Being an avid cook and foodie, quality kitchenware is very important to me. Years of cooking and trying different kitchen products has resulted in me being very selective about which brands I use for different kitchen tasks. For example, I wouldn’t use anything but a Microplane Grater to zest citrus fruit, nor would I use any other garlic press than Zyliss. When it comes to cookware, my number one choice is The Chefs Toolbox Como AdvanceTM range of pots and pans.

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A set of kitchen scales are a must in any kitchen where recipes are followed. Electronic scales provide a much greater degree of accuracy than traditional-style scales.

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Although silicone has been around since the 1940’s, it is a fairly recent addition to the domestic kitchen. Traditionally, metals such as tin and aluminium were the materials of choice for bakeware, but home cooks are now discovering the benefits of silicone.

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When following a recipe, a cup refers specifically to 250ml, not a coffee cup pulled out of the cupboard, and a tablespoon is 20ml, not a serving spoon! Although cooking is essentially an art, when following a recipe it pays to have a degree of accuracy, especially for beginner cooks and in particular when baking. [Read more →]

This is a new monthly column to Entertaining Made Easy, which I decided to add after receiving numerous questions from my cooking class students and blog readers about how best to equip their kitchen, what kitchenware to buy, where is the best place to buy it, how much should you pay and which gadgets to avoid. 

Each month I will feature a kitchen tool that I consider is a useful addition to the kitchen. This month’s featured kitchen tool is the digital thermometer.

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Having the right tools makes any job easier, and this is certainly the case in the kitchen.  I have recently been fortunate enough to discover a relatively unknown brand of kitchenware products and I thought it was time I shared this secret with my readers!
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