Got a special pizza cutter or a garlic press? You can probably toss them. The pros agree: Your kitchen should be a lean, high-performance workshop, not a storage unit for plastic junk. If you want a Valentine’s dinner that actually impresses, you need to ditch the gadgets and double down on the fundamentals that do the heavy lifting.
But which other tools and gadgets are great additions to your kitchen? I asked professional chefs, and they were refreshingly direct. A recurring theme among these kitchen professionals is a preference for fundamentals — choosing versatile, time-tested equipment over specialized gadgets with limited uses.
Take avocado slicers or meat claws. The tasks these tools promise to simplify can often be handled just as
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