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There are a million cooking tools, appliances, and household goods available to us at the touch of the return button. But which ones are good, which are unnecessary; which ones are worth the money, which ones are out standing?

Here I recommend my favorite tools for your kitchen, chosen for utility, value, and quality. I receive a small affiliate fee if you purchase using the Buy Now button. But please know these are the kitchen tools that I truly love and use.

WÜSTHOF Gourmet 2-Piece Chef's Knife Set

This is my favorite knife company, and my favorite set. Truly all you need for anything you do in the kitchen is a chef's knife and a paring knife.

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Wusthof Bread Knife

The only other knife you need besides a chef's knife and a paring knife is a proper bread knife. I stick with Wusthof.

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Chef's Choice 15X Knife Sharpener.

Never really satisfied with pull-through home knife sharpeners, I splurged on this electric model. It really works and I highly recommend. Nothing beats a professional wet-grind service, but to keep your knives sharp throughout the year, this is the best choice.

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Sur Table Ratchet Pepper Mill

Mom surprised me with a truly remarkable pepper mill. One crank delivers five times the pepper as one turn of a conventional mill. A tablespoon of freshly ground pepper takes but a moment. Best pepper mill I've ever used.

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Benriner Mandoline Slicer

A kitchen essential for most cooks for uniform slicing and julienning. I don't know a single professional cook who doesn't own one.

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A Boos Cutting Board

One of the best ways to improve your cooking and your comfort in the kitchen is to use a large, heavy, wood cutting board. This is the one I use.

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All-Clad 9" nonstick sauté pan

While most sautéing should be done in a stainless steel pan, nonstick pans are a must for things like eggs and fish. This is the one I use.

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2-Quart Sauce Pan

One of the best, most useful sauce pans I own, a 2-quart pan from All-Clad.

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All-Clad 12" Sauté Pan

Like knives, you need a big one and a little one. I stick with All-Clad because the quality can't be beat. If you need a large, all-purpose skillet, this is the one.

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All-Clad 8" Sauté Pan

This is the perfect small sauté pan.

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Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer

A standing mixer is a big-ticket item that all serious kitchens should have. Kitchen Aid makes the best mixers and they will last a lifetime if you treat them well.

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Cuisinart Food Processor

When I had to replace our food prcessor several years ago, this is the one I bought. It's perfect.

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Le Creuset Dutch Oven

This 7.25 quart Dutch oven is one of the most useful pots in the kitchen, everything from making stews on the stove top, braises in the oven or even for baking bread..

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Small Le Creuset Dutch Oven

This 3.5-quart Dutch oven is great for smaller households. A perfect gift for a young couple.

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Stainless steel martini glasses

Great martini glasses that don't break!

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Riedel Nick & Nora glasses

Almost every time I serve a cocktail in one of these glasses, people invariably say, "Such a pretty glass." It is. It's, like, the perfect cocktail glass.

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Zojirushi 10-Cup Coffee Maker

This has been our best friend in the morning for years now. It's a terrific, simple-to-use drip coffee maker. It drips into a thermos so the coffee stays hot without cooking it, the way burner coffee machines do. Good coffee is important!

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Peet's Coffee

This is the coffee we love, Peet's Major Dickason's Blend--we it love so much we have a subscription to receive 3 pounds each month. It's the best.

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Braun Immersion Blender

A hand-blender is a fabulous tool in the kitchen whether for pureeing, beating eggs, making vinaigrettes. This model is half the cost of most hand-blenders and I like it because the blade is low which makes good for making mayonnaise.

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Fat separator

Whether I want to use the juices and not the fat, or just the fat to make a roux, I love a good fat separator.

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Hi, I'm Michael Ruhlman, an award-winning author and cook who writes about chefs, food and cooking, among other things.

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Ratio App for iPhone

After I wrote my book Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking, a colleague and I built a ratio calculator for iPhones that allows you to cook without recipes. For doughs, batters, custards, sauces, stocks and more, simply plug in the amount of one ingredient and the amounts of the other ingredients are instantly calculated. It's also a handy reference for dozens of our most common preparations. ($4.99 in the app store.)

Collaborate

I’ve collaborated on a dozen books, including cookbooks and a memoir. If you'd like to collaborate on a project, please contact my agent, Gail Hochman, [email protected], at Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents, Inc.

For speaking engagements contact, Kip Ludwig, [email protected].

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