Fix-It and Forget-It

Cheap cutting boards are easy to buy anywhere. But if you want a beautiful, durable board with a great back story, we’ve got some to recommend!
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The Good Cooking Store staff often talk about their “top 10” kitchen necessities. We vary on a few things, but we all agree that a Microplane zester/grater is in the top 10.
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The flavor of freshly grated Parmesan cheese is wonderful, a tasty extra on a simple pizza or meatball sub. But it doesn’t come in a handy plastic shaker the way grated Parmesan on the grocery shelf does. Do you really want to pull out a grater and bowl for such a small amount of cheese?
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One of our newest items at The Good Cooking Store is this alien-looking contraption. Can you guess what it’s for? It’s a Food Pod, for steaming and straining food all in one step!

The silicone basket can handle heat. Fill it with eggs to boil, vegetables to blanch or shellfish to cook. Simply place the Pod in boiling water (partially immersed if you’re blanching) and attach the grip clip to the edge of the pot. When the cooking is complete, lift out the Food Pod and your food is strained too! It’s a very practical tool, we’ve found.

Fusionbrands Food Pods are available at The Good Cooking Store and they do ship. Click here for more information.
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We currently have a friendly debate at The Good Cooking Store about sifting dry ingredients before we bake. Some of us don’t sift, and others sift everything!

While it might not be necessary for weekday desserts, we can agree that sifting dry ingredients for special holiday recipes does make a difference. Sifting helps to make baked goods rise more evenly and makes a wonderful texture to decorate.

Our measuring flour sifter makes this step in your recipe fun and stress-free. It has a nice handle for easy gripping. The attached cup catches the sifted ingredients, measuring as you go.

This flour sifter is available at The Good Cooking Store and they do ship. Click here for more information.
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Christmas is a great time for decorating cookies, don’t you think? The classic gingerbread cookies. Bell-shaped sugar cookies. And kids love to play with the icing colors and edible glitter! We catch their spirit as we scoop up the decorated cookies for exchanges and gifts.

This year, make your festive decorated cookies stand up with Nordicware 3D Holiday cookie cutters! These fun cookies make a great conversation starter at your table. Use them as your centerpiece. . . then pass them for dessert.

Nordicware 3D Holiday cookie cutters are available at The Good Cooking Store and they do ship. Click here for more information.
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When people talk about different gadgets that are staples in their homes, usually somewhere on the list is a nut chopper. Folks, there is a great chopper that beats the one in your grandmother’s kitchen or even your mother’s. You’ll need this one, especially if you’re a baker.

The Progressive Nut Chopper was recently rated best by Cook’s Illustrated. It has a removable base and measurements so that you don’t have to guess about the amount of nuts you’ve chopped. And it offers a stainless steel grinding mechanism that makes the chopping fast and easy.

Check it out before you begin baking this holiday season!

The Progressive Nut Chopper is available at The Good Cooking Store and they do ship. Click here for more information.
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Last week when we polled our The Good Cooking Store staff on great gift ideas, this cheese slicer was very high on their list.

This thing works—and it’s fun. Shaped like a giant mousetrap, the cheese slicer is very durable and sits on the board in such a way that it stores well, too.

Who wouldn’t love a practical, fun gift this year for the holidays?

Oh Snap! is available at The Good Cooking Store and they do ship. Click here for more information.
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We asked The Good Cooking Store staff recently for good, unique gift ideas. We weren’t looking just for Winter Holiday gifts, but gifts that would be great for any occasion: birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, and holidays included.

These Food Face Plates ranked high on their list of unique items. What a great gift to encourage children to eat their vegetables! And it promotes the fun of eating as well.

But, hey, these plates aren’t just for kids. We recently had a customer buy these plates for his nephew’s upcoming wedding. Forget his-and-her towels. How about his-and-her plates?!

You can find these plates at The Good Cooking Store. And, yes, they do ship! Click here for more information.
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Calling all bakers: If you love your stand mixer, here is a bowl set that you won’t be able to live without.

These bowls have so many great features that I’m not sure where to start. They are silicone, so they can withstand heat up to 490 degrees. They come in perfect sizes, just right for mixing a cake or cupcakes or brownies or cookies….

But the best feature by far is that they are flexible. Sift your dry ingredients into one of these bowls, and then squeeze the bowl into a funnel shape over your stand mixer. Voila… no more making a mess while pouring ingredients into your stand mixer bowl.

The iSi Flexible Mixing Bowls is available at The Good Cooking Store and they do ship. Click here for more information.
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