furious tools

More from the culinary furies:

With gratitude for your suggestions about cleaning supplies, I recommend the following implements, which have improved my cooking life immensely.

From Chef's Catalog (available elsewhere too):

Microplane zester/grater: does what a cheese grater does, but better and faster. Useful with any hard cheese, esp. Parm-Regg.

Silicone baking mats: work for cookies, breads, etc. and clean up like a dream

Silicone spatulas: they do not melt in your pans

(I include that photo guardedly because I am loathe to recommend pastel-colored spatulas.)

And wow, I see that there are all kinds of pans made of silicone. Have you tried those?

Wusthof knives, esp. the bread knife, the chef's knife, the little paring knife. I bet you have good knives, too, but how I love my knives!

Chef's Choice diamond hone 110 knife sharpener. Diamond action! Keeps knives sharp, and sharp knives make all the difference

Zyliss chopper comfort: does up onions fast enough you don't even cry; Sean has found it works on all manner of vegetables

Happy cooking,

cp