Suggestions for useful cooks tools/ utensils/ gadgets?

[Anonymous]

A must would be to have all your good knives sharpened professionally.

Mandolin is great.

Cast iron pan

Enameled Dutch oven for baking bread.

Cooking classes if yours offer them.

A flame thrower mini for those crème brûlée finishes!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Note to others:

I am a great cook and baker. If there was a cooking or baking gadget or item I wanted or needed, I would own it already. Please don't buy me stuff I don't want or need, including gift cards to WS and the like

Way to make a post about you. Not everything is about you, your narcissistic tool!

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[Anonymous]

How about a table cloth

[Anonymous]

Silpat molds (Madeleine, mini loaf) and/or Kitchen Aid accessories (pasta), Philips espresso maker with LatteGo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Garlic press
Herb scissors
Cookie dough scoops in different sizes
They also have nice towels and soaps

Another vote for these.

Really? I think herb scissors are so dumb.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Garlic press
Herb scissors
Cookie dough scoops in different sizes
They also have nice towels and soaps

Another vote for these.

Really? I think herb scissors are so dumb.

I'm thinking about donating mine, so I had the same thought. They're such a pain to clean, so I almost always just use a sharp chef's knife and cutting board.

Fort those who like herb scissors, what do you use them for and how to clean?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Garlic press
Herb scissors
Cookie dough scoops in different sizes
They also have nice towels and soaps

Usually WS has a perfectly good version of whatever, just really expensive, but not cookie scoops for some reason. The best cookie scoops are the colored Zeroll ones. Don’t waste your time with others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thermometer

Specifically, a ThermaPen.

[Anonymous]

Rosie garlic press
Micro plane grater
Thermapen
Immersion blender
Stainless steel measuring cups and spoons
Le creuset Dutch oven
Goldtouch baking pans

If you already have all of those, get something consumable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thermometer

Specifically, a ThermaPen.

ThemaPens are great.

I’m loving sous vide cooking and recommend the Anova precision circulator. I got a chamber vac sealer to support my habit, and also recommend the half gallon Stasher bags (available at Williams Sonoma), which are reusable silicon and can be used for sous vide, in the microwave, in the oven up to 400, and for fridge and freezer storage, or for packing lunches.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Note to others:

I am a great cook and baker. If there was a cooking or baking gadget or item I wanted or needed, I would own it already. Please don't buy me stuff I don't want or need, including gift cards to WS and the like

That’s you. Others who are also great cooks and/or bakers (like me) would disagree. Plus you can always regift it.

+1. Please post your WS gift cards on Buy Nothing!! I could really use it.

[Anonymous]

$55 for a garlic press??? What on earth.

[Anonymous]

I have a mandolin and never use it, FWIW. I'd probably buy a new paring knife or cutting boards.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Note to others:

I am a great cook and baker. If there was a cooking or baking gadget or item I wanted or needed, I would own it already. Please don't buy me stuff I don't want or need, including gift cards to WS and the like

There's always something that you can upgrade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a mandolin and never use it, FWIW. I'd probably buy a new paring knife or cutting boards.[/quote

I only pull out my mandolin a few times a year but when I do I'm glad I have it.

But, if OP doesn't want more kitchen equipment I'd use the gift card for ingredients or something like nice dish towels.