Staub Cast Iron 4 Piece Stackable Set
Designed for convenient storage, this set from Staub comes with three essential pieces—a braiser, grill pan and a round cocotte (also known as a Dutch oven). A universal lid fits all of them and seals in steam and moisture for Staub’s signature even cook. Each piece is designed with sloped sides and comes with removable rubberized bumpers for safe, scratch-free nesting. Staub's durable enameled cast iron cooks evenly at a broad range of temperatures and has low-stick properties for easy, no-fuss cooking. This set works for everybody: it's a perfect first investment in high-quality cast iron, or a fabulous gift that'll last a generation. The enameled finish means you can use soap to clean the cast iron, while the pop of glossy color on the handles and outside beautifully accents any kitchen. Available in three classic shades: Black, Grenadine and Dark Blue.
3.5-Quart Braiser Staub calls this 3.5-quart braiser “the perfect pot for one-dish dinners, slow-cooked braises and simmered soups” and we couldn’t agree more. With its signature enamel cast-iron heat-retaining and browning qualities, plus beautiful craftsmanship, one-pot meals, braises and soups will be the star of dinnertime.
5.25-Quart Round Cocotte A Dutch oven like this one is essential gear for any kitchen, but Matthew Card, our Creative Director of Recipes and Products, even uses his cocotte nestled in the coals of his grill, after which it cleans up beautifully. This 5.25-quart model is a nice manageable size for everyday use; the company thickly glazes the outside of its cookware and lines the interiors with a matte-black enamel, so it's impervious to chipping.
10-Inch Pure Grill Staub's Pure Grill has a nonstick enameled finish, shallow sides and ridges on the cooking surface that drain off excess fat and allow for better crisping; achieve diamond charring on your steaks, hamburgers, chicken and more without having to fire up an outdoor grill. Two ear handles instead of a long handle make the pan easy to maneuver.
Milk Street Simple Cookbook
A simple recipe is one that is so perfectly constructed, every component is essential and in balance with the rest. A simple recipe stands the test of time and offers a teaching moment, whether about flavor, texture or technique.
The best recipes are, in fact, simple, whether it's a shaved carrot salad, pasta with caramelized onions and pecorino, upside-down pizza or a pan-roasted pork tenderloin. The Milk Street Simple Cookbook offers 200 simple, clever recipes you can just cook. The world's greatest culinary ideas, distilled to their essence and simplified for weeknight meals by the James Beard Award-winning team at Milk Street.
Milk Street Season 7 Cookbook
The new edition of the Milk Street Cookbook contains over 600 recipes, 300 photos and 730 pages of recipes that deliver big, bold flavors with less work and less time, every recipe from each one of our 167 episodes is included.
In a southeastern Asian restaurant in Paris, we came across garlicky lemon-grass chicken wings and the crispest, easiest crispy pork belly to top rice bowls. In Rome, there are so many simple pasta dishes that we do not make here but should, including Pasta with Ricotta, Tomatoes and Herbs. Everybody loves meatballs but in Morocco, they simmer them in a spiced sauce and add olives. If you love banana bread, our recipe for Banana Hazelnut Bread, which we discovered in a small bakery in Berlin. We traveled to Venice to rethink a simple Spaghetti with Clams recipe—fast and briny. And fried chicken from Bangkok is ramped up with ginger, garlic and fermented chili paste.
Want to change the way you cook to become the best cook you know? Get your copy of the Milk Street Television Cookbook today. Join us on our culinary quest to transform the way America cooks—and eats.
Genicook 6-Piece Mise Bowl Set
Prep just got easier with Genicook’s 6-piece set of glass bowls and snap-on lids. Made of sturdy borosilicate glass, the same material as science beakers, these perfectly sized bowls are less likely to crack, chip or scratch than your average glass bowls. Use them for a variety of prep work, like mixing sauces and dressings, or snap on the lid to save any leftovers. Safe for the oven, microwave and dishwasher, each set comes with three bowls and three lids.
Milk Street Limited Edition Premium Kitchin-kiji — Cocobolo Wood
The one kind of knife missing from most Western kitchens is one of the most used in Japan—a midsized, multipurpose utility knife bigger and stronger than a paring knife but smaller and more manageable than a chef’s knife. Why Western cooks typically don’t have such a knife is beyond us, so we took months to design our own. The result is the Kitchin-kiji—the ultimate all-purpose utility knife that will speed up your prep. It’s perfect for all the “in-between” jobs, small enough for detailed handwork like slicing garlic and shallots, trimming mushrooms or cutting fruit. Plus, we designed it with a broad, stiff blade to be large enough that it won’t twist, and the larger handle fills the hand for a confident grip.
