Win $100 Worth of Cool Kitchen Tools

By Sandy Hu

All last week, Special Fork bloggers shared their favorite kitchen tools for Tool Week. We’ve gathered together some of their tool choices and some of our own favorites in a prize package for Special Fork’s first giveaway on Facebook, exclusively for Special Fork’s fans.

Fans must fill out a very short entry form to be eligible for the drawing. Contest closes on Sunday, November 20, 2011.

Dave and I went shopping at Sur la Table in San Francisco to buy the tools for our prize package and we found so many we love that we ended up exceeding our original budget of $75, taking the total value of our giveaway up to $100.

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Pumpkin Panna Cotta – a No-Bake, Foolproof Dessert

By Joy Liao

Brisk, fall weather never fails to put me in the holiday spirit. I love the crisp air, colorful foliage, bundling up in heavy sweaters, and of course, Thanksgiving.

Every year, my mom and I host Thanksgiving dinner. A few weeks ago, my mom asked me to put together a menu for our annual feast. Cooking for 20+ people will not be easy, but I’m up for the challenge!

This year, I’ve decided to go with Pumpkin Panna Cotta for dessert instead of traditional pumpkin pie. It’s a delicious fail-proof choice that requires no baking.

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Must-Have Kitchen Tools

By Andrew Hunter

My “must have kitchen gadgets” are centered on citrus, which is my favorite ingredient. I love lemons, limes and oranges, and all their variations like Meyer lemons, key limes and blood oranges. The nuances in both the zest and the juice are delicious. The flavor of the zest is floral, while the juice is acidic. As most of us are trying to watch or reduce our weight, citrus is an ideal way to enhance flavor without added calories, fat or sodium.

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Tools that Deliver

By Lori Powell

There is nothing more satisfying than a kitchen tool that delivers...both in design and function. We are inundated by all sorts of must-have gadgets for our kitchen.

My personal requirements are that a tool must have several functions: be sturdy, be easy to clean and easy to store. Most of all, the tool must live up to its advertised promise of making my cooking tasks easier and quicker in order for me to be sold.

I have many food styling tools that I adore but only a handful of kitchen tools. Below are just a few of them:

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Old School Tools

By Katie Barreira

As Woody Allen points out in his most recent film, Midnight in Paris, it simply isn’t healthy to pine away for the past, while eschewing the marvels of the present. When applied to kitchen tools, this theory holds only somewhat true.

I certainly wouldn't want to live in a world in which it was necessary to cream butter and sugar without an electric mixer. And while it’s clear that many newfangled gadgets (the asparagus peeler comes to mind) were invented with the sole purpose of having something else to sell, the modernization of kitchen tools has, on the whole, been hugely beneficial to the cook.

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