amazon.com). I have about half a dozen in sizes ranging
from a couple of quarts up to 5 quarts. They’re lightweight
and easy to handle, shatterproof, stainproof, breakproof,
odorproof, and microwavable.# Add to that their shallow
design, which makes whisking and tossing a snap, and
you’ve done made yourself a new best friend.
- Wooden Spoons
Short of being born a woman in Italy and waiting for your
daughter to have a child, nothing makes you feel more like
an Italian grandmother than slowly and deliberately stirring
a lazily simmering pot of ragù with a wooden spoon. Blood
runs deep between a good spoon and his cook. I nearly
cried the day I cracked the handle on the spoon that had
lasted me through nine years and thirteen different kitchens
—a flat-headed beechwood model that I think I stole from
my mother’s hidden secondary utensil drawer. It was so well
used that the handle had conformed to the shape of my
hand, and the head had been worn into an angle that
perfectly fit the corners of my Dutch oven.
Whether stirring sauces, tasting soups, or gently whacking
cheeky spouses who disturb you in the kitchen, a wooden
spoon is the tool you’ll want 90 percent of the time when
you’re cooking on the stovetop. I have half a dozen of
various shapes and sizes that I use almost every time I cook.
But if I had to pick a single spoon to perform every task, I’d
choose one with a cupped section for tasting and a head that
comes to a point, rather than being completely round,
making it easier to get into the corners of pots and pans.
Whether you want a spoon with a completely flat section