Online - October 03, 2005

If You Can’t Stand the Heat …

Kit Out Your Kitchen

You’re no Julia, Martha, Nigella, or Barefoot Contessa. Some days you can’t even pull a Rachel Ray. But the battle to see your cuisine reign supreme (or at least get it into an edible form) doesn’t have to get ugly.

Cath Kidston’s rosy apron, oven mitts, or tea towels will keep your kitchen looking cheerful — as will her rose-colored drinking glasses.

Sharp objects should not be things that make you go hmmmm. Kershaw’s Pure Komachi Series comprises high-carbon stainless steel blades with usage clues (fish bone cutout, a bread loaf, etc.) hidden in the resin handle.

Once you’ve cut your veggies down to size, use the Superpepper by Alessi. Chopping broccoli may even make you want to sing.

Got a no-nuke policy? Bialetti’s polka-dot pastels turn your stove top into a friendly place to fry.

When the time comes to put food on the table, Jill Fenichell’s plastic tableware makes an undeniably becoming (and unbreakable) backdrop for all meals, big and small.

And Chef Yossi will be there when you’re ready to wash your hands of the whole experience.

Which you have been known to do.