This is a Limited edition, premium run of our tried-and-true Milk Street Kitchin-kiji knife. It features a high-end Japanese AUS 8 steel blade specially forged with a non-stick “Tsuchime” hammered surface and a gorgeously grained, ultra-durable cocobolo wood handle. Consider it an heirloom-quality tool to use and pass on to the next generation of cooks in your family.
Marcato Ravioli Tablet
For uniform, perfectly filled ravioli every time, we rely on Marcato’s Ravioli Tablet to do the heavy lifting for us. The trusted Italian brand has been leading the way in designing innovative pasta tools since 1930, and this secret weapon is certainly an innovation. The heavy base with sturdy silicone feet is made of solid, food-grade, anodized aluminum with deep wells for lots of filling, while the removable cutting surface is made of durable, easy-to-clean Tritan that cuts neatly and precisely. Simply add your sheet of dough, lightly press, add your filling then the second sheet, then use the included anodized-aluminum rolling pin to pop the ravioli cleanly out of their molds without tearing or sticking. This beautiful green tablet makes ten 2-square inch ravioli at a time, so dinner will be quick work.
Milk Street Limited Edition Premium Nakiri — Cocobolo Wood
What if we told you there is a Japanese knife specifically designed for vegetable prep that will make your cooking safer, easier and faster? It is vastly better than the all-purpose European chef’s knife, which is clunky, heavy and too thick to precisely slice and dice onions, cut carrots into perfect coins or reduce chard into feathery ribbons.
The solution is the Milk Street Nakiri. It’s light, thin and sharp, with a design that resembles a mini cleaver—2 inches deep with a squared-off tip. The very thin blade, just 1.5 millimeters at the top, tapers down even thinner toward the end so it slices through even tough ingredients effortlessly without sticking. The broad blade shields your fingers when you chop and works as a bench scraper to transfer chopped veggies to the simmering pot. The blade’s heel gently curves to accommodate your fingers when choking up tight for control.
This is a limited edition, premium run of our tried-and-true Milk Street Nakiri knife. It features a high-end Japanese AUS8 steel blade specially treated with a nonstick “Tsuchime” hammered surface—foods slide right off—and a gorgeously grained cocobolo wood handle. Consider it an heirloom-quality tool to pass on to the next generation.
HIC Fantes Uncle Giuseppe's Meat Pounder
If meat pounders had a power player, it would be this one: Clocking in at nearly two pounds with 3.25 inches of pounding surface, it looks more like a paperweight than a kitchen tool. But when it comes to flattening meat and poultry into thin cutlets, it’s hard to beat.
Made from sturdy stainless steel, this durable meat pounder is built to last—and won’t retain or transfer odors or flavors between uses. It makes quick work of flattening meat into thin, even cutlets without tearing up the protein. The pounder also works beautifully on biscuits, cookies, nuts, ice or anything else you need to crush. And when you’re done, just pop it in the dishwasher for easy cleanup before storing.
Westmark Robusto-Spezial Meat Hammer
Made in Germany, this heavy Meat Hammer from Westmark comes with two built-in surfaces: a finer-faced side for simply flattening meat without cutting into the fiber, as well as a coarser structure designed to tenderize and soften protein. Pounding cutlets or roasts is a surefire way to guarantee more consistent cooking and succulent meat or poultry. While most meat pounders offer a single function, the Westmark’s two surfaces make it easy to tenderize according to your exact preferences without creating mush or miserably tough meat. This one is solidly built and easy to use—the meat pounder is built from a single piece of metal and has no plastic or moving parts that will eventually wear down, and no hard-to-clean nooks and crannies that will collect bacteria. The Westmark is built for the cook in a rush; the heavy hammer head produced thin cutlets quickly when testing. Also try it to crush crackers, cookies or nuts, as well as ice.
HIC Ilsa Cast Iron Gas Ring Reducer
Much as we love our stovetop coffee makers, too often the grates over the gas burners are too wide for them to sit safely above the flames. But in Italy, Christopher Kimball was introduced to a simple tool that keeps the country’s ubiquitous stovetop espresso pots perfectly balanced. The Ilsa Gas Ring Reducer consists of high-quality, heavy-duty cast-iron construction that decreases the size of gas burner openings in center grates while absorbing and diffusing heat evenly. It’s fantastic for making coffee, of course, but we find it’s equally useful for any small cookware, from saucepans to tea kettles.