For those on your list looking to play Top Chef at home, we’ve collected 21 kitchen items big (an 11-piece set of pans designed by Thomas Keller, a Breville blender with a dedicated “Green Smoothie” button) and small (a rosemary stripper to speed up herb-chopping, a marble rolling pin that keeps dough chilled). Click ahead to see those, plus a retro-designed toaster, a pour-over kettle for newbies, and more.
*This article appears in the November 24, 2014 issue of New York Magazine.
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