Best Kitchen Tools

Georgia nonprofit Habitat for Humanity does more than build homes for the needy. It also offers donated home-renovation supplies to the public - at a fraction of their retail cost - through a Grant Park outpost called RESTORE. ReStore, which recently expanded to 4,000 square feet of warehouse space, offers brand-new stainless-steel appliances, cabinets, sinks, countertops, flooring, windows and light fixtures. There's even high-end dishes and silverware. If you're looking beyond the kitchen, ReStore also offers indoor and outdoor furniture, Jacuzzi tubs, area rugs, and just about anything you might need to spruce up your home. The best part: All proceeds benefit Habitat for Humanity, which means someone else gets the home they deserve, too. less...

Georgia nonprofit Habitat for Humanity does more than build homes for the needy. It also offers donated home-renovation supplies to the public — at a fraction of their retail cost — through a Grant Park outpost called RESTORE. ReStore, which recently expanded to 4,000 square feet of warehouse space, offers brand-new stainless-steel appliances, cabinets, sinks, countertops, flooring, windows and light fixtures. There’s even high-end dishes and silverware. If you’re looking beyond the kitchen, ReStore also offers indoor and outdoor furniture, Jacuzzi tubs, area rugs, and just about anything you might need to spruce up your home. The best part: All proceeds benefit Habitat for Humanity, which means someone else gets the home they deserve, too. less...

So you want to invite your new beau to your place for dinner, but there's just one teensy problem: You don't know the difference between bouillon and bouillabaisse, a skillet and a grill pan, chardonnay and Viognier. Let STAR PROVISIONS come to the rescue. The upscale market flanks Bacchanalia, one of the city's finest restaurants, and offers plenty of options for piecing together the perfect, premade dinner-to-go. A meal of flank steak and arugula, with a side of risotto, a simple starter of French baguette and chevre, a dessert of Valrhona chocolate cake, and a heady cabernet to wash it down won't come cheap, but all you have to do is follow the reheating instructions. You do know how to turn on the oven, right? less...

So you want to invite your new beau to your place for dinner, but there’s just one teensy problem: You don’t know the difference between bouillon and bouillabaisse, a skillet and a grill pan, chardonnay and Viognier. Let STAR PROVISIONS come to the rescue. The upscale market flanks Bacchanalia, one of the city’s finest restaurants, and offers plenty of options for piecing together the perfect, premade dinner-to-go. A meal of flank steak and arugula, with a side of risotto, a simple starter of French baguette and chevre, a dessert of Valrhona chocolate cake, and a heady cabernet to wash it down won’t come cheap, but all you have to do is follow the reheating instructions. You do know how to turn on the oven, right? less...

When we want our attempts in the kitchen to turn out right, we turn to THE COOK’S WAREHOUSE for the tools that will get us there. Heavy-bottomed cookware from All Clad and Swiss Diamond transfer heat more evenly, resulting in fewer incidents with scorched recipes. Star-shaped ice cube trays and sure-shot pourers keep our parties swinging while all manner of cookie-cutters keep our baked goods looking good enough to eat. And when we run out of inspiration, the demo kitchen offers affordable cooking classes that revive our creativity.
www.thecookswarehouse.com.

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In need of a grapefruiter? Looking for a KitchenAid mixer the shade of an orange Creamsicle? Want to brush up on your sauce technique? Lost your hip flask during last night's carousing? Then a jaunt to COOK'S WAREHOUSE, Atlanta's culinary mecca, is in order. As you meander through tall aisles crammed with kitchen gadgetry heretofore unimagined, you might be seized with the desire to master the art of rolling sushi or rekindle your beloved's affection with impressive souffles. Be sure to snag a copy of the wide-ranging cooking course catalog at the register. "549-I Amsterdam Ave., 404-815-4993; 4062 Peachtree Road, 404-949-9945. www.cookswarehouse.com" less...

So you've been glued to those cable-TV cooking shows again. And you're filled with the overwhelming urge to line your kitchen with the latest gee-whiz gadgetry. LINENS 'N THINGS is the first stop. Stocked with the basics (spatulas, garlic press) and all the specialty items we could ever imagine (apple corer, bagel cutter, egg slicer). And a few we never coulda dreamed up: An elongated ice-cube tray that makes skinny cubes designed to fit in your water bottle. Whodathunkit? "2900 Peachtree Road. 404-816-2700; and other locations. www.lnt.com." less...