what truly works—and what’s just cabinet clutter.
Here are the tried-and-true products worth your counter space: ones that truly save time, make getting dinner on the table easier and are durable and reliable. Because the last thing you need is to waste time fighting a can opener when you could be kicking back and reading Reese’s latest book club pick, am I right?
Candace Davison
VP of editorial content
- Oversees home, food and commerce articles
- Author of two cookbooks and has contributed recipes to three others
- Named one of 2023's Outstanding Young Alumni at the University of South Florida, where she studied mass communications and business
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