If there were a fire in the house, these are the kitchen tools we would take with us; 10 simple, low-tech implements for stirring, grinding, measuring, peeling, grating that we couldn’t live without.
![julie\2\17;s pick is a simple ceramic mortar & pestle with a pour sp 17](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ceramic-mortar-pestle-small-733x489.jpg)
![a small stainless steel egg whisk is part of jane\2\17;s kitchen arsenal 18](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/sur-la-table-egg-whisk-733x489.jpg)
![francesca\2\17;s essential skillet lives on top of the stove. it\ 19](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/finex-cast-iron-skillet-lid-733x489.jpg)
![from fan: \2\20;we have a cast iron pan that we love but it can be a pai 20](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ardent-goods-pan-scraper-mixed-wood-733x489.jpg)
![margot likes her set of simple stainless steel measuring cups and spoons: & 21](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/sur-la-table-stainless-steel-measuring-cups-spoons-733x489.jpg)
![christine, who lives in london but spends the summer in the us, moves between i 22](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/measuring-glass-733x489.jpg)
![sarah swears by the microplane zester for adding a dash of citrus to almost any 23](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/microplane-black-sheep-graters-733x489.jpg)
![simple flex core silicone spatulas are everything rubber spatulas of old weren& 24](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/sur-la-table-flex-core-spatula-733x489.jpg)
![janet\2\17;s indispensable kitchen item is a pair of cuisipro locking to 25](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cuisipro-locking-tongs-silver-733x489.jpg)
![izabella finds a simple vegetable peeler indispensable. the morihata internatio 26](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/morihata-international-fd-style-peeler-733x489.jpg)
![\2\20;a mandolin is essential for me\2\2\1; says francesca who pr 27](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/benriner-classic-japanese-mandolin-vegetable-slicer-733x489.jpg)
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N.B.: This post was originally published on August 10, 2011. We have updated it with new and additional product selections and current pricing.
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