- 05/20/2010
Norman Kornbleuth, founder and owner of Broadway Panhandler, tells us what we need to know about choosing, buying and taking care of our kitchen knives.
A New York institution. Specialists in sharpening knives and other cutting tools. Where the big boys get their chef knives sharpened.
- 01/14/2010
Why a kitchen scale is a tool worth making space for.
A resourceful, helpful and friendly kitchen and cookware store in Brooklyn Heights.
A combination antique store and cheese monger. Only in New York.
A TriBeCa shop that sells superb quality Japanese knives plus other Japanese tabletop items and cookware.
- 04/20/2009
A sharp knife is your most important kitchen tool. If it's been a while since you sharpened yours, here's some trusted help.
Experts in sharpening knives and cutlery for both top culinary professionals and home cooks.
A cookware and tabletop store in Williamsburg.
After having a Manhattan store for 62 years, Bridge Kitchenware has left NYC but still operates an excellent online cookware retail store.
- 01/01/2009
A cast iron grill pan cooks fish, meat and vegetables using little to no fat. Who needs an outdoor grill?
- 12/11/2008
Jennifer Baron, owner of A Cook's Companion in Brooklyn Heights, with gift ideas for the home cook.
- 12/11/2008
Need a gift for a home cook? We have ideas that start with poetry and travel to Brooklyn.
- 12/05/2008
Bonnie Slotnick of Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks tells us why we collect and treasure cookbooks.
With stores on the Upper West Side, Upper East Side, and Chelsea, these housewares stores offer nearly everything you need to decorate, fix and equip a New York apartment.
Online kitchenware store operated by the management of the former West Village shop by the same name.
Beautiful hand-blown glassware, pottery, and other tabletop and home accessories. Made in Vermont and sold at their midtown shop, plus online and at area home decor stores.
Four floors of housewares, furnishings, decorative items plus clothing, foods and stuff you never knew existed. All from China.
A small shop in SoHo that carries decorative and table top items from around the world. A favorite of stylists and for good reason.
A shop on the Upper East Side that specializes in French and Italian tableware and fine linens. Lovely.
For more than 20 years, a shop that specializes in art glass and ceramics.
Fine table and kitchen linens.
The high church of tabletop, home decorative and furnishing design.
A spare and elegant TriBeCa retailer of Scandinavian tabletop, home furnishings and decorative items.
French country pottery, earthenware, antique furnishings. Very beautiful dishware, pitchers, serving pieces, coffee mugs and one-of-a-kind home accessories.
An upscale and well-stocked cookware, kitchen tool and tabletop retailer that's part of a national chain. National brands and beautiful things.
Upper East Side hardware and housewares store. Everything for a city apartment.
- 05/01/2008
Jennifer Baron, owner of A Cook's Companion in Brooklyn Heights, gives tips for the best equipment for an urban kitchen.
- 04/26/2008
Bridge Kitchenware will close their midtown Manhattan store in June.
- 04/17/2008
Where to get a good value on this hardworking kitchen staple that's too often priced like a luxury item.
SoHo boutique that sells s.2Sleek, sometimes witty, Italian housewares, cookware and serving pieces.
Wholesale prices on big and small restaurant supplies.
Lower East Side shop selling cookware, knives and kitchen tools.
A kitchenware store serving Brooklyn's Greenpoint and Williamsburg neighborhoods plus home cooks in Queens and beyond.
- 12/06/2007
Ideas for holiday gifts for the city home cook including cookbooks, cookware and special ingredients.
- 10/27/2007
All-Clad and Emeril Lagasse have created a terrific new, small reversible grill pan that brings new stove-top options to the small city kitchen.
- 10/18/2007
You don't need a wood fired oven or a four-foot wooden peel to make great pizza at home. Here are the essentials.
Specialists in baking and cake decorating supplies. One of those only-in-New-York kind of places. Baker's heaven.
A chock-a-block and friendly neighborhood kitchen shop in Park Slope.
- 07/17/2007
One of the best knife sharpeners in the city, this New York institution is moving this month from the garment center to the flatiron district.
- 05/27/2007
Our broilers are often under-used yet they're a great way to get the same result as outdoor grilling. Here are some tips for using your stove's broiler.
On-line and catalog merchants of handmade Japanese woodworking tools, garden tools, and cutlery. They make the most beautiful knives, scissors, chopsticks, bamboo cutting boards and bowls, and other exquisite items for your kitchen.
No-frills kitchen supply store. Great prices on pots, pans and kitchen tools perfect for a home cook, despite the store's restaurant name.
National chain of stores that sells all things kitchen: pots, pans, knives, tools, accessories, cookbooks, small appliances, and even olive oil. Excellent quality and large, polished selection. Even more on their web site.
- 04/12/2007
A case for cooking better with less.
- 04/12/2007
More versatile than waxed paper, aluminum foil or paper towels, parchment paper is an often overlooked kitchen staple.
- 03/02/2007
You can make most meals with only a good knife, a wooden spoon and a set of tongs. But there are about 30 other tools that should be in most cooks' kitchens. After that it's up to you to resist the lure of the kitchen gadget. As with pots, pans and knives, buy the best quality you can afford, especially for the basics, and you'll have them forever.
New York's fanciest food market.
- 02/01/2007
In New York the term "sharp knives" may first bring to mind some office politics. But here we're being literal. You should know how to either sharpen your own knives or find a professional to do it for you. Working with sharp knives will make you a far better cook. And a safer one.