Cut & Paste is a series of cutting boards designed for the modern kitchen. Cooking a meal always means ending up with lots of dishes to wash, first there are all the dishes I use to prepare the food – utensils, cutting board, pots, pans and bowls – then there are the dishes I use to serve the food.

Although I am an efficient cook (wash the dishes I use as I go along) at the end of the meal there’s still a dirty pile of dishes to be cleaned. I always keep my eye open for dishes that will save me time and make my cooking experience more efficient, I especially like those that are multi-functional. Klaus Hackl has designed a collection of kitchen-tools for the French company ENO that takes into account all the needs of the modern cook.

Imagine yourself an entire meal cooked in one oven at the same time. Impossible? Think again – With Menu’s Stackable Oven Trays you can do exactly that. Here you have a stackable oven dish set that can be stacked inside and outside the oven. The openings on the sides allow warmth in the oven to circulate freely and heat food in all the dishes at once.

This unique oven-to-table cookware set offers different combinations: two medium sized dishes fit on top of the largest one, and two of the smaller ones fit on top of the mediums, so that each dish or ingredient is heated separately. The dishes are fitted with four heat-resistant silicone legs at each corner, so that you can take them directly out of the oven and set them onto the tabletop without using trivets – How clever is that?!

Modern cooking is slowly re-discovering the power of steam. Although the steaming method is well known for centuries, we had to go through fried-roasted-soaked fiasco first. Well, here we are again, and this time we’re equipped with this ever practical Steam Tower.

This is a brilliant cooking tool: A modern version of the traditional Asian steamer. The porcelain bowls can be stacked in the oven, enabling the preparation of several dishes at once. And the result is healthy, moist and fantastic. The Steam Tower maintains vitamins and minerals and adds a wonderful taste to your food. Nutritional power in this steam tower.

I love going to my local farmers’ market, the stalls are always packed with fresh produce and there’s such an abundance of colors and smells that I always end up with baskets full of fresh fruit and vegetables.

I prefer seasonal cooking but I also like to buy produce and preserve or freeze it for use later on when it’s scarcer. One of my favorites is fresh corn on the cob. I like it best at the beginning of the season when the kernels are small and sweet. I make the usual corn dishes like chowders, corn pudding and relishes and I also like to add raw kernels to my salads.

If you take cooking seriously, then you will appreciate the Cut Brooklyn handmade kitchen knives. What chefs and cooking enthusiasts say about the importance of a good knife, I learned at the age of twelve from my mother.

I grew up with a mother who never dreamed of buying pre-made, processed food but made everything herself: from mayonnaise and jam to preserves and sauces. Everything we ate was prepared from scratch. She also had very strict rules about working in the kitchen and I have to admit that she knew what she was doing. One of the first things I learned when working with her in the kitchen was the importance of knives.

She had an assortment of premium knives, each one dedicated to specific cutting tasks and all of them extremely sharp. She taught me how to choose the perfectly balanced knife, how to use them and take care of them and ever since I have become a “knife groupie”.

It’s time to get to work with La Cornue Carving Board; this is exactly what this board means – business. Crafted from solid hornbeam, the same wood used in professional butcher blocks, the board is set on a slight incline that allows the meat juices to flow down the channels, carved on the outer edge of the board, and collected in a stainless steel Rolse juice bowl. The stainless bowl is easily removable to be used in the making of gravies or as an ‘au jus’ dipping bowl, while two cast iron handles provide easy handling.

Tastefully designed, this elegant poultry carving block does not come cheap. The famous La Cornue brand is devoted to excellence, offering connoisseurs only the very best.

The Click n Cook unit is a very useful system for organizing and using your kitchen utensils. In general my kitchen is not cluttered, and when I cook I like to keep my work area clean and organized. Because I cook a lot, I prefer not to keep my cooking utensils in a drawer. My experience is that this drawer very quickly becomes a mess, I usually can’t find the tool I’m looking for and then I either empty the drawer onto the counter (by this time I’m really frustrated) or improvise with whichever tool I manage to have on hand.

Of course the tool-drawer saga doesn’t end here because then I go out and buy a new utensil and the next time I empty the drawer I find out I have six of it. Great… So I have devised a system where I keep my spatulas organized in jars on my counter, divided by their use and near at hand. It solves the problem of easily finding the right one but it means that I have to compromise my work space.

For some of us the kitchen is an unknown territory, but for some of us it could be our kingdom in which we rule. Having the best equipment is a must, that’s why with these stylish oven mitts and pot holders you could be assured that you have simply the best.

This is not just an oven mitt – it fits either hand, and the neoprene protects your arms and hands from hot surfaces. It is heat resistant up to 500 degrees Fahrenheit; for left and right handed use. The added bonus – Its sleek design and colorful patterns make this item a must have for your kitchen. With the vibrant pot holder, you can have a lively kitchen, where it’s fun and safe to cook. With these two cool cooking tools, you could definitely take the heat…

In the words of Marilyn Monroe: “diamonds are a girls’ best friend”, and these diamond ring measuring spoons are no exception. The diamond ring measuring spoons are made of plastic and separate easily for use and to clean. Using them always puts me in a good mood: when I look at them I can’t help but admiring the sheer kitschyness of the design and then when I start measuring I find myself smiling at their playfulness and humming show tunes. In fact they put me in such a good mood that I have given them as gifts to all of my baker friends.

To paraphrase Dean Martin – a good pizza is amore (love) and Emile Henry’s Flame pizza stone is the base for a good love story! In the 16th century, Maria Carolina, the queen of Naples decided that the peasant dish pizza was fit for royalty. Since then, Italian pizza has set the standard for pizza all over the world. No matter what type of pizza you prefer – traditional style with regional ingredients or trendy with surprising toppings, one requirement is essential for a satisfying pizza: a crispy well-baked crust.

The foodpod is a flexible silicone cooking container that makes steaming, boiling or blanching simple and convenient. I love to cook and I love wandering around cookware stores and discovering all the new gadgets out there. The best ones are those that use modern material and production technology to make traditional kitchen chores easier and more fun. That’s why I was so excited to when I found the foodpod.

Form, designed by Normann Copenhagen is a sophisticated design for 3 products in one shape: egg timer, egg slicer and salt & pepper set. The inspiration behind this unique design is an old black and white picture of an egg. Cook your egg, slice and season it with this stylish elegant set. Rarely do we see such unique unity between various products, the special idea to link them all under one design theme is something we have not seen before, and it is this outstanding feature that gives these cooking tools their special touch. A shape of an egg can go a long way.

I believe we can all agree that there’s nothing like the smell of fresh toast in the morning – yummy! The smell of toast is such that most people I know cannot resist, myself included. Most of us have a toaster in their kitchen; it is a must-have item. Long time ago we had to watch our toaster and make sure the bread doesn’t burn, but thanks to modern technology we can now enjoy the benefit of a perfectly toasted bread, all hot and crispy, just as we like it. If you’re looking to buy a new toaster, you should check out this one from Alessi.

There’s nothing like a practical gift. Of course that when you’re a kid this is probably the last thing you’d want to get, but as a grown up adult, you realize that practical gifts mean just as much, if not more, than other gifts. When my friend bought me the Shell Compact Digital Scale, I knew she was a good friend. Why? Because she knew I needed something like that to cover up my poor cooking skills. I love people who can “cook with their eyes”, unfortunately, I most certainly can’t. My friend knew this and came for my rescue with this cool cooking tool.