Kitchen Tools

Find 10 handy tools every cook needs.

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Every great meal starts with the right tools. These ten kitchen essentials help with everything from flipping pancakes to draining pasta.

Spatula: A flat, flexible tool for flipping, lifting, and scraping, used for everything from pancakes to cookie dough.
Whisk: A looped wire tool that blends ingredients and whips air into eggs and cream.
Colander: A bowl with holes in it, used to drain water from pasta and rinse fruits and vegetables.
Ladle: A deep-bowled spoon with a long handle, made for serving soup and stew.
Tongs: A pair of hinged arms that grip hot food, handy for turning meat on the grill or serving salad.
Grater: A tool with sharp-edged holes that shreds cheese, carrots, and citrus zest into fine pieces.
Rollingpin: A cylinder used to flatten dough for pie crust, cookies, and pizza.
Peeler: A small blade on a handle that strips the skin from potatoes, carrots, and apples.
Skillet: A heavy, flat-bottomed pan with sloped sides, often made of cast iron, used for frying and searing.
Blender: A motorized pitcher with spinning blades that purees soups and mixes smoothies.