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Great kitchen utensils make cooking fun!

I love coming home from the store with a new kitchen "toy".

Many of these gadgets save me time and effort. I will help you discover which utensils are a life saver or space waster.

Some of the most imporatant utensils you own are the very basics. Getting these right and finding the right ones for you is my job. Rolling pins seem simple and uncomplicated. However I have discovered that there are several different kinds.

While the foil pie plates you find at the grocery store are just fine for novices, a proper pie plate is a kitchen must have. I have tested, researched and tried several different types...

...and found that pie plates that produce consistent golden flaky crusts!

Another kitchen essential allows you to express yourself and protect yourself at the same time. I, personally. am an apron addict. The more, the better.

The final kitchen necessity is the least used, most useful tool. While many everyday cooks love the taste and accomplishment of a home-made pastry crust, many do not have a pastry blender. Learn about the necessity of a pastry blender, even in a beginner's kitchen.

Getting Started with Cooking Terms : Check out this mini-encyclopedia of common and not-so-common cooking terms and definitions.

Cooking Spices : Discover what every baker's spice cabinet needs to create the perfect pie.

Beginner's Supplies: These are the individual pie supplies every needs for getting started. This list will not only give you fun new toys to play with, but will save you both time and money!

Check out these kitchen essentials!

Rolling Pin: Kitchen items that are handy, multi-use and money-saving
Apron: Express yourself and Be Spotless!
Pie Plates: Different styles for different needs
Mixing Bowl: Mix it up
Heat Resistant Spatula: Leave no morsel of sugar behind

Rolling pins

Kitchen items which are handy, multi-use and money-saving

Rolling pins are a requirement with pie and pastry making.

Are All Rolling Pins really created equal?

Aprons

Let an Apron reflect your personality into your cooking experience. What a fun way of getting started in the kitchen

Aprons: Clothing protectors or Self Expression?

Pie Plates

Pie Plates: The Wrong Plate can make or break a perfect pie.

Find the perfect, all-purpose, everlasting pie plate.

Mixing Bowls