Tools

Created by scientists and loved by chefs, nothing beats the accuracy and ease of the Thermapen.

Besides providing a vessel for your morning fix, here are way more ways a coffee filter can save your life.

Don't make yourself crazy trying to get this kitchen workhorse shiny again. Those stains and blotches will help you cook better.

This video proves it!

Kitchen cleaning tools come in every shape and size. These are the best.

Our recent piece on one food writer's dirty cooking secrets inspired lots of feedback from readers, many of whom admitted to having secrets of their own.

We tested four techniques for steaming that don't require a separate tool.

From apps that track coupons to ones that keep you on budget, these digital tools will change your whole grocery-shopping experience.

Just how well do you know your microwave?

No other household appliance is as maligned. But the microwave isn't evil. It's simply misunderstood.

All the things in your kitchen you're probably forgetting to clean.

A sprouted potato is still safe to eat—use the top loop on a vegetable peeler to scoop out sprouts.

You’ve heard of a desert island soundtrack? Here are your desert island kitchen toolkit.

Meet the tool that can do the job of almost everything in your kitchen.

After you’ve finished cooking, the cooling rack keeps the crunch in a doughnut, the sogginess out of bread, and the crisp in latkes. But a cooling rack can also be used to heat things up.

Our test kitchen thought this dirty, greasy pan would never be clean enough to use again. But they were wrong. All it took was a little experimentation and a consultation with our readers.

Single-use is useless.

You depend on this tool for perfectly cooked meat. Don't you want it to be accurate?

Careful, you're probably going to end up buying something for yourself.