Rachael Ray recommends making your choices based on what you most like to eat, per the Rachael Ray Show. If you’re a meat and potatoes person, she says you’ll need a cast-iron skillet and a pot for potatoes. Chicken enthusiasts will want a decent-sized frying pan, while pasta and sauce fans will want a six to eight-quart pot and a colander. That’s not all. In another episode of her show, she shared that some of her favorite gadgets include a bench scraper (or what she calls a “food mover”), a huge cutting board, a garbage bowl (perfect for collecting produce scraps), and a really sharp knife.
As a product designer, Rachael Ray is able to simply create the products that fill the voids in her culinary life. When asked to disclose her top three must-haves from her own kitchen line, Ray told her YouTube audience that she liked her bench scraper and the two-sided plane “you can put on a hot pot and grate right into it.” Her hubby, meanwhile, confessed to appreciating a good channel knife that lets him make lemon twists. And they both agreed that a good veggie peeler is a must.
Now that you’ve been able to prepare your shopping list with a little help from the experts, you’re all set to hit the stores. Just remember, no matter how shiny the bauble is, if it’s not on your list, you don’t need it.
