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20 Chefs Share The Most Important Tool in Their Restaurant
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Today, Bon Appétit is asking 20 chefs at top NYC restaurants what the most important tools in their kitchens are. From George Motz’s smashula at Hamburger America to Kellogg’s Diner’s gelato machine (presented by Amanda Perdomo, formerly of Kellogg's Diner), find out which tools these chefs need the most to keep their restaurants running smoothly.

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The Very Best Potato Gratin
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Our potato gratin has layers of starchy, cheesy, buttery goodness. Fire this dish up at any holiday meal and you'll have guests drooling. A layer of Gruyère and Parmesan is the key to a golden brown top crust. When simmering the cream, make sure it’s over gentle heat (if it over-reduces, it will break).

Get the recipe: Potatoes au Gratin
Every Tool An Iconic NYC Bakery Uses To Make Bread & Pastry
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Edan Leshnick, head pastry chef at Breads Bakery in New York, takes us behind the scenes to demonstrate and explain every tool he and the staff use in preparing their supremely popular baked goods. Joined for the tour by Darwin Castillo, head of the bread department, get an in-depth look at a professional high-volume bakery in action - with massive dough mixers and immersion blenders supplying roaring deck ovens.
Pastry Chef Attempts to Make Gourmet Ruffles
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How do they make those perfect rrridges in Ruffles? Well, that's the question Claire has to answer, isn't it? Join Claire Saffitz in the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen as she attempts to make gourmet Ruffles. Check out Claire's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/csaffitz/
Sheet Pan Sausage, Potato, and Greens Gratin with Buttered Breadcrumbs
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A perfect fall gratin with sausage, greens, and potatoes.
Chris Makes Potato Rosti
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Join Chris Morocco in his home kitchen as he makes potato rosti. Shredding and squeezing out potatoes, just like when making latkes, helps create a supremely crisp rosti that serves as a base for eggs and dressed greens. An oven finish means there’s no flipping required, keeping this dish nice and simple.
Pro Chefs Share Their Favorite Kitchen Tools
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Join Claire Saffitz, Brad Leone, Chris Morocco, Gaby Melian, Andy Baraghani, Sohla El-Waylly, Amiel Stanek, Alex Delany, Carla Lalli Music, Priya Krishna, Rick Martinez, Christina Chaey and Molly Baz at home as they show us the kitchen tools they value the most. If you don't already have these, you may want to consider adding them to your kitchen collection. Filmed on 3/19 and 3/23/20.
The Right Way to Make Thanksgiving Gravy
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You want your gravy thick and delicious. Here's how to get it done.
Sam Makes Ruffled Milk Raspberry Pie
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Join chef Samantha Seneviratne as she makes Ruffled Milk Raspberry Pie. Galatopita, or ruffled milk pie, is a Greek dessert in which phyllo is baked directly into a simple custard. It’s prepared in stages so the top stays buttery and crisp while the bottom turns into a sort of phyllo bread pudding.
Working A Shift At A Famous New York Doughnut Shop
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Ever wonder what it's like to work a shift at a famous doughnut shop in New York City? Step behind the counter and into the kitchen with DeVonn Francis as he's given a crash course on how to keep the dough rolling by head pastry chef Jessica Bone and Leslie Polizzotto, co-founder of The Doughnut Project in New York.
Breaking Down a Striped Bass at Beach Plum Restaurant
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Beach Plum Inn's Lee Desrosiers shows us how to fillet a striped bass.
Every Item In A Cheesemonger's Toolkit
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Nicola Bailey, a cheesemonger at Eataly in New York City, takes us behind the scenes to demonstrate and explain every tool she uses to prepare and present their famous charcuterie selections. From machetes and industrial meat slicers to mozzarella paddles and harp wires, see everything the pros use day in, day out.
Making Pastry in Hollywood With 2 Michelin Stars: A Day at Providence
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“In a tasting menu restaurant, everybody gets a dessert. So if you have 80 a day, you gotta have 80 desserts a day. We have to be very fast. There's only a couple of other restaurants in the city that has two Michelin stars.” Go behind the scenes at Providence with pastry chef Mac Daniel Dimla for a day crafting decadent desserts in the heart of Hollywood.
