Best Minimal Kitchen Essentials

The chef’s knife is essential knife for all cooks, and the Shun Kanso 8-inch Chef’s Knife is a must-have. This all-purpose knife is ideal for a wide variety of cutting tasks. The 8-inch length is perfect for preparing fruits, vegetables, proteins, and a wide variety of other foods. The Kanso Chef’s Knife is based on its Asian counterpart, the gyuto. It offers a wider heel, a fairly flat profile toward the heel—perfect for push cuts—but Shun also gave it a little belly from mid-blade toward the tip so that it can be gently “rocked” through fresh herbs or spices to produce a very fine mince. The Taguyasan-wood handles are slightly contoured, enabling an easy and comfortable chef’s grip while cutting. Shun Kanso 8-inch Chef’s Knife is part of the Shun Kanso series. Kanso is a design principle based on Zen philosophy. It means “simplicity,” but simplicity that is achieved by eliminating the non-essential. In Kanso, we took away anything that doesn’t matter and kept everything that does: high-performance steel, razor-sharp edge, perfect balance, and precision cutting control. The steel is Japanese AUS10A—highly refined, high-carbon, vanadium stainless steel that takes a razor-sharp edge and holds it longer. Kanso’s Heritage finish hides scratches and gives Kanso a rustic look that just improves with age. The handle is made of Tagayasan wood, sometimes known as “iron sword wood.” The handle contouring enables an easy chef’s grip. Full-tang construction provides strength, balance, and easy cutting control. Like all Shun knives, Kanso is sharpened to a 16° cutting angle each side to cut cleanly and help preserve food’s freshness and best taste. Hand-crafted in Seki City, Japan, Kanso is essential simplicity: a simple kitchen knife that simply performs.

The MagicalButter machine is the world’s first countertop botanical extractor, designed for infusing the essence of healthy herbs into butter, oil, alcohol, lotion, and more! Combining an immersion blender with a programmable thermostat and heating unit, the MB machine is designed to create incredible recipes and botanical infusions with little or no labor. The MagicalButter machine grinds, heats, stirs, and steeps your herbal extract, all at the correct time intervals and temperature for a perfect infusion every time. As a result, you achieve your desired infusion easily, safely, and consistently. Features: Fully automatic, microprocessor-controlled program sequences Pitcher constructed of stainless steel Integrated digital thermostat & sensors bring laboratory-grade temperature controls to your kitchen for consistent results Makes 2-5 cups per cycle Self-cleaning! Highlights: New Official MagicalButter Cookbook highlights most popular recipes included At the touch of a button, enjoy great-tasting, healthy foods, or make natural skin-care products Make your recipes Bolder: Brownies, Cookies, Smoothies, Sauces, Soups, Vegetables, Candies, Seafood, Marinades, Meats, Beverages, Lotions and Salves, and much more Fully automatic with 1,2,4,8 hour and cleaning cycles Fully automatic Microprocessor-controlled program sequences, Two-Button simplicity for effortless ease of use, pitcher constructed of stainless steel, self cleaning Includes: LoveGlove, PurifyFilter 190, MB 7-Page CookBook, Owner’s Manual and 110V power cord are included with each machine. Capacity: 2-5 Cups of Liquids

At GROHE we understand that your kitchen is a reflection of you. It’s more than just a space to cook and clean – it’s where you express yourself, enjoy yourself and even stretch yourself. That’s why we have created a range of products that allow your inner home chef to shine, with professional-grade functionality that won’t let you down, tailored features to help you perform better and intelligent design that reflects your personal taste. With GROHE premium lifestyle Collections your kitchen can be as individual as you are. A stylish, minimal kitchen doesn’t mean compromising on performance. The first thing you’ll notice about GROHE’s Minta faucet is its sleek, clean silhouette, perfect for a contemporary kitchen. But what you’ll enjoy day after day is its fantastic flexibility. With a pull-out spray head with dual spray control it makes cleaning, rinsing and prepping easy, letting you get the most out of your kitchen. GROHE Minta is available with a choice of three striking spout versions that blend harmoniously into the modern kitchen aesthetic. Reminiscent of the graphic forms of the letters C, U and L, they feature a tubular swivel spout and pull-out mousseur or pull-out spray, while the comfortable height of the spout makes it easier to fill tall pots. The elegant operating handle ensures easy and precise operation thanks to GROHE Silk Move technology. GROHE StarLight technology guarantees a long-lasting shine to the chrome finish. Users will particularly enjoy the ease with which water savings can be made using the patented GROHE EcoJoy. GROHE Silk Move — advanced ceramic cartridge delivers a lifetime of ultra-smooth operation and precise control of the water temperature and volume GROHE StarLight — a flawless, robust, long-lasting finish designed to be extremely resistant to dirt and scratches Dual spray with toggle function: switches between regular water flow and spray without turning off the water.

The Workhorse: The Escali Alimento Digital Scale is equipped with a highly accurate, durable sensor which is perfect for kitchen, office and laboratory use. The scale features an elevated stainless steel platform, a large back-light display and easy touch buttons. Elevated Stainless Steel Platform: The elevated stainless steel platform provides better visibility to the display when measuring larger items. Easy to Read Back-light Display: The display is easy to read under any lighting condition and turns off automatically after 30 seconds of inactivity to save battery. Sealed Control Panel: The display and controls are sealed under a protective shield to guard against accidental spills. Tare Feature: Reset the scale to zero weight to measure multiple items or subtract the weight of container. Automatic Shut-off: The scale will turn off after 10 minutes of inactivity to help conserve and extend battery life. AC Power Adapter Available Separately: An optional AC power adapter is available separately and will override the automatic shut-off feature.