to boil water quickly and easily. It’s
also great to have on hand when you
need to add water to a slow cooker, as
cold or lukewarm water would interrupt
the cooking cycle.
- MEAT TENDERIZER OR POUNDER:
Blasphemy to add this item to a vegan
cookbook? Not really, if it’s used in the
right way. This is the best tool I’ve
found to peel garlic—even better than a
large chef’s knife. I realized this when I
was testing my Adarak Masala (see
recipe on page 64), which calls for one
hundred cloves of garlic (!). Of course,
my husband couldn’t find the prepeeled
variety. I sighed, pulled out the meat
tenderizer, and banged down once on