67 Kitchen Tips With Michelin Star Chef Curtis Stone
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Learn 67 essential kitchen tips with Chef Curtis Stone, from choosing a perfect rib eye to cutting onions, prepping vegetables, shucking oysters, making vinaigrettes, storing truffles, organising your kitchen, and refining knife skills. This chef-driven guide covers beef, seafood, herbs, cheeses, dressings, and everyday techniques to help you cook smarter, cleaner, and more confidently at home with professional results.
How NYC’s Best Potato Latkes are Made
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Bon Appétit joins Chef Eli Sussman, executive chef at Gertrude’s in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, to make their delicious Latkes. Eli breaks down every step of the process, from choosing the right potatoes to mastering moisture removal, adding the perfect binders, and frying to golden-brown perfection. Perfect for Hanukkah or any time you’re craving crispy potato pancakes, these latkes bring restaurant technique to a classic holiday staple.
Inside 20 Chefs' Knife Rolls: Pro Chefs Reveal Their Go-To Tools
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Ever wonder what tools top chefs use every day? Bon Appétit asked 20 of NYC’s best chefs to share the essential tools they keep in their knife rolls. From precision knives to unexpected gadgets, find out what these culinary pros can't live without during a busy shift.
How to Crush Ice Into the Perfect Sphere
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We show you how to crush ice into a perfect sphere--a classy addition to your Old Fashioned. Produced by Gigi Dement Directed by Shandor Garrison Cinematography by Tony Burns Art Direction by Alina Uzlov Food Styling by Rebecca Jurkevich
Pastry Chef Attempts to Make Gourmet Peeps
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It's that time of year again when peeps are on the menu. Peeps, those little birds full of cushiony marshmallow and coasted with the sugariest of colored sugar, come in all shapes and colors. Join Claire Saffitz in the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen as she attempts to make a gourmet version of peeps! Check out Claire's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/csaffitz/
10 Essential Tools You Need in Your Kitchen
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Shopping for kitchen tools can be hard. There are so many out there, and when you're just starting out you need a good foundation, which doesn't include that electric cherry pitter or heavy pasta roller. As it turns out, all you need to sharpen your cooking skills—and stock your drawers properly—are 10 strategically selected kitchen tools. Senior food editor Rick Martinez gave us the lowdown on what you actually need when you're building your toolkit from the ground up.
Churros with Bittersweet Chocolate Sauce
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The shape of pastry tip you use for this churros recipe is very important. If the tip isn’t closed, or rounded off, the churros may break as you’re frying them (we used size 845 tips). Keep that in mind if you’re using a different size—the cook times may vary. The sugar matters, too. Conventional granulated is too fine and raw sugar is too coarse—it won't stick to the churros.
How to Craft the Perfect Giant Ice Cube for Sipping Bourbon
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Long Island Bar's Tristan Willey shows us how to make the perfect cube of ice for sipping bourbon. Produced by Gigi Dement Directed by Shandor Garrison Cinematography by Tony Burns Art Direction by Alina Uzlov Food Styling by Rebecca Jurkevich
Pro Chef Learns How to Carve a $1,500 Leg of Ham
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Expensive ham doesn't get more expensive than genuine Iberico ham. A leg of Iberico ham can cost as much as $1,500 a pop, is aged for three years and is the product of exclusively acorn-fed pigs. Carving Iberico ham is truly an art form and we challenged Molly Baz to learn how to do it, with the help of Jaume Guerra from Despaña (@despananyc).
Pastry Chef Attempts To Make Gourmet Kit Kats
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Some nibble away at the chocolate shell first; others may split the wafers apart before eating. They may have their preferences, but what what they may not know is their routines help to reverse engineer what it takes to make one in the first place. Claire Saffitz is up to the challenge to make Gourmet Kit Kats!
Every Tool A Sushi Chef Uses For A 30-Course Omakase
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Join chef Junichi Matsuzaki from the renowned Noz 17 in New York as he brings you behind the counter to demonstrate every tool he uses in preparing a 30-course omakase dinner.