Kitchenware, gadgets, gear – what should be in your kitchen drawers?

The best in kitchenware, equipment, and gadgets, reviews and recommendations.

OXO’s Good Grips Salad Spinner

May 8, 2013
OXO Good Grips Salad Spinner Review

What is it? It’s a salad spinner. Salad spinners are a waste of time. Why bother? I used to think that, too, and I’ve long been a fan of collecting wet salad leaves up in a tea towel and spinning them round like a banshee, stood outside the back door. The neighbour’s loved that. A [...]

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WIN a Harvey Nichols Christmas hamper

December 1, 2012
Win a Harvey Nichols Noel! Noel! Christmas hamper in an exclusive giveaway

Here’s a fantastic opportunity to win a Harvey Nichols Noel! Noel! Christmas hamper, worth £100, which will most definitely get you well set up for the festive season. What’s in the hamper? The hamper itself is a sturdy wicker basket with smart leather buckles and hinges that in itself is quite a handsome thing, but [...]

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APP GUIDE – Selfridges Project Ocean Fish Guide

May 14, 2011
Selfridges Project Ocean Fish Guide

Eating the right type of fish is becoming increasingly important, with some species on the brink of collapse because of over fishing and the frankly shameful practise of fishermen not being allowed to land perfectly good fish because of their quotas.  We’re at a crossroads in our relationship with the ocean, and there’s really only [...]

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Make My Day’s glass drying mat

February 17, 2011
Make My Day's Voluminous runner glass drying mat

Make My Day Products is an Australian company who specialise in well designed, attractive and functional kitchen and household products. Their strapline is “simple, practical, designed to make your day”. That’s quite a lofty claim, and I’m not so sure that this glass drying mat “made my day”, as such, but I don’t think it [...]

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The AnySharp Pro knife sharpener

January 26, 2011
The AnySharp Pro - the world's best knife sharpener

The most dangerous thing in your kitchen right now is probably that blunt knife at the back of the drawer with all the junk in it. The problem is that many people find sharpening a knife tricky.  There’s a definite knack to sharpening a knife properly, and not everybody has it. Most of us need [...]

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More of Jamie Oliver’s kitchen range

November 21, 2010
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A week or so ago, I wrote about a set of really quite good kitchen knives, part of the new Jamie Oliver range. I was also sent a few more bits and pieces to try. The knives were great. Would the rest measure up? Garlic slice & press I question the need for garlic presses [...]

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Jamie Oliver’s five knife set and block

November 6, 2010
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I’m not one to be swayed by a celebrity endorsement, especially one that’s attached to a piece of kitchen equipment. Apart from my trusty Ken Hom wok (his signature is on the handle!), I don’t think I own another piece of celebrity kitchen junk. No George Foreman Grill with bun warmer (‘bun warmer’? What the [...]

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Essential kitchen gear part 1: Knives

February 8, 2009
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A good knife is a vital tool. A proper knife is one of the most significant pieces of equipment in any kitchen. I’m probably quite unusual – I don’t have a block full of knives, bought as a set or given as a wedding gift. Instead, I rely on just a couple of blades. I [...]

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