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Kitchen Tools and Gadgets
We put nine to the test to find out which pricey items pull their weight and which ones should stay on the shelf.
By Lynn Andriani
Original Content  |  October 13, 2011
Japanese mandoline Photo: Kyocera Advanced Ceramics
Mandoline Slicers


How badly do you want those perfectly julienned potatoes? Because once you get over the fear of losing a finger, you still have to figure out how to assemble the thing, with its myriad blades and settings. That's why Salvatore Rizzo, the owner/director of De Gustibus Cooking School in New York, which hosts chefs such as Mario Batali, Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Masaharu Morimoto, is in favor of the low-tech (and low-priced) Japanese mandoline, which costs about $25 (versus $125 or more for the French version). It's quick, easy, clean and cheap.
Printed from Oprah.com on Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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