When I started making my own salad dressings (and lasagna – see chicken lasagna recipe) I realized the importance of a good microplane. I couldn’t believe how often I needed to create zest. After having a lower quality version of this one, I can tell you the one at Williams Sonoma is now my favorite….
Category: Tools + Staples
Product Spotlight – Garlic Tools
Two tools I couldn’t have done without this past Thanksgiving were my garlic roller and peeler. If you don’t already have these in your kitchen toolbox, they are inexpensive and necessary if you use a lot of minced garlic. And if you aren’t already using a lot of garlic shame on you! Just kidding… Chef’n®…
Olive Oil Favorite: Tyler Florence
In situations where olive oil is one of the main components of a recipe, I often don’t want to actually taste the olive oil in the dish (i.e. zucchini pasta with Parmesan cheese). After testing several options from Whole Foods, and my go to ‘cheap’ olive oil, this one beat out all of those as…
Chef Simeon's Kitchen 