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KitchenAid® Stand Mixer

Bonnie: We each have some kitchen appliances that stay on the countertop at all times. Others get put away, often never to be seen again.

Did someone say bread machines?

My KitchenAid stand mixer has been on my counter ready for use since I got it. I use it often; as–with all its attachments–it’s versatile (some come with, others you need to buy separately).

Before getting my stand mixer—when I was young, single and living in Manhattan—I used a handheld electric one that I bought at a going-out-of-business sale at a store on 23rd Street. The mixer was cheap. Seriously cheap. The box had been opened and the store owner just wanted to get rid of it. I remember thinking it would be worth the couple of bucks if it held up for a few uses.

That mixer worked well for over 20 years. I gave it away (donating it, as it still worked well), only because I got my KitchenAid and a new fancy...

Bryan: There are few things that will survive us all: cockroaches, Twinkies and KitchenAid Mixers are among a select few. It’s true; these mixers will outlast your car and any other machine...

Eric: I was, and still am, the baker of the family. During my youth I was trained in the “arts” of manual whisking, folding, beating, mixing and whipping. I loved it. I always thought that there was something so special about...

Microplane® Classic Zester

Bonnie: After completing one of my media-relations seminars in Vermont in the late-90s, my friend Jane Kirby picked me up from the Inn at Essex for a visit to her farm in nearby Charlotte. Our friendship dates back to the ‘80s when I was the food editor of the New Haven Register, she was the food editor of Glamour and we both were (and still are) registered dietitians. As I got into her car, we began yakking and didn’t stop until she dropped me off at the airport the next day for my flight home. We covered life, work, divorce, food, nutrition, our kids, her farm, my seminars, her cooking school…

Black & Decker Lids Off® Jar Opener

Bonnie: Opening a jar was always easy with two growing boys in the house. I always did try before calling them. First with the rubber jar openers I’d picked up at many a convention or show where folks gave away imprinted tchotchkes. Next I’d try my niece’s method. I turned the jar upside down, firmly hit its bottom with my hand, or gently hit the top against the counter. That worked … sometimes. I then just called Bryan or Eric to help. “Mom, it’s so easy, I don’t know what’s wrong with you,” they’d say as one of them removed the top with no trouble at all. After my nest [...]

Oxo Pop-Up Dish Rack

Bonnie: Hell for a baker? An oven that required re-tying the door with a rope each time you opened it. That was my kitchen during the writing of my 365 Great Cookies and Brownies cookbook. I knew I’d have to do something, but kept putting it off as I was planning a kitchen renovation. That planning moved to a higher priority at one of my soup parties—a great way, by the way, to entertain, as everything’s done before guests arrive. Slight aside, for those of you interested in this type party: just set out pots of soup (either on the stove or on hot plates at various stations around the [...]

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